[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 89 (Monday, May 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 26769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11191]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA); Notice of Incentive 
Funding Availability Based on Program Year (PY) 2009 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 four 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 four eligible states must submit their applications for 
incentive funding to the Department of Labor by June 23, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit applications to the Employment and Training 
Administration, Office of Policy Development and Research, Division of 
Strategic Planning and Performance, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 
N-5641, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Karen Staha and Luke Murren, 
Telephone number: 202-693-3733 (this is not a toll-free number). Fax: 
202-693-2766. 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: Four states (see Appendix) qualify to 
receive a share of the $10.2 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 (AEFLA), are available for the eligible states 
to use through June 30, 2013, to support innovative workforce 
development and education activities that are authorized under title IB 
(Workforce Investment Systems) or Title II (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 2009 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 the Perkins Act 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 eligibility 
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. Arizona..............................................      $3,000,000
2. Minnesota............................................       3,000,000
3. North Dakota.........................................       1,210,964
4. Texas................................................       3,000,000
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    Dated: May 2, 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 2011-11191 Filed 5-6-11; 8:45 am]
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