[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7909-7911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3744]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Job Training Partnership Act Allotments; Wagner-Peyser Act 
Preliminary Planning Estimates; Program Year (PY) 1999

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces States' Job Training Partnership Act 
(JTPA) allotments for Program Year (PY) 1999 (July 1, 1999-June 30, 
2000) for JTPA Titles II-A, II-C, and III; JTPA Title II-B Summer Youth 
Employment and Training Program for Calendar Year (CY) 1999; and 
preliminary planning estimates for public employment service activities 
under the Wagner-Peyser (W-P) Act for PY 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For JTPA allotments, contact Mr. Ron 
Putz, Director, Office of Employment and Training Programs, Room N4469, 
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-219-
5229. For Employment Service planning levels contact Mr. John R. 
Beverly, Director, U.S. Employment Service, Room N-4470, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-219-
5257. (These are not toll-free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Labor (DOL or Department) 
is announcing Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) allotments for 
Program Year (PY) 1999 (July 1, 1999-June 30, 2000) for JTPA Titles II-
A, II-C, and III, and for the Summer Youth Employment and Training 
Program for Calendar Year (CY) 1999 for JTPA Title II-B; and, in 
accordance with section 6 (b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, preliminary 
planning estimates for public employment service (ES) activities under 
the W-P Act for PY 1999. The allotments and estimates are based on the 
appropriations for DOL for Fiscal Year (FY) 1999.
    Attached is a listing of the allotments for PY 1999 for programs 
under JTPA Titles II-A, II-C, and III; allotments for the CY 1999 
Summer Youth Employment and Training Program under Title II-B of JTPA; 
and preliminary planning estimates for public employment service 
activities under the W-P Act. The PY 1999 allotments for Titles II-A, 
II-C, and III and the W-P Act preliminary planning estimates, are based 
on the funds appropriated by the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1999, Pub. L. 105-277, for FY 1999.
    These JTPA allotments will not be updated for subsequent 
unemployment data. The W-P preliminary estimates are based on averages 
for the most current 12 months ending September 1998 for each State's 
share of the civilian labor force and unemployment. Final W-P Act 
planning estimates will be published in the Federal Register based on 
Calendar Year 1998 unemployment data.
    Title II-A Allotments. The Attachment shows the PY 1999 JTPA Title 
II-A Adult Training Program allotments by State for a total 
appropriation of $955,000,000. For all States, Puerto Rico and the 
District of Columbia, the following data were used in computing the 
allotments:

--Data for areas of substantial unemployment (ASU) are monthly averages 
for the 12-month period, July 1997 through June 1998.
--The number of excess unemployed individuals or the ASU excess 
(depending on which is higher) are averages for this same 12-month 
period.
--The economically disadvantaged adult data (age 22 to 72, excluding 
college students and military) are from the 1990 Census.

    The allotments for the Insular Areas, including the Freely 
Associated States, are based on unemployment data from 1990 Census or, 
if not available, the most recent data available. A 90 percent relative 
share ``hold-harmless'' of the PY 1998 Title II-A allotments for these 
areas and a minimum allotment of $75,000 were also applied in 
determining the allotments.
    Title II-A funds are to be distributed among designated service 
delivery areas (SDAs) according to the statutory formula contained in 
section 202(b) of JTPA, as amended by Title VII, Miscellaneous 
Provisions, of the JTPA Amendments of 1992. This is the same formula 
that was used in the previous program year.
    JTPA Title II-B Allotments. The Attachment shows the CY 1999 JTPA 
Title II-B Summer Youth Employment and Training Program allotments by 
State based on the total available appropriation for CY 1999 of 
$871,000,000. These funds are obligated as Fiscal Year 1999 funds, not 
as Program Year 1999 funds.
    The data used for these allotments are the same unemployment data 
as were used for Title II-A, except that data for the number for 
economically disadvantaged youth (age 16 to 21, excluding college 
students and military) from the 1990 Census was used. For the Insular 
Areas and Native Americans, the allotments are based on the percentage 
of Title II-B funds each received for the previous year summer program.
    Title II-B funds for the 1999 Summer Program are to be distributed 
among designated SDAs in accordance with the statutory formula 
contained in section 252(b) of JTPA, as amended by Title VII, 
Miscellaneous Provisions, of the JTPA Amendments of 1992. The Title II-
B formula is the same as for Title II-C. This is the same formula which 
was used in the previous program year.
    JTPA Title II-C Allotments. The Attachment shows the PY 1999 JTPA 
Title II-C Youth Training Program allotments by State for a total 
appropriation of $129,965,000. For all States, Puerto Rico, and the 
District of Columbia, the data used in computing the allotments are the 
same data as were used for Title II-B allotments.
    The allotments for the Insular Areas are based on unemployment data 
from the 1990 census or, if not available, the most recent data 
available. Title II-C funds are to be distributed among designated SDAs 
in accordance with the statutory formula contained in section 262(b) of 
JTPA, as amended by Title VII, Miscellaneous Provisions, of the JTPA 
Amendments of 1992. The Title II-C formula is the same as for Title II-
B. This is the same formula which was used in the previous program 
year.
    JTPA Title III Allotments. The Attachment shows the PY 1999 JTPA 
Title III Dislocated Worker Program allotments by State, for a total of

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$1,405,510,000. The total includes 80 percent allotted by formula to 
the States and 20 percent for the National Reserve, including funds 
allotted to the Insular Areas.
    Title III formula funds are to be distributed to State and substate 
grantees in accordance with the provisions in section 302(c) and (d) of 
JTPA, as amended.
    Except for the Insular Areas, the unemployment data used for 
computing these allotments, relative numbers of unemployed and relative 
numbers of excess unemployed, are averages for the October 1997 through 
September 1998 period. The long-term unemployed data used were for CY 
1997. Allotments for the Insular Areas are based on the PY 1999 Title 
II-A allotments for these areas.
    A reallotment of these published Title III formula amounts, as 
provided for by Section 303 of JTPA, as amended, will be based on 
completed program year expenditure reports submitted by the States and 
received by October 1, 1999. The Title III allotment for each State 
will be adjusted upward or downward, based on whether the State is 
eligible to share in reallotted funds or is subject to recapture of 
funds.
    Wagner-Peyser Act Final Planning Estimates. The Attachment shows 
preliminary planning estimates which have been produced using the 
formula set forth at section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. 49e. 
These allotments are based on monthly averages for the most current 12 
months ending September 1998 for each State's share of the civilian 
labor force and unemployment. Final planning estimates will be 
published in the Federal Register, based on Calendar Year 1998 data, as 
required by the Wagner-Peyser Act.
    The total planning estimate includes $18,000,000 of the total 
amount available, which is being withheld from distribution to States 
to finance postage costs associated with the conduct of labor exchange 
services for PY 1999.
    The Secretary of Labor is required to set aside 3 percent of the 
total available funds to assure that each State will have sufficient 
resources to maintain statewide employment services, as required under 
section 6(b)(4) of the Wagner-Peyser Act. In accordance with this 
provision, $22,312,050, the 3 percent set-aside funds, are included in 
the total planning estimate. Set-aside funds are distributed in two 
steps to States which have lost in their relative share of resources 
from the prior year. In step one, States which have a CLF below one 
million and are below the median CLF density are maintained at 100 
percent of their relative share of prior year resources. All remaining 
set-aside funds are distributed on a pro rata basis in step two to all 
other States losing in relative share from the prior year, but which do 
not meet the size and density criteria for step one.
    Ten percent of the total sums allotted to each State shall be 
reserved for use by the Governor to provide performance incentives for 
public employment service offices, services for groups with special 
needs, and for the extra costs of exemplary models for delivering job 
services.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of February, 1999.
Raymond L. Bramucci,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.

Attachment

                                             U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration
                                                               [PY 1999 State Allotments]
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                                                                                                                           JTPA III
                                                                      JTPA II-A        JTPA II-B     JTPA II-C Youth      Dislocated      Wagner-Peyser
                              State                                 Adult training    Summer youth       training          workers             Act*
                                                                                                                          (Formula)
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Total............................................................     $955,000,000     $871,000,000     $129,965,000     $1,405,510,000     $761,735,000
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State Total......................................................      952,468,389      853,710,021      129,620,476      1,124,408,000      741,922,032
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Alabama..........................................................       13,332,002       11,932,425        1,811,480         11,310,449       10,822,959
Alaska...........................................................        3,372,802        3,035,450          460,889          6,053,763        8,084,754
Arizona..........................................................       14,833,378       13,567,322        2,060,031          9,383,103       11,167,298
Arkansas.........................................................        9,598,305        8,595,361        1,305,080         10,872,546        6,356,804
California.......................................................      153,202,942      141,437,904       21,475,277        252,751,353       88,807,536
Colorado.........................................................        6,401,920        5,661,874          859,686          6,515,135        9,935,372
Connecticut......................................................        8,360,632        7,432,004        1,128,459         10,137,244        8,825,777
Delaware.........................................................        2,381,171        2,134,275          324,051          1,730,577        2,077,382
District of Columbia.............................................        4,409,902        3,914,580          594,372          9,278,408        3,580,609
Florida..........................................................       41,604,521       35,905,728        5,451,760         37,376,186       35,941,714
Georgia..........................................................       19,308,691       17,530,482        2,661,747         17,327,420       18,903,459
Hawaii...........................................................        5,467,505        4,707,326          714,739          9,203,634        3,231,635
Idaho............................................................        4,043,134        3,693,860          560,859          5,142,284        6,736,039
Illinois.........................................................       38,887,986       35,053,186        5,322,313         33,944,834       30,923,129
Indiana..........................................................       11,790,620       10,630,568        1,613,843          9,999,244       14,568,915
Iowa.............................................................        3,583,969        3,146,279          477,724          4,603,653        7,129,839
Kansas...........................................................        3,769,137        3,320,937          503,570          5,107,811        6,470,824
Kentucky.........................................................       15,779,990       13,651,535        2,072,786         10,071,794        9,832,744
Louisiana........................................................       20,163,665       18,225,391        2,767,259         25,508,779       10,942,496
Maine............................................................        4,095,359        3,590,727          545,199          4,094,611        4,005,859
Maryland.........................................................       15,134,882       13,306,982        2,020,471         19,792,477       14,006,594
Massachusetts....................................................       13,941,489       12,507,299        1,897,283         13,467,578       15,948,373
Michigan.........................................................       25,413,403       23,367,689        3,548,042         21,366,758       24,343,814
Minnesota........................................................        8,691,343        7,768,157        1,179,499          8,482,964       11,874,026
Mississippi......................................................       12,018,011       11,462,863        1,740,468         14,148,987        6,663,000
Missouri.........................................................       15,336,859       13,520,219        2,052,847         13,857,280       13,908,860
Montana..........................................................        3,637,993        3,090,522          469,251          4,879,006        5,504,726
Nebraska.........................................................        2,381,171        2,134,275          324,051          1,997,095        6,615,599
Nevada...........................................................        3,965,677        3,533,846          536,571          3,910,433        5,351,173

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New Hampshire....................................................        2,381,171        2,134,275          324,051          1,583,448        2,996,307
New Jersey.......................................................       25,982,597       22,873,274        3,473,025         36,304,389       21,606,939
New Mexico.......................................................        9,044,618        8,188,970        1,243,375         14,447,813        6,177,271
New York.........................................................       87,772,524       75,689,765       11,492,384        141,469,827       48,004,407
North Carolina...................................................       14,997,078       13,161,957        1,998,451         14,354,831       17,779,938
North Dakota.....................................................        2,381,171        2,134,275          324,051            791,223        5,605,458
Ohio.............................................................       38,240,941       34,106,605        5,178,589         28,150,483       28,144,557
Oklahoma.........................................................        7,934,062        6,900,120        1,047,682          6,881,200        8,446,581
Oregon...........................................................       12,070,623       10,688,488        1,622,891         17,668,368        9,245,584
Pennsylvania.....................................................       38,242,301       33,102,886        5,026,189         36,555,932       30,462,091
Puerto Rico......................................................       53,146,634       47,284,899        7,179,520         82,314,462       10,717,138
Rhode Island.....................................................        2,768,365        2,403,932          364,874          3,851,636        2,672,845
South Carolina...................................................       13,026,517       11,670,016        1,771,949          8,163,435        9,455,919
South Dakota.....................................................        2,381,171        2,134,275          324,051            986,630        5,180,731
Tennessee........................................................       20,234,920       17,821,862        2,705,989         14,120,459       13,847,114
Texas............................................................       78,467,213       73,027,703       11,088,188         74,819,227       50,915,224
Utah.............................................................        2,381,171        2,382,939          361,814          3,229,390       10,783,901
Vermont..........................................................        2,381,171        2,134,275          324,051          1,391,491        2,426,951
Virginia.........................................................       14,509,964       12,919,251        1,961,629         13,872,204       16,323,997
Washington.......................................................       18,909,263       17,075,621        2,592,723         13,905,356       15,291,651
West Virginia....................................................        9,738,640        8,612,849        1,307,735         16,082,147        5,929,859
Wisconsin........................................................        8,186,644        7,268,443        1,103,607          9,944,587       13,326,797
Wyoming..........................................................        2,381,171        2,134,275          324,051          1,204,056        4,019,463
American Samoa...................................................          169,022           66,121           23,002            199,534                0
Guam.............................................................          475,405          806,424           64,697            561,225          348,011
Marshal lslands..................................................          358,998           23,765           48,856            423,804                0
Micronesia.......................................................          535,238           56,317           72,840            631,859                0
Northern Marianas................................................          143,413           30,931           19,517            169,302                0
Palau............................................................          109,422            9,326           14,891            129,175                0
Virgin Islands...................................................          740,113          457,253          100,721            873,718        1,464,957
Native Americans.................................................                0       15,839,842                0                  0                0
National Reserve.................................................                0                0                0        278,113,383                0
Postage/Other....................................................                0                0                0                  0      18,000,000
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*Preliminary

[FR Doc. 99-3744 Filed 2-16-99; 8:45 am]
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