2017-12336. Program Year (PY) 2017 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Allotments; PY 2017 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments and PY 2017 Workforce Information Grants

AGENCY:

Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces allotments for PY 2017 for WIOA Title I Youth, Adult and Dislocated Worker Activities programs; final allotments for Employment Service (ES) activities under the Wagner-Peyser Act for PY 2017 and the allotments of Workforce Information Grants to States for PY 2017.

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 2017, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 waives the competition requirement, and the Secretary is using the discretionary formula rationale and methodology for allocating PY 2017 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 2017 is the same formula used in PY 2016 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.

DATES:

Comments on the formula used to allot funds to the Outlying Areas must be received by July 17, 2017.

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—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:

The Department is announcing WIOA allotments for PY 2017 for Youth Activities, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities, Wagner-Peyser Act PY 2017 final allotments, and PY 2017 Workforce Information Grant allotments. This notice provides information on the amount of funds available during PY 2017 to States with an approved WIOA Title I and Wagner-Peyser Act Strategic Plan for PY 2017, and information regarding allotments to the Outlying Areas.

On May 5, 2017, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, Public Law 115-31 was signed into law (“the Act”). The Act, Division H, Title I, Section 107 of the Act allows the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to set aside up to 0.75 percent of most operating funds for evaluations. The evaluation provision is consistent with the Federal government's priority on evidence-based policy and programming providing 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. 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 2017, the Secretary set aside 0.25 percent of the Training and Employment Services (TES) and State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services Operations (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.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, Division H, Title I, sec. 106(b), allows the Secretary to set aside up to 0.5 percent of each discretionary appropriation for activities related to program integrity. For 2017, the Department set aside the full 0.5 percent of most discretionary appropriations which reduced WIOA Adult, Youth, Dislocated Worker, Wagner-Peyser Employment Service and Workforce Information Grant program budgets.

We also have attached tables listing the PY 2017 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 2017 Wagner-Peyser Act final allotments (Table D). We also have attached the PY 2017 Workforce Information Grant table (Table E).

Youth Activities Allotments. The appropriated level for PY 2017 for WIOA Youth Activities totals $873,416,000. After reducing the appropriation by $2,488,000 for evaluations and $4,367,080 for program integrity, $866,560,920, is available for Youth Activities. Table A includes a breakdown of the Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2017 and provides a comparison of these allotments to PY 2016 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 and program integrity set asides), 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 and program integrity set asides) 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 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Division H, Title III, Section 305 of Pub. L. 115-31) authorized WIOA Title I funding to Palau through FY 2017.

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. For PY 2017, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 waives the competition requirement contained in WIOA secs. 127(b)(1)(B)(ii), 132(b)(1)(A)(ii), and 132(b)(2)(A)(ii) 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 2017, 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 2017, 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.

After the Department calculated the amount for the Outlying Areas and the Native American program, it was determined that the amount available for PY 2017 allotments to the States is $851,428,600. This total amount was 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. This is the same methodology to set a floor on the annual variation in allotments as has been applied almost continuously for more than two decades. See sec. 262(b)(2) of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) (Pub. L. 97-300), (as amended by sec. 207 of the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-367); sec. 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-220). 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 2017 Youth Activities State formula allotments are, summarized slightly, as follows:

(1) The average number of unemployed individuals for Areas of Substantial Unemployment (ASUs) for the 12-month period, July 2015-June 2016;

(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 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 Census Bureau and used since PY 2013. The Census Bureau collected the data used in the special tabulations for disadvantaged youth between January 1, 2006-December 31, 2010.

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-16-15). For purposes of determining the number of disadvantaged youth, the Department continued to use the special tabulations of ACS data 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 2017 is $815,556,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by $2,323,000 for evaluations and $4,077,780 for program integrity, $809,155,220 remains for Adult Activities, of which $807,132,332 is for States and $2,022,888 is for Outlying Areas. Table B shows the PY 2017 Adult Employment and Training Activities allotments and a State by State comparison of the PY 2017 allotments to PY 2016 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 and program integrity set asides). As discussed in the Youth Activities section above, in PY 2017 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 2017 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. This is the same methodology to set a floor on the annual variation in allotments as has been applied almost continuously for more than two decades. See sec. 262(b)(2) of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) (Pub. L. 97-300), (as amended by sec. 207 of the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-367); sec. 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-220). 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 in the workforce and military).

Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities Allotments. The amount appropriated for Dislocated Worker activities in PY 2017 totals $1,241,719,000. 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 $3,536,000 for evaluations and $6,208,595 for program integrity, a total of $1,231,974,405 remains available for Dislocated Worker activities. The amount available for Outlying Areas is $3,079,936, leaving $216,046,769 for the National Reserve and a total of $1,012,847,700 available for States. Like the Adult program, Table C shows the PY 2017 Dislocated Worker activities allotments and a State by State comparison of the PY 2017 allotments to PY 2016 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 and program integrity set asides). Similar to Youth and Adult funds, instead of competition, in PY 2017 the Department will use the same pro rata share as the areas received for the PY 2017 WIOA Adult Activities program to distribute the Outlying Areas' Dislocated Worker funds, the same methodology used in PY 2016.

The three data factors required in WIOA sec. 132(b)(2)(B)(ii) for the PY 2017 Dislocated Worker State formula allotments are, summarized slightly, as follows:

(1) Number of unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2015-September 2016;

(2) Number of excess unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2015-September 2016; and

(3) Number of long-term unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 2015-September 2016.

In PY 2017, 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 or more than 130 percent of the State's prior year allotment percentage.

Wagner-Peyser Act ES Final Allotments. The appropriated level for PY 2017 for ES grants totals $671,413,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by $1,826,000 for evaluations and $3,357,065 for program integrity, a total of $666,229,935 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 2017 formula allotments on each State's share of calendar year 2016 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 2016. 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 $664,605,898 for States, as well as $1,624,037 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).

Workforce Information Grants Allotments. Total PY 2017 funding for Workforce Information Grants allotments to States is $32,000,000. After reducing the total by $160,000 for program integrity, $31,840,000 is available for Workforce Information Grants. The allotment figures for each State are listed in Table E. Funds are distributed by administrative formula, with a reserve of $176,416 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 2016.

Table A—U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, WIOA Youth Activities State Allotments Comparison of PY 2017 Allotments vs PY 2016 Allotments

State	PY 2016	PY 2017	Difference	Difference (percent)
Total Appropriated	$873,416,000	$873,416,000	$0	0.00
Total (WIOA Youth Activities)	870,931,000	866,560,920	(4,370,080)	−0.50
Alabama	13,242,811	15,935,826	2,693,015	20.34
Alaska	2,296,191	2,749,556	453,365	19.74
Arizona	20,040,831	21,927,448	1,886,617	9.41
Arkansas	7,839,730	7,020,353	(819,377)	−10.45
California	128,788,366	122,708,017	(6,080,349)	−4.72
Colorado	11,182,905	10,014,113	(1,168,792)	−10.45
Connecticut	10,313,964	10,849,939	535,975	5.20
Delaware	2,139,306	2,128,572	(10,734)	−0.50
District of Columbia	3,086,388	3,048,727	(37,661)	−1.22
Florida	49,787,759	47,191,033	(2,596,726)	−5.22
Georgia	30,707,383	27,497,972	(3,209,411)	−10.45
Hawaii	2,139,306	2,128,572	(10,734)	−0.50
Idaho	2,944,428	2,636,688	(307,740)	−10.45
Illinois	40,003,397	45,262,696	5,259,299	13.15
Indiana	17,064,726	15,281,190	(1,783,536)	−10.45
Iowa	5,118,005	5,042,166	(75,839)	−1.48
Kansas	5,166,437	4,626,462	(539,975)	−10.45
Kentucky	12,961,737	13,006,059	44,322	0.34
Louisiana	12,548,488	15,937,361	3,388,873	27.01
Maine	3,208,693	2,873,333	(335,360)	−10.45
Maryland	14,375,433	13,351,957	(1,023,476)	−7.12
Massachusetts	15,595,256	13,965,303	(1,629,953)	−10.45
Michigan	29,709,018	26,603,952	(3,105,066)	−10.45
Minnesota	8,577,825	8,630,212	52,387	0.61
Mississippi	10,193,683	10,648,637	454,954	4.46
Missouri	16,472,508	14,750,868	(1,721,640)	−10.45
Montana	2,139,306	2,128,572	(10,734)	−0.50
Nebraska	2,291,470	2,432,570	141,100	6.16
Nevada	9,531,729	9,913,269	381,540	4.00
New Hampshire	2,139,306	2,128,572	(10,734)	−0.50
New Jersey	24,898,651	22,296,345	(2,602,306)	−10.45
New Mexico	6,167,206	7,484,241	1,317,035	21.36
New York	54,003,637	49,406,010	(4,597,627)	−8.51
North Carolina	25,235,370	28,746,951	3,511,581	13.92
North Dakota	2,139,306	2,128,572	(10,734)	−0.50
Ohio	28,162,375	30,130,209	1,967,834	6.99
Oklahoma	6,558,618	7,802,022	1,243,404	18.96
Oregon	11,441,241	10,245,449	(1,195,792)	−10.45
Pennsylvania	29,652,886	32,264,694	2,611,808	8.81
Puerto Rico	23,096,083	25,176,038	2,079,955	9.01
Rhode Island	3,880,689	3,582,507	(298,182)	−7.68
South Carolina	14,636,640	13,932,904	(703,736)	−4.81
South Dakota	2,139,306	2,128,572	(10,734)	−0.50
Tennessee	18,911,472	16,934,922	(1,976,550)	−10.45
Texas	51,888,988	58,289,678	6,400,690	12.34
Utah	3,711,780	3,323,840	(387,940)	−10.45
Vermont	2,139,306	2,128,572	(10,734)	−0.50
Virginia	15,728,252	14,084,399	(1,643,853)	−10.45
Washington	18,966,351	18,561,132	(405,219)	−2.14
West Virginia	5,350,384	6,247,535	897,151	16.77
Wisconsin	13,268,135	11,985,441	(1,282,694)	−9.67
Wyoming	2,139,306	2,128,572	(10,734)	−0.50
State Total	855,722,367	851,428,600	(4,293,767)	−0.50
American Samoa	228,951	227,760	(1,191)	−0.52
Guam	777,128	773,087	(4,041)	−0.52
Northern Marianas	424,593	422,385	(2,208)	−0.52
Palau	75,000	75,000	0	0.00
Virgin Islands	638,996	635,674	(3,322)	−0.52
Outlying Areas Total	2,144,668	2,133,906	(10,762)	−0.50
Native Americans	13,063,965	12,998,414	(65,551)	−0.50
Evaluations set aside	2,485,000	2,488,000	3,000	0.12
Program Integrity set aside	0	4,367,080	4,367,080	N/A

Table B—U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, WIOA Adult Activities State Allotments Comparison of PY 2017 Allotments vs PY 2016 Allotments

State	PY 2016	PY 2017	Difference	Difference (percent)
Total Appropriated	$815,556,000	$815,556,000	$0	0.00
Total (WIOA Adult Activities)	813,235,000	809,155,220	(4,079,780)	−0.50
Alabama	12,855,265	15,399,354	2,544,089	19.79
Alaska	2,141,082	2,571,516	430,434	20.10
Arizona	18,879,837	20,673,071	1,793,234	9.50
Arkansas	7,472,699	6,691,689	(781,010)	−10.45
California	123,210,917	117,464,601	(5,746,316)	−4.66
Colorado	10,370,217	9,286,373	(1,083,844)	−10.45
Connecticut	9,481,516	9,998,629	517,113	5.45
Delaware	2,028,005	2,017,831	(10,174)	−0.50
District of Columbia	2,829,641	2,797,188	(32,453)	−1.15
Florida	49,511,527	47,011,004	(2,500,523)	−5.05
Georgia	29,416,706	26,342,217	(3,074,489)	−10.45
Hawaii	2,028,005	2,017,831	(10,174)	−0.50
Idaho	2,734,779	2,448,953	(285,826)	−10.45
Illinois	37,518,214	42,455,721	4,937,507	13.16
Indiana	15,474,763	13,857,417	(1,617,346)	−10.45
Iowa	3,662,040	3,620,871	(41,169)	−1.12
Kansas	4,279,457	3,832,189	(447,268)	−10.45
Kentucky	13,185,700	13,297,308	111,608	0.85
Louisiana	12,032,822	15,196,124	3,163,302	26.29
Maine	2,914,099	2,609,532	(304,567)	−10.45
Maryland	13,348,546	12,390,856	(957,690)	−7.17
Massachusetts	13,911,495	12,457,534	(1,453,961)	−10.45
Michigan	27,194,798	24,352,532	(2,842,266)	−10.45
Minnesota	7,336,969	7,225,904	(111,065)	−1.51
Mississippi	9,714,582	10,146,478	431,896	4.45
Missouri	15,350,715	13,746,334	(1,604,381)	−10.45
Montana	2,028,005	2,017,831	(10,174)	−0.50
Nebraska	2,028,005	2,017,831	(10,174)	−0.50
Nevada	9,285,903	9,643,279	357,376	3.85
New Hampshire	2,028,005	2,017,831	(10,174)	−0.50
New Jersey	24,056,170	21,541,938	(2,514,232)	−10.45
New Mexico	5,913,046	7,159,148	1,246,102	21.07
New York	52,214,166	47,853,408	(4,360,758)	−8.35
North Carolina	24,108,820	27,433,397	3,324,577	13.79
North Dakota	2,028,005	2,017,831	(10,174)	−0.50
Ohio	26,068,489	27,953,259	1,884,770	7.23
Oklahoma	6,320,826	7,504,490	1,183,664	18.73
Oregon	10,949,876	9,805,449	(1,144,427)	−10.45
Pennsylvania	26,866,202	29,375,775	2,509,573	9.34
Puerto Rico	24,742,775	26,646,862	1,904,087	7.70
Rhode Island	3,373,076	3,065,937	(307,139)	−9.11
South Carolina	14,080,837	13,413,830	(667,007)	−4.74
South Dakota	2,028,005	2,017,831	(10,174)	−0.50
Tennessee	18,374,267	16,453,879	(1,920,388)	−10.45
Texas	49,440,010	55,507,822	6,067,812	12.27
Utah	3,116,753	2,791,005	(325,748)	−10.45
Vermont	2,028,005	2,017,831	(10,174)	−0.50
Virginia	14,623,934	13,095,513	(1,528,421)	−10.45
Washington	17,705,363	17,333,734	(371,629)	−2.10
West Virginia	5,356,273	6,199,542	843,269	15.74
Wisconsin	11,524,695	10,320,191	(1,204,504)	−10.45
Wyoming	2,028,005	2,017,831	(10,174)	−0.50
State Total	811,201,912	807,132,332	(4,069,580)	−0.50
American Samoa	216,608	215,479	(1,129)	−0.52
Guam	735,231	731,402	(3,829)	−0.52
Northern Marianas	401,702	399,609	(2,093)	−0.52
Palau	75,000	75,000	0	0.00
Virgin Islands	604,547	601,398	(3,149)	−0.52
Outlying Areas Total	2,033,088	2,022,888	(10,200)	−0.50
Evaluations set aside	2,321,000	2,323,000	2,000	0.09
Program Integrity set aside	0	4,077,780	4,077,780	N/A

Table C—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities State Allotments Comparison of PY 2017 Allotments vs PY 2016 Allotments

State	PY 2016	PY 2017	Difference	Difference (percent)
Total Appropriated	$1,241,719,000	$1,241,719,000	$0	0.00
Total (WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities)	1,238,186,000	1,231,974,405	(6,211,595)	−0.50
Alabama	16,427,975	20,979,198	4,551,223	27.70
Alaska	2,854,009	3,691,597	837,588	29.35
Arizona	25,029,051	25,219,541	190,490	0.76
Arkansas	7,757,044	6,946,313	(810,731)	−10.45
California	169,644,376	151,913,910	(17,730,466)	−10.45
Colorado	12,323,381	11,035,397	(1,287,984)	−10.45
Connecticut	14,353,697	15,909,908	1,556,211	10.84
Delaware	2,349,277	2,103,741	(245,536)	−10.45
District of Columbia	4,499,821	4,870,170	370,349	8.23
Florida	65,053,785	58,254,657	(6,799,128)	−10.45
Georgia	40,521,426	36,286,309	(4,235,117)	−10.45
Hawaii	1,894,161	1,757,907	(136,254)	−7.19
Idaho	2,385,440	2,136,125	(249,315)	−10.45
Illinois	52,763,567	68,248,493	15,484,926	29.35
Indiana	17,062,801	15,279,474	(1,783,327)	−10.45
Iowa	4,004,176	4,495,013	490,837	12.26
Kansas	4,609,831	4,508,709	(101,122)	−2.19
Kentucky	14,673,688	13,849,199	(824,489)	−5.62
Louisiana	12,042,192	15,576,306	3,534,114	29.35
Maine	3,249,844	2,910,185	(339,659)	−10.45
Maryland	18,580,386	16,638,448	(1,941,938)	−10.45
Massachusetts	19,237,457	17,226,845	(2,010,612)	−10.45
Michigan	36,259,049	32,469,417	(3,789,632)	−10.45
Minnesota	7,537,884	7,681,855	143,971	1.91
Mississippi	11,826,808	13,860,858	2,034,050	17.20
Missouri	17,142,075	15,350,463	(1,791,612)	−10.45
Montana	1,537,406	1,693,774	156,368	10.17
Nebraska	1,824,043	2,359,359	535,316	29.35
Nevada	14,417,704	15,103,430	685,726	4.76
New Hampshire	2,130,457	1,907,791	(222,666)	−10.45
New Jersey	38,809,709	34,753,493	(4,056,216)	−10.45
New Mexico	7,937,300	10,266,720	2,329,420	29.35
New York	62,428,888	55,904,102	(6,524,786)	−10.45
North Carolina	31,022,721	32,747,320	1,724,599	5.56
North Dakota	728,444	881,051	152,607	20.95
Ohio	30,539,787	29,804,480	(735,307)	−2.41
Oklahoma	5,376,760	6,954,719	1,577,959	29.35
Oregon	14,140,167	12,662,300	(1,477,867)	−10.45
Pennsylvania	36,591,154	42,289,168	5,698,014	15.57
Puerto Rico	25,824,090	33,402,882	7,578,792	29.35
Rhode Island	5,005,633	4,482,467	(523,166)	−10.45
South Carolina	16,310,315	16,832,563	522,248	3.20
South Dakota	1,070,734	958,826	(111,908)	−10.45
Tennessee	23,146,617	20,727,437	(2,419,180)	−10.45
Texas	50,297,194	49,097,497	(1,199,697)	−2.39
Utah	3,143,067	3,927,378	784,311	24.95
Vermont	890,075	797,048	(93,027)	−10.45
Virginia	16,945,520	15,174,451	(1,771,069)	−10.45
Washington	22,462,284	29,054,462	6,592,178	29.35
West Virginia	6,291,269	8,137,616	1,846,347	29.35
Wisconsin	14,260,128	12,769,724	(1,490,404)	−10.45
Wyoming	740,333	957,604	217,271	29.35
State Total	1,017,955,000	1,012,847,700	(5,107,300)	−0.50
American Samoa	329,795	328,076	(1,719)	−0.52
Guam	1,119,421	1,113,592	(5,829)	−0.52
Northern Marianas	611,609	608,422	(3,187)	−0.52
Palau	114,191	114,191	0	0.00
Virgin Islands	920,449	915,655	(4,794)	−0.52
Outlying Areas Total	3,095,465	3,079,936	(15,529)	−0.50
National Reserve *	217,135,535	216,046,769	(1,088,766)	−0.50
Evaluations set aside	3,533,000	3,536,000	3,000	0.08
Program Integrity set aside	0	6,208,595	6,208,595	N/A
* The PY 2016 Dislocated Worker National Reserve amount reflects the initial appropriation; however, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 contained a $75M rescission to the Dislocated Worker National Reserve, decreasing funding in that category to $142,135,535.

Table D—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser) PY 2017 vs PY 2016 Final Allotments

State	Final PY 2016	Final PY 2017	Difference	Difference (percent)
Total Appropriated	$680,000,000	$671,413,000	($8,587,000)	−1.26
Total (WIOA ES Activities)	678,155,000	666,229,935	(11,925,065)	−1.76
Alabama	8,970,663	9,027,135	56,472	0.63
Alaska	7,371,868	7,242,237	(129,631)	−1.76
Arizona	13,211,577	12,978,929	(232,648)	−1.76
Arkansas	5,397,894	5,217,919	(179,975)	−3.33
California	80,968,393	78,969,900	(1,998,493)	−2.47
Colorado	10,789,931	10,468,606	(321,325)	−2.98
Connecticut	7,765,324	7,612,739	(152,585)	−1.96
Delaware	1,894,205	1,860,897	(33,308)	−1.76
District of Columbia	2,096,429	2,015,455	(80,974)	−3.86
Florida	39,144,904	38,312,400	(832,504)	−2.13
Georgia	20,216,693	19,771,269	(445,424)	−2.20
Hawaii	2,428,629	2,380,036	(48,593)	−2.00
Idaho	6,142,079	6,034,073	(108,006)	−1.76
Illinois	28,115,306	27,568,320	(546,986)	−1.95
Indiana	13,000,193	12,751,883	(248,310)	−1.91
Iowa	6,166,392	6,179,048	12,656	0.21
Kansas	5,618,970	5,509,961	(109,009)	−1.94
Kentucky	8,515,817	8,242,605	(273,212)	−3.21
Louisiana	9,250,226	9,072,599	(177,627)	−1.92
Maine	3,652,636	3,588,406	(64,230)	−1.76
Maryland	12,506,024	12,194,677	(311,347)	−2.49
Massachusetts	13,897,531	13,481,619	(415,912)	−2.99
Michigan	21,131,809	20,282,456	(849,353)	−4.02
Minnesota	11,125,457	10,916,782	(208,675)	−1.88
Mississippi	5,700,269	5,540,675	(159,594)	−2.80
Missouri	12,359,052	12,085,367	(273,685)	−2.21
Montana	5,019,337	4,931,074	(88,263)	−1.76
Nebraska	5,520,741	5,270,650	(250,091)	−4.53
Nevada	6,211,983	6,059,257	(152,726)	−2.46
New Hampshire	2,694,892	2,611,819	(83,073)	−3.08
New Jersey	19,315,682	18,686,255	(629,427)	−3.26
New Mexico	5,632,581	5,533,534	(99,047)	−1.76
New York	39,157,376	38,225,469	(931,907)	−2.38
North Carolina	19,761,644	19,331,991	(429,653)	−2.17
North Dakota	5,111,188	5,021,310	(89,878)	−1.76
Ohio	23,704,298	23,078,542	(625,756)	−2.64
Oklahoma	6,861,466	7,090,070	228,604	3.33
Oregon	8,237,229	8,065,602	(171,627)	−2.08
Pennsylvania	26,031,932	26,109,470	77,538	0.30
Puerto Rico	6,909,223	6,712,967	(196,256)	−2.84
Rhode Island	2,459,092	2,370,967	(88,125)	−3.58
South Carolina	9,472,249	9,245,152	(227,097)	−2.40
South Dakota	4,723,913	4,640,845	(83,068)	−1.76
Tennessee	12,834,215	12,465,126	(369,089)	−2.88
Texas	49,277,528	50,422,012	1,144,484	2.32
Utah	6,299,178	6,013,824	(285,354)	−4.53
Vermont	2,212,949	2,174,035	(38,914)	−1.76
Virginia	16,206,026	15,801,143	(404,883)	−2.50
Washington	14,323,487	14,769,360	445,873	3.11
West Virginia	5,406,984	5,311,905	(95,079)	−1.76
Wisconsin	12,013,389	11,756,933	(256,456)	−2.13
Wyoming	3,665,041	3,600,593	(64,448)	−1.76
State Total	676,501,894	664,605,898	(11,895,996)	−1.76
Guam	317,324	311,744	(5,580)	−1.76
Virgin Islands	1,335,782	1,312,293	(23,489)	−1.76
Outlying Areas Total	1,653,106	1,624,037	(29,069)	−1.76
Evaluations set aside	1,845,000	1,826,000	(19,000)	−1.03
Program Integrity set aside	0	3,357,065	3,357,065	N/A

Table E—U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Workforce Information Grants to States PY 2017 vs PY 2016 Allotments

State	PY 2016	PY 2017	Difference	Difference (percent)
Total with Program Integrity	$32,000,000	$32,000,000	$0	0.00
Total	32,000,000	31,840,000	(160,000)	−0.50
Alabama	503,955	500,653	(3,302)	−0.66
Alaska	288,924	286,485	(2,439)	−0.84
Arizona	624,575	625,139	564	0.09
Arkansas	405,098	404,113	(985)	−0.24
California	2,535,716	2,515,226	(20,490)	−0.81
Colorado	585,592	585,031	(561)	−0.10
Connecticut	475,078	468,956	(6,122)	−1.29
Delaware	300,301	300,334	33	0.01
District of Columbia	291,253	290,313	(940)	−0.32
Florida	1,405,557	1,402,184	(3,373)	−0.24
Georgia	818,650	819,642	992	0.12
Hawaii	326,170	325,006	(1,164)	−0.36
Idaho	340,258	339,637	(621)	−0.18
Illinois	1,030,239	1,026,731	(3,508)	−0.34
Indiana	638,032	640,403	2,371	0.37
Iowa	451,225	447,097	(4,128)	−0.91
Kansas	425,110	421,676	(3,434)	−0.81
Kentucky	482,822	477,694	(5,128)	−1.06
Louisiana	509,684	498,566	(11,118)	−2.18
Maine	328,137	324,364	(3,773)	−1.15
Maryland	622,922	619,671	(3,251)	−0.52
Massachusetts	679,830	670,024	(9,806)	−1.44
Michigan	817,841	816,135	(1,706)	−0.21
Minnesota	607,606	603,738	(3,868)	−0.64
Mississippi	395,692	396,216	524	0.13
Missouri	617,432	616,601	(831)	−0.13
Montana	307,795	305,779	(2,016)	−0.65
Nebraska	367,292	364,584	(2,708)	−0.74
Nevada	415,509	413,767	(1,742)	−0.42
New Hampshire	334,684	332,445	(2,239)	−0.67
New Jersey	793,083	786,208	(6,875)	−0.87
New Mexico	356,477	353,041	(3,436)	−0.96
New York	1,405,521	1,394,819	(10,702)	−0.76
North Carolina	814,035	816,832	2,797	0.34
North Dakota	295,165	293,299	(1,866)	−0.63
Ohio	936,822	927,722	(9,100)	−0.97
Oklahoma	465,408	462,774	(2,634)	−0.57
Oregon	480,039	485,244	5,205	1.08
Pennsylvania	1,016,843	1,015,467	(1,376)	−0.14
Puerto Rico	382,050	378,636	(3,414)	−0.89
Rhode Island	311,738	309,389	(2,349)	−0.75
South Carolina	515,528	515,922	394	0.08
South Dakota	299,424	297,615	(1,809)	−0.60
Tennessee	612,772	614,415	1,643	0.27
Texas	1,828,910	1,819,094	(9,816)	−0.54
Utah	420,937	420,394	(543)	−0.13
Vermont	286,842	284,535	(2,307)	−0.80
Virginia	757,553	745,883	(11,670)	−1.54
Washington	671,496	672,748	1,252	0.19
West Virginia	339,090	336,852	(2,238)	−0.66
Wisconsin	618,500	615,095	(3,405)	−0.55
Wyoming	281,988	279,390	(2,598)	−0.92
State Total	31,823,200	31,663,584	(159,616)	−0.50
Guam	93,090	92,875	(215)	−0.23
Virgin Islands	83,710	83,541	(169)	−0.20
Outlying Areas Total	176,800	176,416	(384)	−0.22
Program Integrity set aside	0	160,000	160,000	N/A

Byron Zuidema,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.