[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7909-7911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3744]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Job Training Partnership Act Allotments; Wagner-Peyser Act
Preliminary Planning Estimates; Program Year (PY) 1999
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces States' Job Training Partnership Act
(JTPA) allotments for Program Year (PY) 1999 (July 1, 1999-June 30,
2000) for JTPA Titles II-A, II-C, and III; JTPA Title II-B Summer Youth
Employment and Training Program for Calendar Year (CY) 1999; and
preliminary planning estimates for public employment service activities
under the Wagner-Peyser (W-P) Act for PY 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For JTPA allotments, contact Mr. Ron
Putz, Director, Office of Employment and Training Programs, Room N4469,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-219-
5229. For Employment Service planning levels contact Mr. John R.
Beverly, Director, U.S. Employment Service, Room N-4470, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-219-
5257. (These are not toll-free numbers.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Labor (DOL or Department)
is announcing Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) allotments for
Program Year (PY) 1999 (July 1, 1999-June 30, 2000) for JTPA Titles II-
A, II-C, and III, and for the Summer Youth Employment and Training
Program for Calendar Year (CY) 1999 for JTPA Title II-B; and, in
accordance with section 6 (b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, preliminary
planning estimates for public employment service (ES) activities under
the W-P Act for PY 1999. The allotments and estimates are based on the
appropriations for DOL for Fiscal Year (FY) 1999.
Attached is a listing of the allotments for PY 1999 for programs
under JTPA Titles II-A, II-C, and III; allotments for the CY 1999
Summer Youth Employment and Training Program under Title II-B of JTPA;
and preliminary planning estimates for public employment service
activities under the W-P Act. The PY 1999 allotments for Titles II-A,
II-C, and III and the W-P Act preliminary planning estimates, are based
on the funds appropriated by the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1999, Pub. L. 105-277, for FY 1999.
These JTPA allotments will not be updated for subsequent
unemployment data. The W-P preliminary estimates are based on averages
for the most current 12 months ending September 1998 for each State's
share of the civilian labor force and unemployment. Final W-P Act
planning estimates will be published in the Federal Register based on
Calendar Year 1998 unemployment data.
Title II-A Allotments. The Attachment shows the PY 1999 JTPA Title
II-A Adult Training Program allotments by State for a total
appropriation of $955,000,000. For all States, Puerto Rico and the
District of Columbia, the following data were used in computing the
allotments:
--Data for areas of substantial unemployment (ASU) are monthly averages
for the 12-month period, July 1997 through June 1998.
--The number of excess unemployed individuals or the ASU excess
(depending on which is higher) are averages for this same 12-month
period.
--The economically disadvantaged adult data (age 22 to 72, excluding
college students and military) are from the 1990 Census.
The allotments for the Insular Areas, including the Freely
Associated States, are based on unemployment data from 1990 Census or,
if not available, the most recent data available. A 90 percent relative
share ``hold-harmless'' of the PY 1998 Title II-A allotments for these
areas and a minimum allotment of $75,000 were also applied in
determining the allotments.
Title II-A funds are to be distributed among designated service
delivery areas (SDAs) according to the statutory formula contained in
section 202(b) of JTPA, as amended by Title VII, Miscellaneous
Provisions, of the JTPA Amendments of 1992. This is the same formula
that was used in the previous program year.
JTPA Title II-B Allotments. The Attachment shows the CY 1999 JTPA
Title II-B Summer Youth Employment and Training Program allotments by
State based on the total available appropriation for CY 1999 of
$871,000,000. These funds are obligated as Fiscal Year 1999 funds, not
as Program Year 1999 funds.
The data used for these allotments are the same unemployment data
as were used for Title II-A, except that data for the number for
economically disadvantaged youth (age 16 to 21, excluding college
students and military) from the 1990 Census was used. For the Insular
Areas and Native Americans, the allotments are based on the percentage
of Title II-B funds each received for the previous year summer program.
Title II-B funds for the 1999 Summer Program are to be distributed
among designated SDAs in accordance with the statutory formula
contained in section 252(b) of JTPA, as amended by Title VII,
Miscellaneous Provisions, of the JTPA Amendments of 1992. The Title II-
B formula is the same as for Title II-C. This is the same formula which
was used in the previous program year.
JTPA Title II-C Allotments. The Attachment shows the PY 1999 JTPA
Title II-C Youth Training Program allotments by State for a total
appropriation of $129,965,000. For all States, Puerto Rico, and the
District of Columbia, the data used in computing the allotments are the
same data as were used for Title II-B allotments.
The allotments for the Insular Areas are based on unemployment data
from the 1990 census or, if not available, the most recent data
available. Title II-C funds are to be distributed among designated SDAs
in accordance with the statutory formula contained in section 262(b) of
JTPA, as amended by Title VII, Miscellaneous Provisions, of the JTPA
Amendments of 1992. The Title II-C formula is the same as for Title II-
B. This is the same formula which was used in the previous program
year.
JTPA Title III Allotments. The Attachment shows the PY 1999 JTPA
Title III Dislocated Worker Program allotments by State, for a total of
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$1,405,510,000. The total includes 80 percent allotted by formula to
the States and 20 percent for the National Reserve, including funds
allotted to the Insular Areas.
Title III formula funds are to be distributed to State and substate
grantees in accordance with the provisions in section 302(c) and (d) of
JTPA, as amended.
Except for the Insular Areas, the unemployment data used for
computing these allotments, relative numbers of unemployed and relative
numbers of excess unemployed, are averages for the October 1997 through
September 1998 period. The long-term unemployed data used were for CY
1997. Allotments for the Insular Areas are based on the PY 1999 Title
II-A allotments for these areas.
A reallotment of these published Title III formula amounts, as
provided for by Section 303 of JTPA, as amended, will be based on
completed program year expenditure reports submitted by the States and
received by October 1, 1999. The Title III allotment for each State
will be adjusted upward or downward, based on whether the State is
eligible to share in reallotted funds or is subject to recapture of
funds.
Wagner-Peyser Act Final Planning Estimates. The Attachment shows
preliminary planning estimates which have been produced using the
formula set forth at section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. 49e.
These allotments are based on monthly averages for the most current 12
months ending September 1998 for each State's share of the civilian
labor force and unemployment. Final planning estimates will be
published in the Federal Register, based on Calendar Year 1998 data, as
required by the Wagner-Peyser Act.
The total planning estimate includes $18,000,000 of the total
amount available, which is being withheld from distribution to States
to finance postage costs associated with the conduct of labor exchange
services for PY 1999.
The Secretary of Labor is required to set aside 3 percent of the
total available funds to assure that each State will have sufficient
resources to maintain statewide employment services, as required under
section 6(b)(4) of the Wagner-Peyser Act. In accordance with this
provision, $22,312,050, the 3 percent set-aside funds, are included in
the total planning estimate. Set-aside funds are distributed in two
steps to States which have lost in their relative share of resources
from the prior year. In step one, States which have a CLF below one
million and are below the median CLF density are maintained at 100
percent of their relative share of prior year resources. All remaining
set-aside funds are distributed on a pro rata basis in step two to all
other States losing in relative share from the prior year, but which do
not meet the size and density criteria for step one.
Ten percent of the total sums allotted to each State shall be
reserved for use by the Governor to provide performance incentives for
public employment service offices, services for groups with special
needs, and for the extra costs of exemplary models for delivering job
services.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of February, 1999.
Raymond L. Bramucci,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.
Attachment
U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration
[PY 1999 State Allotments]
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JTPA III
JTPA II-A JTPA II-B JTPA II-C Youth Dislocated Wagner-Peyser
State Adult training Summer youth training workers Act*
(Formula)
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Total............................................................ $955,000,000 $871,000,000 $129,965,000 $1,405,510,000 $761,735,000
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State Total...................................................... 952,468,389 853,710,021 129,620,476 1,124,408,000 741,922,032
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Alabama.......................................................... 13,332,002 11,932,425 1,811,480 11,310,449 10,822,959
Alaska........................................................... 3,372,802 3,035,450 460,889 6,053,763 8,084,754
Arizona.......................................................... 14,833,378 13,567,322 2,060,031 9,383,103 11,167,298
Arkansas......................................................... 9,598,305 8,595,361 1,305,080 10,872,546 6,356,804
California....................................................... 153,202,942 141,437,904 21,475,277 252,751,353 88,807,536
Colorado......................................................... 6,401,920 5,661,874 859,686 6,515,135 9,935,372
Connecticut...................................................... 8,360,632 7,432,004 1,128,459 10,137,244 8,825,777
Delaware......................................................... 2,381,171 2,134,275 324,051 1,730,577 2,077,382
District of Columbia............................................. 4,409,902 3,914,580 594,372 9,278,408 3,580,609
Florida.......................................................... 41,604,521 35,905,728 5,451,760 37,376,186 35,941,714
Georgia.......................................................... 19,308,691 17,530,482 2,661,747 17,327,420 18,903,459
Hawaii........................................................... 5,467,505 4,707,326 714,739 9,203,634 3,231,635
Idaho............................................................ 4,043,134 3,693,860 560,859 5,142,284 6,736,039
Illinois......................................................... 38,887,986 35,053,186 5,322,313 33,944,834 30,923,129
Indiana.......................................................... 11,790,620 10,630,568 1,613,843 9,999,244 14,568,915
Iowa............................................................. 3,583,969 3,146,279 477,724 4,603,653 7,129,839
Kansas........................................................... 3,769,137 3,320,937 503,570 5,107,811 6,470,824
Kentucky......................................................... 15,779,990 13,651,535 2,072,786 10,071,794 9,832,744
Louisiana........................................................ 20,163,665 18,225,391 2,767,259 25,508,779 10,942,496
Maine............................................................ 4,095,359 3,590,727 545,199 4,094,611 4,005,859
Maryland......................................................... 15,134,882 13,306,982 2,020,471 19,792,477 14,006,594
Massachusetts.................................................... 13,941,489 12,507,299 1,897,283 13,467,578 15,948,373
Michigan......................................................... 25,413,403 23,367,689 3,548,042 21,366,758 24,343,814
Minnesota........................................................ 8,691,343 7,768,157 1,179,499 8,482,964 11,874,026
Mississippi...................................................... 12,018,011 11,462,863 1,740,468 14,148,987 6,663,000
Missouri......................................................... 15,336,859 13,520,219 2,052,847 13,857,280 13,908,860
Montana.......................................................... 3,637,993 3,090,522 469,251 4,879,006 5,504,726
Nebraska......................................................... 2,381,171 2,134,275 324,051 1,997,095 6,615,599
Nevada........................................................... 3,965,677 3,533,846 536,571 3,910,433 5,351,173
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New Hampshire.................................................... 2,381,171 2,134,275 324,051 1,583,448 2,996,307
New Jersey....................................................... 25,982,597 22,873,274 3,473,025 36,304,389 21,606,939
New Mexico....................................................... 9,044,618 8,188,970 1,243,375 14,447,813 6,177,271
New York......................................................... 87,772,524 75,689,765 11,492,384 141,469,827 48,004,407
North Carolina................................................... 14,997,078 13,161,957 1,998,451 14,354,831 17,779,938
North Dakota..................................................... 2,381,171 2,134,275 324,051 791,223 5,605,458
Ohio............................................................. 38,240,941 34,106,605 5,178,589 28,150,483 28,144,557
Oklahoma......................................................... 7,934,062 6,900,120 1,047,682 6,881,200 8,446,581
Oregon........................................................... 12,070,623 10,688,488 1,622,891 17,668,368 9,245,584
Pennsylvania..................................................... 38,242,301 33,102,886 5,026,189 36,555,932 30,462,091
Puerto Rico...................................................... 53,146,634 47,284,899 7,179,520 82,314,462 10,717,138
Rhode Island..................................................... 2,768,365 2,403,932 364,874 3,851,636 2,672,845
South Carolina................................................... 13,026,517 11,670,016 1,771,949 8,163,435 9,455,919
South Dakota..................................................... 2,381,171 2,134,275 324,051 986,630 5,180,731
Tennessee........................................................ 20,234,920 17,821,862 2,705,989 14,120,459 13,847,114
Texas............................................................ 78,467,213 73,027,703 11,088,188 74,819,227 50,915,224
Utah............................................................. 2,381,171 2,382,939 361,814 3,229,390 10,783,901
Vermont.......................................................... 2,381,171 2,134,275 324,051 1,391,491 2,426,951
Virginia......................................................... 14,509,964 12,919,251 1,961,629 13,872,204 16,323,997
Washington....................................................... 18,909,263 17,075,621 2,592,723 13,905,356 15,291,651
West Virginia.................................................... 9,738,640 8,612,849 1,307,735 16,082,147 5,929,859
Wisconsin........................................................ 8,186,644 7,268,443 1,103,607 9,944,587 13,326,797
Wyoming.......................................................... 2,381,171 2,134,275 324,051 1,204,056 4,019,463
American Samoa................................................... 169,022 66,121 23,002 199,534 0
Guam............................................................. 475,405 806,424 64,697 561,225 348,011
Marshal lslands.................................................. 358,998 23,765 48,856 423,804 0
Micronesia....................................................... 535,238 56,317 72,840 631,859 0
Northern Marianas................................................ 143,413 30,931 19,517 169,302 0
Palau............................................................ 109,422 9,326 14,891 129,175 0
Virgin Islands................................................... 740,113 457,253 100,721 873,718 1,464,957
Native Americans................................................. 0 15,839,842 0 0 0
National Reserve................................................. 0 0 0 278,113,383 0
Postage/Other.................................................... 0 0 0 0 18,000,000
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[FR Doc. 99-3744 Filed 2-16-99; 8:45 am]
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