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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

 

Job Training Partnership Act: Employment and Training Assistance 
for Dislocated Workers; Reallotment of Title III Funds

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor is publishing for public information 
the Job Training Partnership Act Title III (Employment and Training 
Assistance for Dislocated Workers) funds identified by States for 
reallotment, and the amount to be reallotted to eligible States.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Eric Johnson, Office of Worker 
Retraining and Adjustment Programs, Employment and Training 
Administration, Department of Labor, Room N-5426, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20210. Telephone: 202-219-5577 (this is 
not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Title III of the Job Training 
Partnership Act (JTPA or the Act), as amended by the Economic 
Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (EDWAA), the Secretary 
of Labor (Secretary) is required to recapture funds from States 
identified pursuant to section 303(b) of the Act, and reallot such 
funds by a Notice of Obligation (NOO) adjustment to current year funds 
to ``eligible States'' and ``eligible high unemployment States'', as 
set forth in section 303 (a), (b), and (c) of JTPA. 29 U.S.C. 1653. The 
basic reallotment process was described in Training and Employment 
Guidance Letter No. 4-88, dated November 25, 1988, Subject: Reallotment 
and Reallocation of Funds under Title III of the Job Training 
Partnership Act (JTPA), as amended, 53 FR 43737 (December 2, 1988). The 
reallotment process for Program Year (PY) 1994 funds was described in 
Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 4-93, dated January 27, 
1994, Subject: Reallotment of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Title 
III Formula-Allotted Funds.
    NOO adjustments to the PY 1994 (July 1, 1994-June 30, 1995) formula 
allotments are being issued based on expenditures reported to the 
Secretary by the States, as required by the recapture and reallotment 
provisions at Section 303 of JTPA. 29 U.S.C. 1653.
    The funds recaptured are an amount equal to the sum of every 
State's unexpended PY 1993 formula funds in excess of 20 percent of its 
PY 1993 formula allotments, and all unexpended funds made available by 
formula for PY 1992. A State's PY 1993 formula allotments include the 
initial allotment for PY 1993, and any additional funds received by the 
State during the PY 1993 reallotment process. Funds are recaptured from 
PY 1994 formula allotments, and are distributed by formula to eligible 
States and eligible high unemployment States, resulting in either an 
upward or downward adjustment to every State's PY 1994 allotment.

Unemployment Data

    The unemployment data used in the formula for reallotments, 
relative numbers of unemployed and relative numbers of excess 
unemployed, were for the September 1993 through August 1994 period. 
Long-term unemployment data used were for calendar year 1993. The 
determination of ``eligible high unemployment States'' for the 
reallotment of excess unexpended funds was also based on unemployment 
data for the period September 1993 through August 1994, with all 
average unemployment rates rounded to the nearest tenth of one percent. 
The unemployment data were provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
based upon the Current Population Survey.
    The table below displays the distribution of the net changes to PY 
1994 formula allotments.

 U.S. Department of Labor--Employment and Training Administration, PY 1994 JTPA Title III Reallotment to States 
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                                      Col 1        Col 2        Col 3        Col 4        Col 5         Col 6   
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Alabama..........................          6.8      137,151      103,238      103,238       39,726        5,813 
Alaska...........................          8.0        1,252       20,823       20,823        8,013       27,584 
Arizona..........................          5.8      518,060       72,386            0       27,854     (490,206)
Arkansas.........................          5.6       46,183            0            0            0      (46,183)
California.......................          9.0            0    1,329,303    1,329,303      511,522    1,840,825 
Colorado.........................          5.1        3,840       55,849            0       21,491       17,651 
Connecticut......................          5.4            0       77,001            0       29,630       29,630 
Delaware.........................          5.3            0       12,528            0        4,821        4,821 
District of Columbia.............          8.5            0       25,434       25,434        9,787       35,221 
Florida..........................          6.7    2,019,459      346,563      346,563      133,359   (1,539,537)
Georgia..........................          5.8            0      143,331            0       55,154       55,154 
Hawaii...........................          4.9            0       13,850            0        5,330        5,330 
Idaho............................          5.2            0       17,674            0        6,801        6,801 
Illinois.........................          6.2            0      296,219            0      113,986      113,986 
Indiana..........................          5.1            0       83,013            0       31,944       31,944 
Iowa.............................          3.7        7,490       26,102            0       10,044        2,554 
Kansas...........................          5.3       13,410            0            0            0      (13,410)
Kentucky.........................          5.3            0       60,921            0       23,443       23,443 
Louisiana........................          7.8            0      121,840      121,840       46,885      168,725 
Maine............................          7.4            0       41,908       41,908       16,126       58,034 
Maryland.........................          5.7            0      114,433            0       44,034       44,034 
Massachusetts....................          6.3            0      166,989            0       64,258       64,258 
Michigan.........................          6.6            0      232,214      232,214       89,357      321,571 
Minnesota........................          4.2            0       55,652            0       21,415       21,415 
Mississippi......................          6.6      524,066            0            0            0     (524,066)
Missouri.........................          5.5            0       97,667            0       37,583       37,583 
Montana..........................          5.2            0       13,496            0        5,193        5,193 
Nebraska.........................          2.7            0        8,887            0        3,420        3,420 
Nevada...........................          6.1            0       34,809            0       13,395       13,395 
New Hampshire....................          5.3            0       24,601            0        9,467        9,467 
New Jersey.......................          7.0            0      251,161      251,161       96,648      347,809 
New Mexico.......................          6.1            0       34,204            0       13,162       13,162 
New York.........................          7.4            0      581,033      581,033      223,584      804,617 
North Carolina...................          4.3        6,452       68,594            0       26,395       19,943 
North Dakota.....................          4.2            0        5,632            0        2,167        2,167 
Ohio.............................          6.1            0      255,621            0       98,364       98,364 
Oklahoma.........................          6.3            0       68,622            0       26,406       26,406 
Oregon...........................          6.3            0       74,003            0       28,477       28,477 
Pennsylvania.....................          6.4            0      299,943            0      115,419      115,419 
Puerto Rico......................         15.4    2,861,725            0            0            0   (2,861,725)
Rhode Island.....................          7.6            0       35,514       35,514       13,666       49,180 
South Carolina...................          6.8            0      101,775      101,775       39,163      140,938 
South Dakota.....................          3.0            0        4,232            0        1,629        1,629 
Tennessee........................          5.1            0       69,235            0       26,642       26,642 
Texas............................          6.7            0      466,646      466,646      179,568      646,214 
Utah.............................          3.5        3,034       13,612            0        5,238        2,204 
Vermont..........................          4.7            0        9,240            0        3,556        3,556 
Virginia.........................          5.0            0       84,340            0       32,454       32,454 
Washington.......................          6.6      145,085      139,977      139,977       53,864       48,756 
West Virginia....................          9.9            0       80,611       80,611       31,020      111,631 
Wisconsin........................          4.6            0       53,887            0       20,736       20,736 
Wyoming..........................          6.0       16,547        9,141            0        3,518      (13,029)
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      National total.............          6.5    6,303,754    6,303,754    3,878,040    2,425,714            0 
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Explanation of Table

    Column 1: This column shows each State's unemployment rate for the 
twelve months ending August 1994.
    Column 2: This column shows the amount of excess funds (unexpended 
PY 1993 funds in excess of 20 percent of the State's PY 1993 formula 
allotments as described above and/or unexpended PY 1992 formula-
allotted funds), which are subject to reallotment. PY 1994 funds in an 
amount equal to the excess funds identified will be recaptured from 
such States and distributed as discussed below.
    Column 3: This column shows total excess funds distributed among 
all ``eligible States'' by applying the regular Title III formula. 
``Eligible States'' are those with unexpended PY 1993 funds at or below 
the level of 20 percent of their PY 1993 formula allotments as 
described above.
    Column 4: Eligible States with unemployment rates higher than the 
national average, which was 6.5 percent for the 12-month period, are 
``eligible high unemployment States.'' These eligible high unemployment 
States received amounts equal to their share of the excess funds (the 
amounts shown in column 3) according to the regular Title III formula. 
This is Step 1 of the reallotment process. These amounts are shown in 
column 4 and total $3,878,040.
    Column 5: The sum of the remaining shares of available funds 
($2,425,714) for eligible States with unemployment rates less than or 
equal to the national average is distributed among all eligible States, 
again using the regular Title III allotment formula. This is Step 2 of 
the reallotment process. These amounts are shown in column 5.
    Column 6: Net changes in PY 1994 formula allotment are presented. 
This column represents the decreases in Title III funds shown in column 
2, and the increases in Title III funds shown in columns 4 and 5. NOOs 
in the amounts shown in column 6 are being issued to the States listed.

Equitable Procedures

    Pursuant to section 303(d) of the Act, Governors of States required 
to make funds available for reallotment shall prescribe equitable 
procedures for making funds available from the State and substate 
grantees. 29 U.S.C. 1653(d).

Distribution of Funds

    Funds are being reallotted by the Secretary in accordance with 
section 303 (a), (b), and (c) of the Act, using the factors described 
in section 302(b) of the Act. 29 U.S.C. 1652(b) and 1653 (a), (b), and 
(c). Distribution within States of funds allotted to States shall be in 
accordance with section 302 (c) and (d) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 1652 (c) 
and (d)), and the JTPA regulation at 20 CFR 631.12(d).

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 17th day of November, 1994.
Doug Ross,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 94-28931 Filed 11-22-94; 8:45 a.m.]
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