2020-09059. Program Year (PY) 2020 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Allotments; PY 2020 Wagner-Peyser Act Allotments and PY 2020 Workforce Information Grants

AGENCY:

Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces allotments for PY 2020 for WIOA Title I Youth, Adult and Dislocated Worker Activities programs; allotments for Employment Service (ES) activities under the Wagner-Peyser Act for PY 2020 and the allotments of Workforce Information Grants to States for PY 2020.

DATES:

The Department must receive comments on the formula used to allot funds to the Outlying Areas by May 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES:

Submit written comments to the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Office of Financial Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-4702, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Ms. Anita Harvey, email: [e-mail].

Commenters are advised that mail delivery in the Washington area may be delayed due to security concerns. The Department will receive hand-delivered comments at the above address. All overnight mail will be considered hand-delivered and must be received at the designated place by the date specified above.

Please submit your comments by only one method. The Department will not review comments received by means other than those listed above or that it receives after the comment period has closed.

Comments: The Department will retain all comments on this notice and will release them upon request via email to any member of the public. The Department also will make all the comments it receives available for public inspection by appointment during normal business hours at the above address. If you need assistance to review the comments, the Department will provide you with appropriate aids such as readers or print magnifiers. The Department will make copies of this notice available, upon request, in large print, Braille, and electronic file. The Department also will consider providing the notice in other formats upon request. To schedule an appointment to review the comments and/or obtain the notice in an alternative format, contact Ms. Harvey using the information provided above. The Department will retain all comments received without making any changes to the comments, including any personal information provided. The Department therefore cautions commenters not to include their personal information such as Social Security Numbers, personal addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses in their comments; this information would be released with the comment if the comments are requested. It is the commenter's responsibility to safeguard his or her information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

WIOA Youth Activities allotments—Sara Hastings at [phone]; WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker Activities and ES allotments—Andrew Ridgeway at [phone]; Workforce Information Grant allotments—Donald Haughton at [phone]. Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone numbers above via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

WIOA allotments for states and the state allotments for the Wagner-Peyser Act are based on formulas defined in their respective statutes. WIOA requires allotments for the Outlying Areas to be competitively awarded rather than based on a formula determined by the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) as occurred under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). However, for PY 2020, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 waives the competition requirement, and the Secretary is using the discretionary formula rationale and methodology for allocating PY 2020 funds for the Outlying Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin Islands) that was published in the Federal Register at 65 FR 8236 (Feb. 17, 2000). WIOA specifically included the Republic of Palau as an Outlying Area, except during any period for which the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education determine that a Compact of Free Association is in effect and contains provisions for training and education assistance prohibiting the assistance provided under WIOA; no such determinations prohibiting assistance have been made. The formula that the Department of Labor (Department) used for PY 2020 is the same formula used in PY 2019 and is described in the section on Youth Activities program allotments. The Department invites comments only on the formula used to allot funds to the Outlying Areas.

The Department is announcing WIOA allotments for PY 2020 for Youth Activities, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities, Wagner-Peyser Act PY 2020 allotments, and PY 2020 Workforce Information Grant allotments. This notice provides information on the amount of funds available during PY 2020 to states with an approved WIOA Combined or Unified State Plan, and information regarding allotments to the Outlying Areas.

On December 20, 2019, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, Public Law 116-94 was signed into law (“the Act”). The Act, Division A, Title I, Sections 106(b) and 107 of the Act allows the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to set aside up to 0.5 percent of each discretionary appropriation for activities related to program integrity and 0.75 percent of most operating funds for evaluations. For 2020, as authorized by the Act, the Department has set aside $818,000 of the Training and Employment Services (TES) appropriation for evaluations. ETA reserved these funds from the WIOA Adult, Youth, and Dislocated Worker program budgets. Any funds not utilized for these reserve activities will be provided to the states. We also have attached tables listing the PY 2020 allotments for programs under WIOA Title I Youth Activities (Table A), Adult and Dislocated Workers Employment and Training Activities (Tables B and C, respectively), and the PY 2020 Wagner-Peyser Act allotments (Table D). We also have attached the PY 2020 Workforce Information Grant table (Table E).

Youth Activities Allotments. The appropriated level for PY 2020 for WIOA Youth Activities totals $913,130,000. After reducing the appropriation by $224,000 for evaluations, $912,906,000, is available for Youth Activities. Table A includes a breakdown of the Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2020 and provides a comparison of these allotments to PY 2019 Youth Activities allotments for all States and Outlying Areas. For the Native American Youth program, the total amount available is 1.5 percent of the total amount for Youth Activities (after the evaluations set-aside), in accordance with WIOA section 127. The total funding available for the Outlying Areas was reserved at 0.25 percent of the amount appropriated for Youth Activities (after the evaluations set aside) after the amount reserved for Native American Youth (in accordance with WIOA section 127(b)(1)(B)(i)). On December 17, 2003, Public Law 108-188, the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (“the Compact”), was signed into law. The Compact specified that the Republic of Palau remained eligible for WIA Title I funding. See 48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix). WIOA sec. 512(g)(1) updated the Compact to refer to WIOA funding. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Division A, Title XII, Subtitle F, Section 1259C(c) of Pub. L. 115-91) authorized WIOA Title I funding to Palau through FY 2024.

Under WIA, the Secretary had discretion for determining the methodology for distributing funds to all Outlying Areas. Under WIOA the Secretary must award the funds through a competitive process. However, for PY 2020, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 waives the competition requirement regarding funding to Outlying Areas (e.g., American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin Islands). For PY 2020, the Department used the same methodology used since PY 2000 (i.e., we distribute funds among the Outlying Areas by formula based on relative share of the number of unemployed, a minimum of 90 percent of the prior year allotment percentage, a $75,000 minimum, and a 130 percent stop gain of the prior year share). For the relative share calculation in PY 2020, the Department continued to use the data obtained from the 2010 Census for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. For the Republic of Palau, the Department used data from Palau's 2015 Census. The Department will accept comments on this methodology.

After the Department calculated the amount for the Outlying Areas and the Native American program, the amount available for PY 2020 allotments to the states is $896,964,379. This total amount is below the required $1 billion threshold specified in WIOA sec. 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV); therefore, the Department did not apply the WIOA additional minimum provisions. Instead, as required by WIOA, the minimums of 90 percent of the prior year allotment percentage and 0.25 percent state minimum floor apply. WIOA also provides that no state may receive an allotment that is more than 130 percent of the allotment percentage for the state for the previous year. The three data factors required by WIOA sec. 127(b)(1)(C)(ii) for the PY 2020 Youth Activities state formula allotments are, summarized slightly, as follows:

(1) The average number of unemployed individuals in Areas of Substantial Unemployment (ASUs) for the 12-month period, July 2018-June 2019 in each state compared to the total number of unemployed individuals in ASUs in all states;

(2) Number of excess unemployed individuals or excess unemployed individuals in ASUs (depending on which is higher) averages for the same 12-month period used for ASU unemployed data compared to the total excess unemployed individuals or ASU excess number in all states; and

(3) Number of disadvantaged youth (age 16 to 21, excluding college students not in the workforce and military) from special tabulations of data from the American Community Survey (ACS), which the Department obtained from the Census Bureau in each state compared to the total number of disadvantaged youth in all states. ETA obtained updated data for use in PY 2018 and the same data must be used in PY 2020. The Census Bureau collected the data used in the special tabulations for disadvantaged youth between January 1, 2011-December 31, 2015.

For purposes of identifying ASUs for the Youth Activities allotment formula, the Department continued to use the data made available by BLS (as described in the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Technical Memorandum No. S-19-15). For purposes of determining the number of disadvantaged youth, the Department used the special tabulations of ACS data available at: https://www.dol.gov/​agencies/​eta/​budget/​formula/​disadvantagedyouthadults.

See TEGL No. 14-17 for further information.

Adult Employment and Training Activities Allotments. The total appropriated funds for Adult Activities in PY 2020 is $854,649,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by $175,000 for evaluations, $854,474,000 remains for Adult Activities, of which $852,337,815 is for states and $2,136,185 is for Outlying Areas. Table B shows the PY 2020 Adult Employment and Training Activities allotments and a state-by-state comparison of the PY 2020 allotments to PY 2019 allotments.

In accordance with WIOA, the Department reserved the total available for the Outlying Areas at 0.25 percent of the full amount appropriated for Adult Activities (after the evaluations set-aside). As discussed in the Youth Activities section above, in PY 2020 the Department will distribute the Adult Activities funding for the Outlying Areas, using the same principles, formula, and data as used for outlying areas for Youth Activities. The Department will accept comments on this methodology. After determining the amount for the Outlying Areas, the Department used the statutory formula to distribute the remaining amount available for allotments to the states. The Department did not apply the WIOA minimum provisions for the PY 2020 allotments because the total amount available for the states was below the $960 million threshold required for Adult Activities in WIOA sec. 132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV). Instead, as required by WIOA, the minimums of 90 percent of the prior year allotment percentage and 0.25 percent state minimum floor apply. WIOA also provides that no state may receive an allotment that is more than 130 percent of the allotment percentage for the state for the previous year. The three formula data factors for the Adult Activities program are the same as those used for the Youth Activities formula, except the Department used data for the number of disadvantaged adults (age 22 to 72, excluding college students not in the workforce and military).

Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities Allotments. The amount appropriated for Dislocated Worker activities in PY 2020 totals $1,322,912,000. The total appropriation includes formula funds for the states, while the National Reserve is used for National Dislocated Worker Grants, technical assistance and training, demonstration projects, Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities, Community College Grants, and the Outlying Areas' Dislocated Worker allotments. After reducing the appropriated amount by $419,000 for evaluations, a total of $1,322,493,000 remains available for Dislocated Worker activities. The amount available for Outlying Areas is $3,306,233, leaving $267,473,767 for the National Reserve and a total of $1,051,713,000 available for states. Table C shows the PY 2020 Dislocated Worker activities allotments and a state-by-state comparison of the PY 2020 allotments to PY 2019 allotments.

Similar to the Adult Activities program, the Department reserved the total available for the Outlying Areas at 0.25 percent of the full amount appropriated for Dislocated Worker Activities (after the evaluations set-aside). Similar to Youth and Adult funds, instead of competition, in PY 2020 the Department will use the same pro rata share as the areas received for the PY 2020 WIOA Adult Activities program to distribute the Outlying Areas' Dislocated Worker funds, the same methodology used in PY 2019. The Department will accept comments on this methodology.

The three data factors required in WIOA sec. 132(b)(2)(B)(ii) for the PY 2020 Dislocated Worker state formula allotments are, summarized slightly, as follows:

(1) Relative number of unemployed individuals in each state, compared to the total number of unemployed individuals in all states, for the 12-month period, October 2018-September 2019;

(2) Relative number of excess unemployed individuals in each state, compared to the total excess number of unemployed individuals in all states, for the 12-month period, October 2018-September 2019; and

(3) Relative number of long-term unemployed individuals in each state, compared to the total number of long-term unemployed individuals in all states, for the 12-month period, October 2018-September 2019.

In PY 2020, under WIOA the Dislocated Worker formula uses minimum and maximum provisions. No state may receive an allotment that is less than 90 percent of the state's prior year allotment percentage (stop loss) or more than 130 percent of the state's prior year allotment percentage (stop gain).

Low unemployment rates in the states have impacted the excess unemployment data factor in the WIOA Dislocated Worker formula. The excess unemployment rate of 4.5 percent and low unemployment result in all states triggering either their statutorily required stop loss or stop gain provision, with some PY 2020 funding undistributed. WIOA specifically prohibits distributing an amount to a state that is more than its stop gain limit. Based on this statutory limitation, the Department distributed the remaining balance of funds according to the formula driven relative share of all states triggering the stop loss provision.

Wagner-Peyser Act ES Allotments. The appropriated level for PY 2020 for ES grants totals $668,052,000. After determining the funding for Guam and the United States Virgin Islands, the Department calculated allotments to states using the formula set forth at section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49e). The Department based PY 2020 formula allotments on each state's share of calendar year 2019 monthly averages of the civilian labor force (CLF) and unemployment. Section 6(b)(4) of the Wagner-Peyser Act requires the Secretary to set aside up to three percent of the total funds available for ES to ensure that each state will have sufficient resources to maintain statewide ES activities. In accordance with this provision, the Department included the three percent set aside funds in this total allotment. The Department distributed the set-aside funds in two steps to states that have experienced a reduction in their relative share of the total resources available this year from their relative share of the total resources available the previous year. In Step 1, states that have a CLF below one million and are also below the median CLF density were maintained at 100 percent of their relative share of prior year resources. ETA calculated the median CLF density based on CLF data provided by the BLS for calendar year 2019. The Department distributed all remaining set-aside funds on a pro-rata basis in Step 2 to all other states experiencing reductions in relative share from the prior year but not meeting the size and density criteria for Step 1. The distribution of ES funds (Table D) includes $666,423,522 for states, as well as $1,628,478 for Outlying Areas.

Section 7(a) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (49 U.S.C. 49f(a)) authorizes states to use 90 percent of funds allotted to a state for labor exchange services and other career services such as job search and placement services to job seekers; appropriate recruitment services for employers; program evaluations; developing and providing labor market and occupational information; developing management information systems; and administering the work test for unemployment insurance claimants. Section 7(b) of the Wagner-Peyser Act states that 10 percent of the total sums allotted to each state must be reserved for use by the Governor to provide performance incentives for public ES offices and programs, provide services for groups with special needs, and to provide for the extra costs of exemplary models for delivering services of the type described in section 7(a) and models for enhancing professional development and career advancement opportunities of state agency staff.

Workforce Information Grants Allotments. Total PY 2020 funding for Workforce Information Grants allotments to states is $32,000,000. Table E contains the allotment figures for each state and Outlying Area. The Department distributes the funds by administrative formula, with a reserve of $176,800 for Guam and the United States Virgin Islands. Guam and the United States Virgin Islands allotment amounts are partially based on CLF data. The Department distributes the remaining funds to the states with 40 percent distributed equally to all states and 60 percent distributed based on each state's share of CLF for the 12 months ending September 2019.

Table A—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Youth Activities State Allotments Comparison of PY 2020 Allotments vs PY 2019 Allotments

State	PY 2019	PY 2020	Difference	% Difference
Total	$900,791,000	$912,906,000	$12,115,000	1.34
Alabama	15,149,798	13,818,197	(1,331,601)	−8.79
Alaska	4,229,167	5,076,190	847,023	20.03
Arizona	25,610,047	33,740,829	8,130,782	31.75
Arkansas	5,911,108	6,222,886	311,778	5.27
California	119,017,698	134,926,913	15,909,215	13.37
Colorado	8,431,842	7,969,239	(462,603)	−5.49
Connecticut	10,709,715	9,768,378	(941,337)	−8.79
Delaware	2,212,652	2,242,411	29,759	1.34
District of Columbia	4,331,649	5,121,772	790,123	18.24
Florida	45,888,161	41,854,792	(4,033,369)	−8.79
Georgia	23,153,178	21,118,115	(2,035,063)	−8.79
Hawaii	2,212,652	2,242,411	29,759	1.34
Idaho	2,220,081	2,242,411	22,330	1.01
Illinois	41,773,340	47,902,600	6,129,260	14.67
Indiana	12,866,699	13,241,878	375,179	2.92
Iowa	4,307,514	3,928,902	(378,612)	−8.79
Kansas	4,660,163	4,250,555	(409,608)	−8.79
Kentucky	13,375,729	14,588,219	1,212,490	9.06
Louisiana	15,924,333	18,661,916	2,737,583	17.19
Maine	2,419,335	2,242,411	(176,924)	−7.31
Maryland	14,546,358	13,267,797	(1,278,561)	−8.79
Massachusetts	12,354,890	11,268,949	(1,085,941)	−8.79
Michigan	34,878,283	35,039,178	160,895	0.46
Minnesota	9,097,556	8,297,921	(799,635)	−8.79
Mississippi	10,396,417	12,695,917	2,299,500	22.12
Missouri	12,676,655	11,562,432	(1,114,223)	−8.79
Montana	2,280,623	2,257,550	(23,073)	−1.01
Nebraska	2,862,935	3,321,693	458,758	16.02
Nevada	9,921,829	9,330,673	(591,156)	−5.96
New Hampshire	2,212,652	2,242,411	29,759	1.34
New Jersey	24,036,015	21,923,354	(2,112,661)	−8.79
New Mexico	9,124,699	9,451,630	326,931	3.58
New York	62,137,502	56,675,887	(5,461,615)	−8.79
North Carolina	27,582,642	26,247,804	(1,334,838)	−4.84
North Dakota	2,212,652	2,242,411	29,759	1.34
Ohio	41,626,582	45,496,637	3,870,055	9.30
Oklahoma	8,631,298	7,872,645	(758,653)	−8.79
Oregon	8,626,626	10,563,715	1,937,089	22.45
Pennsylvania	36,515,461	34,144,371	(2,371,090)	−6.49
Puerto Rico	29,825,410	28,606,753	(1,218,657)	−4.09
Rhode Island	3,395,462	3,097,016	(298,446)	−8.79
South Carolina	11,731,447	10,700,304	(1,031,143)	−8.79
South Dakota	2,212,652	2,242,411	29,759	1.34
Tennessee	15,774,815	14,388,278	(1,386,537)	−8.79
Texas	68,455,626	62,438,675	(6,016,951)	−8.79
Utah	3,538,726	3,227,687	(311,039)	−8.79
Vermont	2,212,652	2,242,411	29,759	1.34
Virginia	11,859,006	10,816,651	(1,042,355)	−8.79
Washington	21,151,649	25,394,224	4,242,575	20.06
West Virginia	6,472,612	7,298,882	826,270	12.77
Wisconsin	10,091,692	9,204,676	(887,016)	−8.79
Wyoming	2,212,652	2,242,411	29,759	1.34
State Total	885,060,937	896,964,379	11,903,442	1.34
American Samoa	237,085	240,385	3,300	1.39
Guam	804,738	815,939	11,201	1.39
Northern Marianas	439,677	445,798	6,121	1.39
Palau	75,000	75,000	0	0.00
Virgin Islands	661,698	670,909	9,211	1.39
Outlying Areas Total	2,218,198	2,248,031	29,833	1.34
Native Americans	13,511,865	13,693,590	181,725	1.34

Table B—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Adult Activities State Allotments Comparison of PY 2020 Allotments vs PY 2019 Allotments

State	PY 2019	PY 2020	Difference	% Difference
Total	$843,487,000	$854,474,000	$10,987,000	1.30
Alabama	14,711,809	13,413,096	(1,298,713)	−8.83
Alaska	3,957,007	4,769,805	812,798	20.54
Arizona	24,282,345	31,978,231	7,695,886	31.69
Arkansas	5,650,246	6,015,408	365,162	6.46
California	114,617,248	129,604,863	14,987,615	13.08
Colorado	7,841,113	7,246,878	(594,235)	−7.58
Connecticut	9,742,854	8,882,785	(860,069)	−8.83
Delaware	2,103,446	2,130,845	27,399	1.30
District of Columbia	3,886,654	4,645,239	758,585	19.52
Florida	46,351,320	42,259,570	(4,091,750)	−8.83
Georgia	22,242,515	20,279,015	(1,963,500)	−8.83
Hawaii	2,103,446	2,130,845	27,399	1.30
Idaho	2,103,446	2,130,845	27,399	1.30
Illinois	39,309,891	45,085,051	5,775,160	14.69
Indiana	11,700,755	12,047,106	346,351	2.96
Iowa	3,057,346	2,787,453	(269,893)	−8.83
Kansas	3,925,813	3,579,254	(346,559)	−8.83
Kentucky	13,357,433	14,497,419	1,139,986	8.53
Louisiana	15,462,994	18,045,995	2,583,001	16.70
Maine	2,203,404	2,130,845	(72,559)	−3.29
Maryland	13,998,991	12,763,204	(1,235,787)	−8.83
Massachusetts	10,518,739	9,590,178	(928,561)	−8.83
Michigan	32,076,546	32,197,079	120,533	0.38
Minnesota	7,633,654	6,959,779	(673,875)	−8.83
Mississippi	10,003,654	12,175,423	2,171,769	21.71
Missouri	11,806,230	10,764,013	(1,042,217)	−8.83
Montana	2,103,446	2,130,845	27,399	1.30
Nebraska	2,135,850	2,566,912	431,062	20.18
Nevada	9,719,349	9,151,271	(568,078)	−5.84
New Hampshire	2,103,446	2,130,845	27,399	1.30
New Jersey	23,630,205	21,544,204	(2,086,001)	−8.83
New Mexico	8,848,216	9,150,968	302,752	3.42
New York	60,652,953	55,298,700	(5,354,253)	−8.83
North Carolina	26,199,337	24,910,558	(1,288,779)	−4.92
North Dakota	2,103,446	2,130,845	27,399	1.30
Ohio	38,782,006	42,414,320	3,632,314	9.37
Oklahoma	8,176,426	7,454,637	(721,789)	−8.83
Oregon	8,279,404	10,257,412	1,978,008	23.89
Pennsylvania	33,593,768	31,312,217	(2,281,551)	−6.79
Puerto Rico	30,891,828	29,717,827	(1,174,001)	−3.80
Rhode Island	2,907,668	2,650,988	(256,680)	−8.83
South Carolina	11,326,204	10,326,362	(999,842)	−8.83
South Dakota	2,103,446	2,130,845	27,399	1.30
Tennessee	15,335,341	13,981,585	(1,353,756)	−8.83
Texas	64,789,931	59,070,478	(5,719,453)	−8.83
Utah	2,759,043	2,515,483	(243,560)	−8.83
Vermont	2,103,446	2,130,845	27,399	1.30
Virginia	11,057,427	10,081,312	(976,115)	−8.83
Washington	19,943,123	23,947,398	4,004,275	20.08
West Virginia	6,366,593	7,145,102	778,509	12.23
Wisconsin	8,714,035	7,944,787	(769,248)	−8.83
Wyoming	2,103,446	2,130,845	27,399	1.30
State Total	841,378,282	852,337,815	10,959,533	1.30
American Samoa	224,974	228,013	3,039	1.35
Guam	763,630	773,943	10,313	1.35
Northern Marianas	417,217	422,852	5,635	1.35
Palau	75,000	75,000	0	0.00
Virgin Islands	627,897	636,377	8,480	1.35
Outlying Areas Total	2,108,718	2,136,185	27,467	1.30

Table C—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities State Allotments Comparison of PY 2020 Allotments vs PY 2019 Allotments

State	PY 2019	PY 2020	Difference	% Difference
Total	$1,258,639,000	$1,322,493,000	$63,854,000	5.07
Alabama	18,299,000	17,387,399	(911,601)	−4.98
Alaska	6,395,952	8,421,655	2,025,703	31.67
Arizona	30,250,131	39,830,842	9,580,711	31.67
Arkansas	6,217,966	6,061,513	(156,453)	−2.52
California	147,573,118	142,073,567	(5,499,551)	−3.73
Colorado	10,043,592	9,986,612	(56,980)	−0.57
Connecticut	14,161,792	13,611,948	(549,844)	−3.88
Delaware	2,402,111	2,343,949	(58,162)	−2.42
District of Columbia	8,437,913	11,110,338	2,672,425	31.67
Florida	52,121,208	50,853,493	(1,267,715)	−2.43
Georgia	38,491,175	36,871,224	(1,619,951)	−4.21
Hawaii	1,604,310	1,618,611	14,301	0.89
Idaho	1,956,691	1,962,590	5,899	0.30
Illinois	59,425,694	56,663,539	(2,762,155)	−4.65
Indiana	13,659,352	13,347,305	(312,047)	−2.28
Iowa	4,116,302	4,077,392	(38,910)	−0.95
Kansas	4,618,755	4,595,051	(23,704)	−0.51
Kentucky	16,788,605	16,051,059	(737,546)	−4.39
Louisiana	21,209,720	20,371,329	(838,391)	−3.95
Maine	2,598,431	2,562,857	(35,574)	−1.37
Maryland	15,260,868	15,019,525	(241,343)	−1.58
Massachusetts	15,766,252	15,428,753	(337,499)	−2.14
Michigan	28,882,600	28,103,101	(779,499)	−2.70
Minnesota	8,618,483	8,623,882	5,399	0.06
Mississippi	12,818,139	16,877,853	4,059,714	31.67
Missouri	13,726,081	13,271,254	(454,827)	−3.31
Montana	1,585,502	1,589,906	4,404	0.28
Nebraska	2,404,721	2,430,569	25,848	1.07
Nevada	14,008,800	13,341,178	(667,622)	−4.77
New Hampshire	1,775,681	1,776,875	1,194	0.07
New Jersey	31,152,114	29,962,189	(1,189,925)	−3.82
New Mexico	17,787,817	18,082,636	294,819	1.66
New York	50,806,192	50,005,712	(800,480)	−1.58
North Carolina	29,098,556	28,414,511	(684,045)	−2.35
North Dakota	825,249	827,550	2,301	0.28
Ohio	38,603,870	37,181,539	(1,422,331)	−3.68
Oklahoma	7,577,124	7,437,134	(139,990)	−1.85
Oregon	11,249,816	11,019,838	(229,978)	−2.04
Pennsylvania	51,039,332	48,858,998	(2,180,334)	−4.27
Puerto Rico	57,872,849	76,202,126	18,329,277	31.67
Rhode Island	3,963,193	3,806,076	(157,117)	−3.96
South Carolina	14,897,573	14,268,943	(628,630)	−4.22
South Dakota	1,177,194	1,190,973	13,779	1.17
Tennessee	18,162,357	17,478,205	(684,152)	−3.77
Texas	61,014,319	59,820,885	(1,193,434)	−1.96
Utah	4,316,698	4,261,672	(55,026)	−1.27
Vermont	865,748	843,187	(22,561)	−2.61
Virginia	13,818,609	13,694,749	(123,860)	−0.90
Washington	26,634,849	26,957,248	322,399	1.21
West Virginia	9,760,842	12,852,260	3,091,418	31.67
Wisconsin	11,431,285	11,212,132	(219,153)	−1.92
Wyoming	1,086,469	1,069,268	(17,201)	−1.58
State Total	1,038,361,000	1,051,713,000	13,352,000	1.29
American Samoa	335,703	352,902	17,199	5.12
Guam	1,139,477	1,197,853	58,376	5.12
Northern Marianas	622,565	654,460	31,895	5.12
Palau	111,914	116,080	4,166	3.72
Virgin Islands	936,939	984,938	47,999	5.12
Outlying Areas Total	3,146,598	3,306,233	159,635	5.07
National Reserve	217,131,402	267,473,767	50,342,365	23.19

Table D—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser) PY 2020 vs PY 2019 Allotments

State	PY 2019	PY 2020	Difference	% Difference
Total	$661,187,000	$668,052,000	$6,865,000	1.04
Alabama	8,774,005	8,738,446	(35,559)	−0.41
Alaska	7,187,418	7,262,044	74,626	1.04
Arizona	13,793,435	14,853,978	1,060,543	7.69
Arkansas	5,116,418	5,159,694	43,276	0.85
California	77,508,834	77,981,894	473,060	0.61
Colorado	10,914,395	11,048,709	134,314	1.23
Connecticut	7,518,868	7,546,033	27,165	0.36
Delaware	1,850,977	1,869,496	18,519	1.00
District of Columbia	1,955,175	1,957,284	2,109	0.11
Florida	37,920,561	38,224,509	303,948	0.80
Georgia	19,757,815	19,810,511	52,696	0.27
Hawaii	2,320,867	2,337,828	16,961	0.73
Idaho	5,988,398	6,050,575	62,177	1.04
Illinois	26,812,565	26,795,752	(16,813)	−0.06
Indiana	12,501,804	12,606,524	104,720	0.84
Iowa	6,002,803	6,039,407	36,604	0.61
Kansas	5,426,648	5,473,903	47,255	0.87
Kentucky	8,154,547	8,261,970	107,423	1.32
Louisiana	8,888,286	8,923,122	34,836	0.39
Maine	3,561,244	3,598,220	36,976	1.04
Maryland	12,406,916	12,493,848	86,932	0.70
Massachusetts	13,762,091	13,843,578	81,487	0.59
Michigan	19,803,803	19,905,550	101,747	0.51
Minnesota	10,851,240	11,396,826	545,586	5.03
Mississippi	5,398,062	5,563,013	164,951	3.06
Missouri	11,705,550	11,734,062	28,512	0.24
Montana	4,893,749	4,944,560	50,811	1.04
Nebraska	5,021,790	4,966,813	(54,977)	−1.09
Nevada	6,023,666	6,071,412	47,746	0.79
New Hampshire	2,571,759	2,621,526	49,767	1.94
New Jersey	18,217,995	18,145,531	(72,464)	−0.40
New Mexico	5,491,649	5,548,668	57,019	1.04
New York	37,872,846	38,073,537	200,691	0.53
North Carolina	19,119,367	19,795,653	676,286	3.54
North Dakota	4,983,302	5,035,043	51,741	1.04
Ohio	23,078,213	23,265,564	187,351	0.81
Oklahoma	6,983,784	7,003,623	19,839	0.28
Oregon	8,080,992	8,221,924	140,932	1.74
Pennsylvania	25,709,054	25,924,310	215,256	0.84
Puerto Rico	6,488,984	6,422,165	(66,819)	−1.03
Rhode Island	2,292,037	2,277,052	(14,985)	−0.65
South Carolina	9,007,952	8,979,979	(27,973)	−0.31
South Dakota	4,605,717	4,653,537	47,820	1.04
Tennessee	12,200,903	12,323,307	122,404	1.00
Texas	52,111,078	52,616,735	505,657	0.97
Utah	5,842,022	5,837,153	(4,869)	−0.08
Vermont	2,157,579	2,179,981	22,402	1.04
Virginia	15,583,311	15,677,914	94,603	0.61
Washington	15,040,605	15,891,995	851,390	5.66
West Virginia	5,271,697	5,326,432	54,735	1.04
Wisconsin	11,469,141	11,531,892	62,751	0.55
Wyoming	3,573,339	3,610,440	37,101	1.04
State Total	659,575,256	666,423,522	6,848,266	1.04
Guam	309,385	312,597	3,212	1.04
Virgin Islands	1,302,359	1,315,881	13,522	1.04
Outlying Areas Total	1,611,744	1,628,478	16,734	1.04

Table E—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Workforce Information Grants to States PY 2020 vs PY 2019 Allotments

State	PY 2019	PY 2020	Difference	% Difference
Total	$31,915,000	$32,000,000	$85,000	0.27
Alabama	499,846	505,028	5,182	1.04
Alaska	286,283	285,803	(480)	−0.17
Arizona	638,657	655,740	17,083	2.67
Arkansas	402,114	403,034	920	0.23
California	2,511,591	2,510,120	(1,471)	−0.06
Colorado	603,421	610,933	7,512	1.24
Connecticut	466,938	467,544	606	0.13
Delaware	300,696	301,515	819	0.27
District of Columbia	291,586	292,370	784	0.27
Florida	1,438,980	1,451,110	12,130	0.84
Georgia	845,383	839,565	(5,818)	−0.69
Hawaii	324,383	322,394	(1,989)	−0.61
Idaho	343,625	346,492	2,867	0.83
Illinois	1,003,089	999,994	(3,095)	−0.31
Indiana	637,315	639,931	2,616	0.41
Iowa	440,689	444,844	4,155	0.94
Kansas	417,133	417,466	333	0.08
Kentucky	485,469	485,412	(57)	−0.01
Louisiana	493,089	488,811	(4,278)	−0.87
Maine	326,438	325,566	(872)	−0.27
Maryland	621,902	620,310	(1,592)	−0.26
Massachusetts	682,901	691,549	8,648	1.27
Michigan	817,191	820,200	3,009	0.37
Minnesota	606,323	605,649	(674)	−0.11
Mississippi	394,080	393,383	(697)	−0.18
Missouri	601,213	601,906	693	0.12
Montana	305,519	306,629	1,110	0.36
Nebraska	362,694	365,116	2,422	0.67
Nevada	419,001	423,009	4,008	0.96
New Hampshire	332,496	334,281	1,785	0.54
New Jersey	769,792	763,266	(6,526)	−0.85
New Mexico	353,927	356,282	2,355	0.67
New York	1,378,366	1,358,016	(20,350)	−1.48
North Carolina	827,448	834,449	7,001	0.85
North Dakota	292,004	291,832	(172)	−0.06
Ohio	920,161	920,499	338	0.04
Oklahoma	461,245	458,826	(2,419)	−0.52
Oregon	492,174	491,128	(1,046)	−0.21
Pennsylvania	992,172	998,348	6,176	0.62
Puerto Rico	372,142	370,188	(1,954)	−0.53
Rhode Island	309,656	309,298	(358)	−0.12
South Carolina	514,950	519,836	4,886	0.95
South Dakota	297,815	298,948	1,133	0.38
Tennessee	623,186	631,278	8,092	1.30
Texas	1,853,513	1,875,706	22,193	1.20
Utah	429,719	430,227	508	0.12
Vermont	284,761	285,048	287	0.10
Virginia	751,857	754,617	2,760	0.37
Washington	684,703	696,101	11,398	1.66
West Virginia	335,764	336,997	1,233	0.37
Wisconsin	615,121	608,159	(6,962)	−1.13
Wyoming	277,883	278,447	564	0.20
State Total	31,738,404	31,823,200	84,796	0.27
Guam	92,976	93,090	114	0.12
Virgin Islands	83,620	83,710	90	0.11
Outlying Areas Total	176,596	176,800	204	0.12

Signed at Washington, DC.

John Pallasch,

Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.