[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 89 (Monday, May 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21823-21824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10967]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA); Notice of Incentive 
Funding Availability Based on Program Year (PY) 2007 Performance

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, in collaboration with the Department 
of Education, announces that eleven states are eligible to apply for 
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) (Pub. L. 105-220, 29 U.S.C. 2801 et 
seq.) incentive grant awards authorized by section 503 of the WIA.

DATES: The eleven eligible states must submit their applications for 
incentive funding to the Department of Labor by June 25, 2009.

ADDRESSEE: Submit applications to the Employment and Training 
Administration, Office of Performance and Technology, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Room S-5206, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Karen Staha 
and Gail Sather, Telephone number: 202-693-3995 (this is not a toll-
free number). Fax: 202-693-3490. E-mail: [email protected] and 
[email protected]. Information may also be found at the ETA 
Performance Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/performance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Eleven (11) states (see Appendix) qualify to 
receive a share of the $9.7 million available for incentive grant 
awards under WIA section 503. These funds, which were contributed by 
the Department of Education from appropriations for the Adult Education 
and Family Literacy Act, are available for the eligible states to use 
through June 30, 2011, to support innovative workforce development and 
education activities that are authorized under title IB (Workforce 
Investment Systems) or title II (the Adult Education and Family 
Literacy Act (AEFLA)) of WIA, or under the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV), 20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq., 
as amended by Public Law 109-270. In order to qualify for a grant 
award, a state must have exceeded its performance levels for WIA title 
IB and adult education (AEFLA). (Due to the lack of availability of PY 
2007 performance data under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and 
Technical Education Act of 1998 (Perkins III), the Department of Labor 
and the Department of Education did not consider states' performance 
levels under Perkins in determining incentive grants eligibility.) The 
goals included employment after training and related services, 
retention in employment, and improvements in literacy levels, among 
other measures. After review of the performance data submitted by 
states to the Department of Labor and to the Department of Education, 
each Department determined for its program(s) which states exceeded 
their performance levels (the Appendix at the bottom of this notice 
lists the performance of each state by program). These lists were 
compared, and states that exceeded their performance levels for both 
programs are eligible to apply for and receive an incentive grant 
award. The amount that each state is eligible to receive was determined 
by the Department of Labor and the Department of Education, based on 
the provisions in WIA section 503(c) (20 U.S.C. 9273(c)), and is 
proportional to the total funding received by these states for WIA 
title IB and AEFLA programs.
    The states eligible to apply for incentive grant awards and the 
amounts they are eligible to receive are listed in the following chart:

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                                                              Amount of
                           State                                award
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1. Florida.................................................     $933,944
2. Illinois................................................    1,000,916
3. Indiana.................................................      869,269
4. Iowa....................................................      779,429
5. Kansas..................................................      788,155
6. Kentucky................................................      851,748
7. Minnesota...............................................      801,528
8. New York................................................    1,099,410
9. North Carolina..........................................      876,709
10. Ohio...................................................      998,255
11. South Dakota...........................................      761,088
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    Signed in Washington, DC, this 5th day of May 2009.
Douglas F. Small,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.

                                                    Appendix
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                                                            Incentive grants PY 2007-FY 2008 exceeded state
                                                                          performance levels
                        State                        -----------------------------------------------------------
                                                                             AEFLA (Adult        WIA Title IB;
                                                        WIA  (Title IB)       Education)             AEFLA
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Alabama.............................................  ..................                  X   ..................
Alaska..............................................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Arizona.............................................                  X   ..................  ..................
Arkansas............................................  ..................  ..................  ..................
California..........................................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Colorado............................................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Connecticut.........................................  ..................                  X   ..................
District of Columbia................................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Delaware............................................  ..................                  X   ..................
Florida.............................................                  X                   X                   X
Georgia.............................................                  X   ..................  ..................
Hawaii..............................................                  X   ..................  ..................
Idaho...............................................                  X   ..................  ..................
Illinois............................................                  X                   X                   X
Indiana.............................................                  X                   X                   X
Iowa................................................                  X                   X                   X
Kansas..............................................                  X                   X                   X

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Kentucky............................................                  X                   X                   X
Louisiana...........................................  ..................                  X   ..................
Maine...............................................  ..................                  X   ..................
Maryland............................................  ..................                  X   ..................
Massachusetts.......................................  ..................                  X   ..................
Michigan............................................  ..................                  X   ..................
Minnesota...........................................                  X                   X                   X
Mississippi.........................................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Missouri............................................                  X   ..................  ..................
Montana.............................................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Nebraska............................................                  X   ..................  ..................
Nevada..............................................  ..................  ..................  ..................
New Hampshire.......................................  ..................                  X   ..................
New Jersey..........................................  ..................                  X   ..................
New Mexico..........................................  ..................  ..................  ..................
New York............................................                  X                   X                   X
North Carolina......................................                  X                   X                   X
North Dakota........................................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Ohio................................................                  X                   X                   X
Oklahoma............................................                  X   ..................  ..................
Oregon..............................................  ..................                  X   ..................
Pennsylvania........................................  ..................                  X   ..................
Puerto Rico.........................................                  X   ..................  ..................
Rhode Island........................................  ..................                  X   ..................
South Carolina......................................  ..................  ..................  ..................
South Dakota........................................                  X                   X                   X
Tennessee...........................................  ..................                  X   ..................
Texas...............................................                  X   ..................  ..................
Utah................................................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Vermont.............................................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Virginia............................................  ..................                  X   ..................
Washington..........................................  ..................                  X   ..................
West Virginia.......................................  ..................                  X   ..................
Wisconsin...........................................  ..................                  X   ..................
Wyoming.............................................                  X   ..................  ..................
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States in bold exceeded their performance levels for both AEFLA and WIA Title IB programs.

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