2015-10328. Employment and Training Administration Program Year (PY) 2015 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Allotments; PY 2015 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments and PY 2015 Workforce Information Grants.

AGENCY:

Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces allotments for PY 2015 for WIOA Title I Youth, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities programs; final allotments for Employment Service (ES) activities under the Wagner-Peyser Act for PY 2015 and Workforce Information Grants allotments for PY 2015.

WIOA allotments for States and the State final 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 based rather than based on a formula determined by the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) as occurred under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). For PY 2015, the Secretary is using the transitional authority provided by WIOA in Section 503(b) to use the discretionary formula rationale and methodology for allocating PY 2015 funds for the outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, Palau, and the Virgin Islands) that was published in the Federal Register at 65 FR 8236 (Feb. 17, 2000). The formula that the Department of Labor (Department) used for PY 2015 is the same formula used in PY 2014 and is described in the section on Youth Activities program allotments. Comments are invited on the formula used to allot funds to the outlying areas. The Department will implement a competitive grant process for funding the outlying areas in PY 2016.

DATES:

Comments on the formula used to allot funds to the outlying areas must be received by June 3, 2015.

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. Hand-delivered comments will be received at the above address. All overnight mail will be considered to be 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 are received 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—Evan Rosenberg at [phone] or LaSharn Youngblood at [phone]; WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker Activities and ES final allotments—Robert Kight at [phone]; Workforce Information Grant allotments—Kim Vitelli 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:

The Department is announcing WIOA allotments for PY 2015 for Youth Activities, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities, Wagner-Peyser Act PY 2015 final allotments, and PY 2015 Workforce Information Grant allotments. This notice provides information on the amount of funds available during PY 2015 to States with an approved WIA Title I and Wagner-Peyser Act Strategic Plan for PY 2015, and information regarding allotments to the outlying areas.

On December 16, 2014, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235 was signed into law (“the Act”). The Act, Division G, Title I, Section 107 of the Act allows the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to set aside up to 0.5 percent of most operating funds. The evaluation provision is consistent with the Federal government's priority on evidence-based policy and programming and provides important opportunities to expand evaluations and demonstrations in the Department to build solid evidence about what works best. In the past, funds for ETA evaluations and demonstrations were separately appropriated and managed by ETA. This year, that separate authority has been replaced by the set aside provision. Funds are transferred to the Department's Chief Evaluation Office to implement formal evaluations and demonstrations in collaboration with ETA. For 2015, the Secretary set aside .25 percent of the TES and SUIESO appropriations. ETA spread the amount to be set aside for each appropriation among the programs funded by that appropriation with more than $100 million in funding. This includes WIOA Adult, Youth and Dislocated Worker and Wagner-Peyser Employment Service program budgets.

We also have attached tables listing the PY 2015 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 2015 Wagner-Peyser Act final allotments (Table D). We also have attached the PY 2015 Workforce Information Grant table (Table E).

Youth Activities Allotments. The appropriated level for PY 2015 for WIOA Youth Activities totals $831,842,000. After reducing the appropriation by $2,295,000 for evaluations, $829,547,000 is available for Youth Activities. Table A includes a breakdown of the Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2015 and provides a comparison of these allotments to PY 2014 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) minus 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 provided for consolidation of WIA Title I funding, for the Marshall Islands and Micronesia into supplemental grants provided from the Department of Education's appropriation. See 48 U.S.C. 1921 d (f)(1)(B)(iii). The Compact also specified that the Republic of Palau remained eligible for WIA Title I funding. See 48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix). WIOA section 512(g)(1) updated the Compact to refer to WIOA funding. The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Division F, Title III, Section 306 of Pub. L. 113-235) authorized WIOA Title I funding to Palau through FY 2015.

Under WIA, the Secretary had discretion for determining the methodology for distributing funds to all outlying areas. Under WIOA the Secretary must disseminate the funds through a competitive process. Using the transition authority provided in WIOA Section 503(b), ETA will delay implementation of a competitive grant process for outlying areas until PY 2016. For PY 2015, 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 number of unemployed, a 90 percent hold-harmless of the prior year share, a $75,000 minimum, and a 130 percent stop-gain for the state for the previous year). For the relative share calculation in PY 2015, the Department continued to use the data obtained from the 2010 Census for American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands, and Virgin Islands. For Palau, the Department continued to use data from Palau's 2005 Census.

After the Department calculated the amount for the outlying areas and Native Americans, we determined that the amount available for PY 2015 allotments to the States is $815,061,036. This total amount was below the required $1 billion threshold specified in WIOA section 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV); therefore, the Department did not apply the WIOA additional minimum provisions. Instead, as required by WIOA, the Department used the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) (Pub. L. 97-300), section 262(a)(3) (as amended by section 207 of the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-367) minimums of 90 percent hold-harmless of the prior year allotment percentage and 0.25 percent State minimum floor. 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 for the PY 2015 Youth Activities State formula allotments are:

(1) The average number of unemployed individuals for Areas of Substantial Unemployment (ASUs) for the 12-month period, July 2013-June 2014;

(2) Number of excess unemployed individuals or the ASU excess (depending on which is higher) averages for the same 12-month period used for ASU unemployed data; and

(3) Number of economically disadvantaged Youth (age 16 to 21, excluding college students in the workforce and military) from special tabulations of data from the American Community Survey (ACS), which the Department obtained from the Bureau in 2012. The Bureau collected the data used in the special tabulations for economically disadvantaged Youth between January 1, 2006-December 31, 2010.

For purposes of identifying ASUs for the within-State Youth Activities allocation formula, States should continue to use the data made available by BLS (as described in LAUS Technical Memorandum No. S-14-22). For purposes of determining the number of economically disadvantaged Youth for the statutory within-state allocation formula, States should continue to use the special tabulations of ACS data made available to them in 2013 and available at http://www.doleta.gov/​budget/​disadvantagedYouthAdults.cfm See TEGL No. 21-12 for further information.

Adult Employment and Training Activities Allotments. The total appropriated funds for Adult Activities in PY 2015 is $776,736,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by $2,143,000 for evaluations, $774,593,000 remains for Adult Activities, of which $772,656,517 is for States and $1,936,483 is for outlying areas. Table B shows the PY 2015 Adult Employment and Training Activities allotments and a State by State comparison of the PY 2015 allotments to PY 2014 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 2015 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. 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 2015 allotments because the total amount available for the States was below the $960 million threshold required for Adult Activities in WIOA section 132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV). Instead, as required by WIOA, the Department calculated minimum allotments using the JTPA section 202(b)(2) (as amended by section 202 of the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992) minimums of 90 percent hold-harmless of the prior year allotment percentage and 0.25 percent State minimum floor. 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 economically disadvantaged Adults (age 18 to 72, excluding college students in the workforce and military).

As noted above, updated data for within-state ASU calculations is available from BLS, and States should continue to use the economically disadvantaged Adults data made available to States by the Department in 2013.

Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities Allotments. The amount appropriated for Dislocated Worker activities in PY 2015 totals $1,236,389,000. 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, and the outlying areas' Dislocated Worker allotments. After reducing the appropriated amount by $3,411,000 for evaluations, a total of $1,232,978,000 remains available for Dislocated Worker activities. The amount available for outlying areas is $3,082,445, leaving $217,167,555 for the National Reserve and a total of $1,012,728,000 available for States. Like the Adult program, Table C shows the PY 2015 Dislocated Worker activities allotments and a by State comparison of the PY 2015 allotments to PY 2014 allotments.

Like 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). As with the Youth and Adult funds, the Department will not distribute the Dislocated Worker Activities funds for grants to the outlying areas by competitive grant until PY 2016. In PY 2015 the Department will use the same pro rata share as the areas received for the PY 2015 WIOA Adult Activities program, the same methodology used in PY 2014.

The three data factors required in WIOA for the PY 2015 Dislocated Worker State formula allotments are:

(1) Number of unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2013—September 2014;

(2) Number of excess unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2013—September 2014; and

(3) Number of long-term unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2013—September 2014.

Since the Dislocated Worker Activities formula has no floor amount or hold-harmless provisions until PY 2016, funding changes for States directly reflect the impact of changes in unemployment related data listed above.

Wagner-Peyser Act ES Final Allotments. The appropriated level for PY 2015 for ES grants totals $664,184,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by $1,784,000 for evaluations, a total of $662,400,000 remains available for ES programs. After determining the funding for outlying areas, 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 2015 formula allotments on each State's share of calendar year 2014 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 BLS for calendar year 2014. All remaining set-aside funds were distributed 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 $660,785,299 for States, as well as $1,614,701 for outlying areas.

Under section 7 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, ten percent of the total sums allotted to each State must be reserved for use by the Governor to provide performance incentives for ES offices, services for groups with special needs, and for the extra costs of exemplary models for delivering job services.

Workforce Information Grants Allotments. Total PY 2015 funding for Workforce Information Grants allotments to States is $32,000,000. The allotment figures for each State are listed in Table E. Funds are distributed by administrative formula, with a reserve of $176,800 for Guam and the Virgin Islands. Guam and the 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 2014.

Table A—U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, WIOA Youth Activities State Allotments, Comparison of PY 2015 vs PY 2014

State	PY 2014	PY 2015	Difference	% Difference
Total with Evaluations	$820,430,000	$831,842,000	$11,412,000	1.39
Total (WIOA Youth Activities)	$818,169,000	$829,547,000	$11,378,000	1.39
Alabama	10,363,134	10,973,635	610,501	5.89
Alaska	2,009,628	2,037,653	28,025	1.39
Arizona	16,873,353	18,380,399	1,507,046	8.93
Arkansas	6,814,031	7,694,400	880,369	12.92
California	119,122,833	120,707,084	1,584,251	1.33
Colorado	12,414,406	11,835,030	(579,376)	−4.67
Connecticut	9,398,657	9,634,681	236,024	2.51
Delaware	2,009,628	2,037,653	28,025	1.39
District of Columbia	2,216,117	2,329,955	113,838	5.14
Florida	45,067,004	42,774,978	(2,292,026)	−5.09
Georgia	27,467,948	27,630,735	162,787	0.59
Hawaii	2,049,527	2,037,653	(11,874)	−0.58
Idaho	3,414,748	3,116,131	(298,617)	−8.74
Illinois	38,093,547	42,336,174	4,242,627	11.14
Indiana	17,756,443	16,203,657	(1,552,786)	-8.74
Iowa	4,739,579	4,781,261	41,682	0.88
Kansas	5,398,508	5,370,179	(28,329)	−0.52
Kentucky	12,118,913	13,717,594	1,598,681	13.19
Louisiana	9,327,194	9,194,017	(133,177)	−1.43
Maine	3,244,888	3,214,985	(29,903)	−0.92
Maryland	11,989,592	12,364,002	374,410	3.12
Massachusetts	14,507,221	16,504,685	1,997,464	13.77
Michigan	30,072,831	31,250,104	1,177,273	3.91
Minnesota	9,947,978	9,078,036	(869,942)	−8.74
Mississippi	9,200,818	9,151,084	(49,734)	−0.54
Missouri	12,877,148	14,228,439	1,351,291	10.49
Montana	2,152,132	2,152,782	650	0.03
Nebraska	2,394,620	2,425,096	30,476	1.27
Nevada	8,865,521	9,034,617	169,096	1.91
New Hampshire	2,200,035	2,037,653	(162,382)	−7.38
New Jersey	25,513,414	23,282,287	(2,231,127)	−8.74
New Mexico	4,625,925	5,249,778	623,853	13.49
New York	52,011,703	52,128,262	116,559	0.22
North Carolina	28,871,997	26,347,165	(2,524,832)	−8.74
North Dakota	2,009,628	2,037,653	28,025	1.39
Ohio	26,270,342	28,593,170	2,322,828	8.84
Oklahoma	6,258,954	6,941,080	682,126	10.90
Oregon	10,543,691	10,431,168	(112,523)	−1.07
Pennsylvania	33,509,103	30,984,178	(2,524,925)	−7.54
Puerto Rico	17,265,863	19,489,676	2,223,813	12.88
Rhode Island	3,743,023	4,106,989	363,966	9.72
South Carolina	12,574,365	11,474,747	(1,099,618)	−8.74
South Dakota	2,009,628	2,037,653	28,025	1.39
Tennessee	16,496,140	17,503,627	1,007,487	6.11
Texas	52,492,802	54,914,867	2,422,065	4.61
Utah	4,304,671	3,928,231	(376,440)	−8.74
Vermont	2,009,628	2,037,653	28,025	1.39
Virginia	13,392,465	13,325,559	(66,906)	−0.50
Washington	16,309,501	15,945,865	(363,636)	−2.23
West Virginia	3,957,765	3,987,564	29,799	0.75
Wisconsin	13,562,824	14,041,859	479,035	3.53
Wyoming	2,009,628	2,037,653	28,025	1.39
State Total	803,851,042	815,061,036	11,209,994	1.39
American Samoa	196,434	217,678	21,244	10.81
Guam	766,348	738,863	(27,485)	−3.59
Northern Marianas	402,258	403,686	1,428	0.35
Palau	75,000	75,000	0	0.00
Virgin Islands	605,383	607,532	2,149	0.35
Outlying Areas Total	2,045,423	2,042,759	(2,664)	−0.13
Native Americans	12,272,535	12,443,205	170,670	1.39
Evaluations set aside	2,261,000	2,295,000	34,000	1.50

Table B—U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, WIOA Adult Activities State Allotments, Comparison of PY 2015 Allotments vs PY 2014 Allotments

State	PY 2014	PY 2015	Difference	% Difference
Total with Evaluations	$766,080,000	$776,736,000	$10,656,000	1.39
Total (WIOA Adult Activities)	$763,969,000	$774,593,000	$10,624,000	1.39
Alabama	10,127,957	10,701,084	573,127	5.66
Alaska	1,905,148	1,931,641	26,493	1.39
Arizona	15,910,029	17,323,692	1,413,663	8.89
Arkansas	6,508,494	7,337,318	828,824	12.73
California	114,152,207	115,578,226	1,426,019	1.25
Colorado	11,534,090	10,974,957	(559,133)	−4.85
Connecticut	8,642,428	8,856,853	214,425	2.48
Delaware	1,905,148	1,931,641	26,493	1.39
District of Columbia	2,014,101	2,119,523	105,422	5.23
Florida	44,979,171	42,797,775	(2,181,396)	−4.85
Georgia	26,369,329	26,506,892	137,563	0.52
Hawaii	2,137,808	1,951,282	(186,526)	−8.73
Idaho	3,171,735	2,894,258	(277,477)	−8.75
Illinois	35,721,028	39,706,093	3,985,065	11.16
Indiana	16,187,078	14,770,963	(1,416,115)	−8.75
Iowa	3,371,916	3,398,273	26,357	0.78
Kansas	4,537,758	4,502,095	(35,663)	−0.79
Kentucky	12,441,851	13,954,626	1,512,775	12.16
Louisiana	8,947,905	8,816,204	(131,701)	−1.47
Maine	2,958,900	2,927,292	(31,608)	−1.07
Maryland	11,120,651	11,464,414	343,763	3.09
Massachusetts	12,850,371	14,722,745	1,872,374	14.57
Michigan	28,122,010	28,780,666	658,656	2.34
Minnesota	8,509,251	7,764,825	(744,426)	−8.75
Mississippi	8,783,758	8,730,734	(53,024)	−0.60
Missouri	11,979,012	13,246,842	1,267,830	10.58
Montana	2,047,975	2,047,140	(835)	−0.04
Nebraska	1,905,148	1,931,641	26,493	1.39
Nevada	8,620,844	8,809,234	188,390	2.19
New Hampshire	1,905,148	1,931,641	26,493	1.39
New Jersey	24,644,654	22,488,633	(2,156,021)	−8.75
New Mexico	4,457,154	5,044,948	587,794	13.19
New York	50,339,040	50,421,651	82,611	0.16
North Carolina	27,573,758	25,161,487	(2,412,271)	−8.75
North Dakota	1,905,148	1,931,641	26,493	1.39
Ohio	24,343,116	26,518,096	2,174,980	8.93
Oklahoma	6,047,269	6,689,426	642,157	10.62
Oregon	10,108,074	9,995,124	(112,950)	−1.12
Pennsylvania	30,619,150	28,195,888	(2,423,262)	−7.91
Puerto Rico	18,344,208	21,215,910	2,871,702	15.65
Rhode Island	3,230,712	3,569,777	339,065	10.50
South Carolina	12,134,396	11,072,827	(1,061,569)	−8.75
South Dakota	1,905,148	1,931,641	26,493	1.39
Tennessee	16,085,971	17,031,743	945,772	5.88
Texas	50,065,195	52,323,110	2,257,915	4.51
Utah	3,614,740	3,298,507	(316,233)	−8.75
Vermont	1,905,148	1,931,641	26,493	1.39
Virginia	12,445,438	12,370,494	(74,944)	−0.60
Washington	15,226,047	14,868,344	(357,703)	−2.35
West Virginia	4,028,840	4,056,659	27,819	0.69
Wisconsin	11,762,474	12,196,759	434,285	3.69
Wyoming	1,905,148	1,931,641	26,493	1.39
State Total	762,059,077	772,656,517	10,597,440	1.39
American Samoa	182,941	205,921	22,980	12.56
Guam	713,704	698,958	(14,746)	−2.07
Northern Marianas	374,568	381,883	7,315	1.95
Palau	75,000	75,000	0	0.00
Virgin Islands	563,710	574,721	11,011	1.95
Outlying Areas Total	1,909,923	1,936,483	26,560	1.39
Evaluations set aside	2,111,000	2,143,000	32,000	1.52

Table C—U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities State Allotments, Comparison of PY 2015 Allotments vs PY 2014 Allotments

State	PY 2014	PY 2015	Difference	% Difference
Total with Evaluations	$1,222,457,000	$1,236,389,000	$13,932,000	1.14
Total (WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities)	$1,219,087,000	$1,232,978,000	$13,891,000	1.14
Alabama	11,599,476	15,012,219	3,412,743	29.42
Alaska	1,633,027	2,184,119	551,092	33.75
Arizona	20,193,454	22,511,715	2,318,261	11.48
Arkansas	7,814,651	8,052,059	237,408	3.04
California	157,376,202	164,063,131	6,686,929	4.25
Colorado	15,822,647	13,622,336	(2,200,311)	−13.91
Connecticut	13,243,210	13,612,474	369,264	2.79
Delaware	2,613,882	2,596,904	(16,978)	−0.65
District of Columbia	2,998,287	3,443,627	445,340	14.85
Florida	60,315,153	61,786,732	1,471,579	2.44
Georgia	36,939,150	39,981,701	3,042,551	8.24
Hawaii	1,852,830	1,931,277	78,447	4.23
Idaho	3,461,421	2,636,879	(824,542)	−23.82
Illinois	54,907,799	58,325,151	3,417,352	6.22
Indiana	22,303,621	17,611,408	(4,692,213)	−21.04
Iowa	4,164,521	4,426,239	261,718	6.28
Kansas	5,471,022	4,682,959	(788,063)	−14.40
Kentucky	14,256,130	16,220,379	1,964,249	13.78
Louisiana	10,286,901	9,215,660	(1,071,241)	−10.41
Maine	3,807,546	3,592,396	(215,150)	−5.65
Maryland	16,637,979	17,549,612	911,633	5.48
Massachusetts	18,899,549	21,265,196	2,365,647	12.52
Michigan	36,932,673	40,080,962	3,148,289	8.52
Minnesota	9,452,346	8,332,420	(1,119,926)	−11.85
Mississippi	10,617,327	11,047,184	429,857	4.05
Missouri	16,292,492	18,476,297	2,183,805	13.40
Montana	1,659,822	1,699,458	39,636	2.39
Nebraska	2,044,195	2,016,308	(27,887)	−1.36
Nevada	12,539,486	13,272,377	732,891	5.84
New Hampshire	2,525,768	2,355,019	(170,749)	−6.76
New Jersey	38,580,867	33,968,534	(4,612,333)	−11.95
New Mexico	5,180,570	6,691,816	1,511,246	29.17
New York	67,330,827	69,009,253	1,678,426	2.49
North Carolina	38,671,061	31,698,026	(6,973,035)	−18.03
North Dakota	549,747	566,170	16,423	2.99
Ohio	32,568,365	33,758,857	1,190,492	3.66
Oklahoma	5,417,077	5,943,501	526,424	9.72
Oregon	13,140,217	13,672,401	532,184	4.05
Pennsylvania	43,100,393	37,184,902	(5,915,491)	−13.72
Puerto Rico	14,743,999	20,357,210	5,613,211	38.07
Rhode Island	4,852,880	5,533,256	680,376	14.02
South Carolina	15,546,400	12,481,973	(3,064,427)	−19.71
South Dakota	800,633	856,158	55,525	6.94
Tennessee	20,840,426	21,507,643	667,217	3.20
Texas	57,992,167	55,598,809	(2,393,358)	−4.13
Utah	3,786,657	2,963,244	(823,413)	−21.75
Vermont	779,524	806,732	27,208	3.49
Virginia	15,956,793	17,685,631	1,728,838	10.83
Washington	19,149,875	19,533,856	383,981	2.01
West Virginia	4,272,884	4,814,588	541,704	12.68
Wisconsin	16,187,134	15,763,228	(423,906)	−2.62
Wyoming	726,937	728,014	1,077	0.15
State Total	998,838,000	1,012,728,000	13,890,000	1.39
American Samoa	291,924	327,780	35,856	12.28
Guam	1,138,877	1,112,584	(26,293)	−2.31
Northern Marianas	597,709	607,872	10,163	1.70
Palau	119,680	119,383	(297)	−0.25
Virgin Islands	899,528	914,826	15,298	1.70
Outlying Areas Total	3,047,718	3,082,445	34,727	1.14
National Reserve	217,201,282	217,167,555	(33,727)	−0.02
Evaluations set aside	3,370,000	3,411,000	41,000	1.22

Table D—U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser), PY 2015 vs PY 2014 Final Allotments

State	Final PY 2014	Final PY 2015	Difference	% Difference
Total with Evaluation	$664,184,000	$664,184,000	$0	0.00
Total (ES Activities)	$664,184,000	$662,400,000	($1,784,000)	−0.27
Alabama	8,502,449	8,491,183	(11,266)	0.13
Alaska	7,219,997	7,200,604	(19,393)	0.27
Arizona	12,467,698	12,473,460	5,762	0.05
Arkansas	5,307,726	5,283,573	(24,153)	0.46
California	79,586,271	79,283,096	(303,175)	0.38
Colorado	10,685,065	10,626,917	(58,148)	0.54
Connecticut	7,561,842	7,565,360	3,518	0.05
Delaware	1,855,182	1,850,199	(4,983)	0.27
District of Columbia	2,123,634	2,088,474	(35,160)	1.66
Florida	38,551,390	38,350,606	(200,784)	0.52
Georgia	19,608,469	19,841,888	233,419	1.19
Hawaii	2,327,227	2,339,563	12,336	0.53
Idaho	6,015,543	5,999,385	(16,158)	0.27
Illinois	27,868,035	27,708,235	(159,800)	0.57
Indiana	12,821,228	12,751,284	(69,944)	0.55
Iowa	5,964,574	6,028,720	64,146	1.08
Kansas	5,526,029	5,498,111	(27,918)	0.51
Kentucky	8,506,643	8,465,309	(41,334)	0.49
Louisiana	8,094,739	8,076,868	(17,871)	0.22
Maine	3,577,386	3,567,777	(9,609)	0.27
Maryland	11,906,489	11,934,682	28,193	0.24
Massachusetts	13,409,175	13,585,040	175,865	1.31
Michigan	21,291,774	21,056,725	(235,049)	1.10
Minnesota	10,993,540	10,920,175	(73,365)	0.67
Mississippi	5,674,402	5,621,814	(52,588)	0.93
Missouri	11,888,860	11,967,561	78,701	0.66
Montana	4,915,931	4,902,727	(13,204)	0.27
Nebraska	5,605,477	5,512,267	(93,210)	1.66
Nevada	6,117,652	6,068,982	(48,670)	0.80
New Hampshire	2,650,012	2,641,511	(8,501)	0.32
New Jersey	19,124,756	18,973,701	(151,055)	0.79
New Mexico	5,516,541	5,501,724	(14,817)	0.27
New York	38,504,428	38,363,357	(141,071)	0.37
North Carolina	19,555,320	19,378,713	(176,607)	0.90
North Dakota	5,005,890	4,992,444	(13,446)	0.27
Ohio	23,710,251	23,445,526	(264,725)	1.12
Oklahoma	6,461,834	6,464,603	2,769	0.04
Oregon	8,138,876	8,093,834	(45,042)	0.55
Pennsylvania	25,781,009	25,557,772	(223,237)	0.87
Puerto Rico	6,911,482	6,836,910	(74,572)	1.08
Rhode Island	2,453,424	2,437,864	(15,560)	0.63
South Carolina	9,079,879	8,992,138	(87,741)	0.97
South Dakota	4,626,593	4,614,166	(12,427)	0.27
Tennessee	12,636,661	12,567,163	(69,498)	0.55
Texas	47,954,459	48,160,966	206,507	0.43
Utah	6,395,863	6,289,510	(106,353)	1.66
Vermont	2,167,359	2,161,537	(5,822)	0.27
Virginia	15,390,720	15,846,585	455,865	2.96
Washington	13,819,721	13,756,839	(62,882)	0.46
West Virginia	5,295,592	5,281,368	(14,224)	0.27
Wisconsin	11,820,318	11,786,589	(33,729)	0.29
Wyoming	3,589,535	3,579,894	(9,641)	0.27
State Total	662,564,950	660,785,299	(1,779,651)	0.27
Guam	310,787	309,952	(835)	0.27
Virgin Islands	1,308,263	1,304,749	(3,514)	0.27
Outlying Areas Total	1,619,050	1,614,701	(4,349)	0.27
Evaluations set aside	0	1,784,000	1,784,000	N/A

Table E—U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Workforce Information Grants to States, PY 2015 vs PY 2014 Allotments

State	PY 2014	PY 2015	Difference	% Difference
Total	$32,000,000	$32,000,000	$0	0.00
Alabama	507,835	504,328	(3,507)	0.69
Alaska	289,243	289,343	100	0.03
Arizona	612,836	613,057	221	0.04
Arkansas	407,384	405,110	(2,274)	0.56
California	2,512,037	2,512,646	609	0.02
Colorado	581,206	583,979	2,773	0.48
Connecticut	471,257	472,001	744	0.16
Delaware	298,885	299,203	318	0.11
District of Columbia	289,809	289,948	139	0.05
Florida	1,391,578	1,408,710	17,132	1.23
Georgia	831,404	824,471	(6,933)	0.83
Hawaii	323,731	325,099	1,368	0.42
Idaho	339,000	339,420	420	0.12
Illinois	1,046,809	1,041,040	(5,769)	0.55
Indiana	629,369	635,932	6,563	1.04
Iowa	445,306	450,811	5,505	1.24
Kansas	426,480	426,274	(206)	0.05
Kentucky	498,878	493,479	(5,399)	1.08
Louisiana	499,691	501,858	2,167	0.43
Maine	331,051	331,102	51	0.02
Maryland	626,679	623,467	(3,212)	0.51
Massachusetts	669,155	671,558	2,403	0.36
Michigan	815,743	820,078	4,335	0.53
Minnesota	607,750	608,644	894	0.15
Mississippi	405,143	398,706	(6,437)	1.59
Missouri	610,737	614,280	3,543	0.58
Montana	306,821	307,848	1,027	0.33
Nebraska	370,589	369,401	(1,188)	0.32
Nevada	411,954	411,778	(176)	0.04
New Hampshire	335,427	335,286	(141)	0.04
New Jersey	807,150	791,996	(15,154)	1.88
New Mexico	358,969	357,691	(1,278)	0.36
New York	1,414,730	1,413,628	(1,102)	0.08
North Carolina	820,492	813,419	(7,073)	0.86
North Dakota	293,355	294,439	1,084	0.37
Ohio	944,285	944,193	(92)	0.01
Oklahoma	465,806	464,819	(987)	0.21
Oregon	480,795	480,082	(713)	0.15
Pennsylvania	1,039,220	1,025,094	(14,126)	1.36
Puerto Rico	389,936	386,665	(3,271)	0.84
Rhode Island	312,805	312,352	(453)	0.14
South Carolina	509,004	509,225	221	0.04
South Dakota	299,407	299,746	339	0.11
Tennessee	624,985	614,134	(10,851)	1.74
Texas	1,796,213	1,821,458	25,245	1.41
Utah	413,138	420,602	7,464	1.81
Vermont	287,830	287,500	(330)	0.11
Virginia	759,585	765,965	6,380	0.84
Washington	668,760	666,958	(1,802)	0.27
West Virginia	342,636	341,935	(701)	0.20
Wisconsin	618,083	619,893	1,810	0.29
Wyoming	282,229	282,549	320	0.11
State Total	31,823,200	31,823,200	0	0.00
Guam	93,090	93,090	0	0.00
Virgin Islands	83,710	83,710	0	0.00
Outlying Areas Total	176,800	176,800	0	0.00

Portia Wu,

Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.