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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Job Training Partnership Act: Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker
Programs; Proposed Planning Estimates
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of proposed State planning estimates and allocation
formula; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration is publishing the
proposed State planning estimates for Program Year (PY) 1994 (July 1,
1994 through June 30, 1995) for Job Training Partnership Act section
402 migrant and seasonal farmworker programs, the allocation formula,
and the rationale used in arriving at the planning estimates.
DATES: Written comments on this notice are invited and must be received
on or before May 13, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Written comments shall be submitted to Mr. Paul A. Mayrand,
Director, Office of Special Targeted Programs, Employment and Training
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, room N-4641, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Charles C. Kane, Chief, Division of Seasonal Farmworker Programs.
Telephone: (202) 219-5500 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by section 162 of the Job
Training Partnership Act (JTPA), the Employment and Training
Administration publishes for comment the proposed State planning
estimates for JTPA, section 402 migrant and seasonal farmworker
programs in PY 1994. JTPA section 402 grantees were selected for a two-
year designation period on July 1, 1993. Program Year 1994 is the
second year of that designation period. Grantees which have performed
satisfactorily during the first year of the designation period will be
awarded grants in the second year after submittal of acceptable grant
plans but without further competition.
Allocations
The allocations set forth in the appendix to this notice reflect
the allocation formula described below. For PY 1994, $85,576,000 were
appropriated for migrant and seasonal farmworker programs.
This amount is an increase of $7,273,000 above the appropriation
for PY 1993. Each year since 1987, additional funds have been included
to meet the demand for training and employment services to Special
Agricultural Workers (SAWs) who became eligible for the program as a
result of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. In addition,
the reports of the House of Representatives and the Senate Committees
on Appropriations on the Department of Labor's 1994 appropriations
state that the committees expect the Department to continue the
farmworker housing program. The Department concurs with this request.
The allocation formula is being applied to $81,148,000. The
remaining $4,428,000 of the PY 1994 section 402 appropriation is being
held in the section 402 national account to fund the housing program
($3,000,000), the Hope, Arkansas, Migrant Rest Center ($300,000), and
other training and technical assistance projects.
Allocation Formula
The $81,148,000 formula total was allocated according to the
following formula:
(1) $74,752,033 was allocated on a State-by-State basis. This is
the same amount as was allocated for each State for PY 1993. This
ensures programmatic stability by providing a funding base for each
State at its PY 1993 level.
(2) $6,395,967 was allocated on a State-by-State basis. Thirty
percent of this portion of the appropriation was based on the relative
numbers of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in each State, as shown by
1980 Census data; and 70 percent was based on the relative numbers of
SAWs in each State, as shown by the most recent Immigration and
Naturalization Service data. This provides an equitable distribution of
the additional funds available for PY 1994 for programmatic needs
generated by the SAW program.
Formula Allocations in Out Years
For Program Year 1995 and beyond, the Department intends to update
the allocation formula to incorporate more current data on the
farmworker population. To this end, in April 1994, a special task force
was convened to explore options for revising the formula and its bases.
Findings from this task force will be reflected in future notices of
planning estimates.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of April, 1994.
Doug Ross,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration PY 1994
MSFW Allotments to States
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PY 93-PY 94
PY 1994 base increases PY 1994 total
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Alabama................. 925,004 32,269 957,273
Alaska.................. 0 0 0
Arizona................. 1,640,434 196,710 1,837,144
Arkansas................ 1,362,948 48,368 1,411,316
California.............. 15,066,663 2,573,000 17,639,663
Colorado................ 914,054 59,767 973,821
Connecticut............. 231,596 17,473 249,069
Delaware................ 136,435 6,622 143,057
District of Columbia.... 0 0 0
Florida................. 5,072,491 526,565 5,599,056
Georgia................. 1,948,488 120,734 2,069,222
Hawaii.................. 291,884 12,291 304,175
Idaho................... 1,004,138 56,625 1,060,763
Illinois................ 1,549,304 174,399 1,723,703
Indiana................. 911,311 33,607 944,918
Iowa.................... 1,536,801 52,209 1,589,010
Kansas.................. 806,435 37,205 843,640
Kentucky................ 1,586,289 48,926 1,635,215
Louisiana............... 930,491 31,856 962,347
Maine................... 383,535 12,265 395,800
Maryland................ 346,605 23,680 370,285
Massachusetts........... 382,068 42,299 424,367
Michigan................ 1,016,820 45,396 1,062,216
Minnesota............... 1,493,066 48,048 1,541,114
Mississippi............. 1,699,394 52,398 1,751,792
Missouri................ 1,281,751 41,451 1,323,202
Montana................. 782,547 24,038 806,585
Nebraska................ 901,895 34,886 936,781
Nevada.................. 206,637 36,110 242,747
New Hampshire........... 132,014 4,112 136,126
New Jersey.............. 417,029 66,590 483,619
New Mexico.............. 661,381 62,430 723,811
New York................ 2,012,126 225,201 2,237,327
North Carolina.......... 3,479,282 154,765 3,634,047
North Dakota............ 549,540 16,676 566,216
Ohio.................... 1,057,779 36,244 1,094,023
Oklahoma................ 699,074 36,131 735,205
Oregon.................. 1,203,763 111,187 1,314,950
Pennsylvania............ 1,412,023 64,613 1,476,636
Puerto Rico............. 3,431,574 121,261 3,552,835
Rhode Island............ 0 0 0
South Carolina.......... 1,259,283 46,490 1,305,773
South Dakota............ 812,992 24,638 837,630
Tennessee............... 1,119,620 38,292 1,157,912
Texas................... 6,533,572 695,587 7,229,159
Utah.................... 284,694 11,921 296,615
Vermont................. 250,075 7,589 257,664
Virginia................ 1,185,973 67,013 1,252,986
Washington.............. 1,911,315 150,607 2,061,922
West Virginia........... 256,560 8,588 265,148
Wisconsin............... 1,437,538 48,480 1,486,018
Wyoming................. 235,742 8,355 244,097
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Formula Total....... 74,752,033 6,395,967 81,148,000
TA/Housing.......... 3,550,967 877,033 4,428,000
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National Total...... 78,303,000 7,273,000 85,576,000
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[FR Doc. 94-8863 Filed 4-12-94; 8:45 am]
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