[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58067-58068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28999]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Final Fiscal Year 1999 Welfare-to-Work Planning Estimates for 
State Formula Grants

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the final Welfare-to-Work (WtW) planning 
estimates for State formula grants for Fiscal Year (FY) 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For programmatic issues, contact Ms. Stephanie Curtis, Office of 
Welfare-to-Work, Room C-4524, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC 20210; Telephone: 202-219-0024. For funding issues, contact Ms. 
Sherryl Bailey, Office of the Comptroller, Room C-5307, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-219-
5774. (These are not toll-free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Labor (DOL) is announcing 
the final WtW State formula grant planning estimates for FY 99. These 
planning estimates are based on the appropriations for DOL for FY 99. 
Attached is a listing of the final FY 99 State formula grant planning 
estimates and the final FY 98 estimates.
    The Attachment shows the FY 99 WtW planning estimates for the 
States totaling $1,029,750,000, which is that portion of the 
appropriation earmarked for State formula grants. For all States, 
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam and the District of Columbia, the 
WtW planning estimates were determined by the statutory formula 
contained in Section 403(a)(5)(A)(v) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(A)(v)). This formula weights the following data 
elements equally:

--The percentage represented by the number of individuals in the State 
whose income is less than the poverty line divided by the number of 
such individuals in the United States; and,
--The percentage represented by the number of adults who are recipients 
of assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 
divided by the number of adults in the United States who are recipients 
of assistance under TANF.

    For each State, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, the 
planning estimate is not less than 0.25 percent of the available amount 
for the FY pursuant to section 403(a)(5)(A)(iii) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(A)(iii)).
    This is the same formula which was used in the previous FY.

    Signed at Washington, DC, the 21st day of October, 1998.
Raymond L. Bramucci,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.

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