[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31393-31395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12772]


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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) 2010 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 eight 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 eight eligible states must submit their applications for 
incentive funding to the Department of Labor by July 9, 2012.

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. Email: [email protected] and [email protected]. 
Information may also be found at the ETA Performance Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/performance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Eight states (see Appendix) qualify to 
receive a share of the $10.4 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, 2014, 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

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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 2010 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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                          State                                Award
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Arizona.................................................      $1,301,336
Arkansas................................................         970,974
Kentucky................................................       1,178,136
Louisiana...............................................       1,098,228
Minnesota...............................................       1,099,840
New Hampshire...........................................         824,616
Tennessee...............................................       1,322,906
Texas...................................................       2,651,995
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    Signed in Washington, DC, on this 18st day of May 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.

                                                    APPENDIX
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                                             Incentive grants  PY 2010/FY 2011 Exceeded state performance levels
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                   State                                                AEFLA  (adult
                                                WIA  (Title IB)           education)        WIA Title IB; AEFLA
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Alabama....................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Alaska.....................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Arizona....................................                     X                      X                      X
Arkansas...................................                     X                      X                      X
California.................................  .....................                     X   .....................
Colorado...................................                     X   .....................  .....................
Connecticut................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
District of Columbia.......................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Delaware...................................  .....................                     X   .....................
Florida....................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Georgia....................................                     X   .....................  .....................
Hawaii.....................................                     X   .....................  .....................
Idaho......................................  .....................                     X   .....................
Illinois...................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Indiana....................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Iowa.......................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Kansas.....................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Kentucky...................................                     X                      X                      X
Louisiana..................................                     X                      X                      X
Maine......................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Maryland...................................                     X   .....................  .....................
Massachusetts..............................                     X   .....................  .....................
Michigan...................................                     X   .....................  .....................
Minnesota..................................                     X                      X                      X
Mississippi................................                     X   .....................  .....................
Missouri...................................  .....................                     X   .....................
Montana....................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Nebraska...................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Nevada.....................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
New Hampshire..............................                     X                      X                      X
New Jersey.................................                     X   .....................  .....................
New Mexico.................................  .....................                     X   .....................
New York...................................  .....................                     X   .....................
North Carolina.............................  .....................                     X   .....................
North Dakota...............................                     X   .....................  .....................
Ohio.......................................  .....................                     X   .....................
Oklahoma...................................  .....................                     X   .....................
Oregon.....................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Pennsylvania...............................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Puerto Rico................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Rhode Island...............................  .....................                     X   .....................
South Carolina.............................  .....................  .....................  .....................
South Dakota...............................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Tennessee..................................                     X                      X                      X
Texas......................................                     X                      X                      X

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Utah.......................................  .....................                     X   .....................
Vermont....................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Virginia...................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Washington.................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
West Virginia..............................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Wisconsin..................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
Wyoming....................................  .....................  .....................  .....................
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States in bold exceeded their performance levels for both AEFLA and WIA Title IB programs.

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