[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19736-19742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07570]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice on Reallotment of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title I 
Formula Allotted Funds for Dislocated Worker Activities for Program 
Year (PY) 2012

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Public Law 105-220, the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), 
requires the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to conduct reallotment of 
dislocated worker formula allotted funds based on State financial 
reports submitted as of the end of the prior program year (PY). This 
notice publishes the dislocated worker PY 2012 funds for recapture by 
State and the amount to be reallotted to eligible States.

DATES: This notice is effective April 2, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amanda Ahlstrand, Acting 
Administrator, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workforce 
Investment, Employment and Training Administration, Room C-4526, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC Telephone (202) 693-3052 (this 
is not a toll-free number) or fax (202) 693-3981.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: WIA Section 132(c) requires the Secretary to 
conduct reallotment of dislocated worker funds based on financial 
reports submitted by States as of the end of the prior program year. 
The procedures the Secretary uses for recapture and reallotment of 
funds are described in WIA regulation at 20 CFR 667.150. Training and 
Employment Guidance Letter 19-11 advised States that reallotment of 
funds under WIA will occur during PY 2012 based on State obligations 
made in PY 2011. We will not recapture any PY 2012 funds for Adult and 
Youth programs because in no case do PY 2011 unobligated funds exceed 
the statutory requirement of 20 percent of State allotted funds. There

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was recapture of WIA Dislocated Worker funds in PY 2011, but no 
reallotment of those funds.
    Excess unobligated State funds in the amount of $69,038 will be 
captured from PY 2012 formula allotted funds for the Dislocated Worker 
program for one State and distributed by formula to PY 2012 dislocated 
worker funds for eligible States. The description of the methodology 
used for the calculation of the recapture/reallotment amounts and the 
distribution of the changes to PY 2012 formula allotments for 
dislocated worker activities are provided in Attachment C below.
    WIA Section 132(c) requires the Governor to prescribe equitable 
procedures for making funds available from the State and local areas in 
the event that the State is required to make funds available for 
reallotment.

I. Attachment A

                                                                U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
                         Employment and Training Administration, WIA Dislocated Worker Activities, PY 2012 Reallotment to States
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                                                             Excess
                                                           unobligated      PY 2011 *        PY 2012                          Total
                                                             PY 2011       dislocated      reallotment    Total PY 2012    adjustment   Revised total PY
                                                            funds for        worker        amount for      allotments      to PY 2012    2012 allotments
                                                          recapture in   allotments for     eligible                       (recapture/
                                                             PY 2012     eligible states     states                       reallotment)
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Alabama.................................................             0        16,103,978         1,050        15,469,879         1,050        15,470,929
Alaska..................................................             0         1,801,832           117         1,617,337           117         1,617,454
Arizona **..............................................             0        21,958,487         1,432        21,499,925         1,432        21,501,357
Arkansas................................................             0         6,525,077           425         7,022,211           425         7,022,636
California..............................................             0       170,043,518        11,086       167,279,720        11,086       167,290,806
Colorado................................................             0        13,947,918           909        16,138,114           909        16,139,023
Connecticut.............................................             0        12,099,340           789        12,425,813           789        12,426,602
Delaware................................................             0         2,523,025           164         2,364,143           164         2,364,307
District of Columbia....................................        69,038                 0             0         2,584,544      (69,038)         2,515,506
Florida.................................................             0        81,146,334         5,290        77,488,229         5,290        77,493,519
Georgia.................................................             0        35,448,102         2,311        36,619,541         2,311        36,621,852
Hawaii..................................................             0         2,535,324           165         2,544,104           165         2,544,269
Idaho...................................................             0         4,234,037           276         4,848,656           276         4,848,932
Illinois................................................             0        52,311,422         3,411        45,174,858         3,411        45,178,269
Indiana.................................................             0        22,936,088         1,495        19,764,183         1,495        19,765,678
Iowa....................................................             0         6,212,899           405         5,396,211           405         5,396,616
Kansas..................................................             0         5,771,477           376         6,269,130           376         6,269,506
Kentucky................................................             0        14,962,447           976        14,426,545           976        14,427,521
Louisiana...............................................             0         8,755,097           571        10,053,020           571        10,053,591
Maine *.................................................             0         3,342,209           218         3,411,860           218         3,412,078
Maryland................................................             0        14,280,338           931        13,446,336           931        13,447,267
Massachusetts...........................................             0        21,033,198         1,371        18,123,153         1,371        18,124,524
Michigan................................................             0        51,206,873         3,339        37,950,243         3,339        37,953,582
Minnesota...............................................             0        12,869,603           839        12,016,430           839        12,017,269
Mississippi.............................................             0        10,134,604           661        10,347,245           661        10,347,906
Missouri................................................             0        19,157,714         1,249        19,339,341         1,249        19,340,590
Montana.................................................             0         2,044,172           133         2,228,454           133         2,228,587
Nebraska................................................             0         2,056,541           134         1,769,045           134         1,769,179
Nevada..................................................             0        14,310,158           933        14,404,698           933        14,405,631
New Hampshire...........................................             0         2,760,460           180         2,023,863           180         2,024,043
New Jersey..............................................             0        32,201,066         2,099        30,891,644         2,099        30,893,743
New Mexico **...........................................             0         5,171,897           337         4,691,620           337         4,691,957
New York................................................             0        55,804,488         3,638        53,040,830         3,638        53,044,468
North Carolina..........................................             0        35,042,869         2,285        33,775,540         2,285        33,777,825
North Dakota............................................             0           499,156            33           491,586            33           491,619
Ohio....................................................             0        44,012,508         2,869        37,410,700         2,869        37,413,569
Oklahoma................................................             0         6,906,804           450         5,818,181           450         5,818,631
Oregon..................................................             0        15,054,272           981        14,179,357           981        14,180,338
Pennsylvania............................................             0        37,914,512         2,472        33,628,882         2,472        33,631,354
Puerto Rico.............................................             0        13,675,088           892        13,792,527           892        13,793,419
Rhode Island............................................             0         5,096,307           332         4,729,397           332         4,729,729
South Carolina..........................................             0        19,157,131         1,249        17,247,928         1,249        17,249,177
South Dakota............................................             0           839,629            55           914,615            55           914,670
Tennessee...............................................             0        22,094,179         1,440        21,002,405         1,440        21,003,845
Texas...................................................             0        61,926,140         4,037        65,045,270         4,037        65,049,307
Utah**..................................................             0         6,053,827           395         6,236,314           395         6,236,709
Vermont.................................................             0         1,242,041            81         1,060,351            81         1,060,432
Virginia................................................             0        18,453,304         1,203        16,429,934         1,203        16,431,137
Washington..............................................             0        22,238,858         1,450        22,715,887         1,450        22,717,337
West Virginia...........................................             0         4,552,003           297         4,805,556           297         4,805,853
Wisconsin...............................................             0        17,319,011         1,129        15,286,735         1,129        15,287,864
Wyoming.................................................             0         1,199,212            78           909,374            78           909,452
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    State total.........................................       $69,038    $1,058,966,574       $69,038    $1,008,151,464            $0    $1,008,151,464
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* Including rescissions based on the statutory formula and prior year recapture amount for Maine. No reallotment occurred; therefore, no reallotment
  amounts are included.
** Includes Navajo Nation.
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III. Attachment C

Dislocated Worker State Formula PY 2012 Reallotment Methodology

    Reallotment Summary: This year ETA analyzed State WIA Dislocated 
Worker 9130 financial reports from the June 30, 2012 reporting period 
for program year (PY) 2011 to determine if any State had unobligated 
funds in excess of twenty percent of their PY 2011 allotment amount. If 
so, we will recapture that amount from PY 2012 funds and reallot among 
eligible States.

 Source Data: State WIA 9130 financial status reports
 Programs:
    State Dislocated Worker (DW)
    State Rapid Response
    Local Dislocated Worker (includes local administration)

 Period: June 30, 2012
 Years covered: PY 2011 and FY 2012

    Reallotment Calculations:
    (1) ETA computes the State's total amount of PY 2011 State 
obligations (including Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 funds) for the Dislocated 
Worker (DW) program. State obligations are considered to be the total 
of the DW statewide activities obligations, Rapid Response obligations, 
and 100 percent of local DW program authorized (which includes local 
admin authorized). The State's total unobligated balance for the DW 
program is the PY 2011 DW allotment amount (minus the total DW 
obligations) (adjusted for recapture/reallotment and statutory formula-
based rescissions, if applicable. This year a rescission was applicable 
to all States that the recapture for Maine was applicable, but 
reallotment for all other States was not applicable). (For reallotment 
purposes, DW allotted funds transferred to the Navajo Nation are added 
back to Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah Local DW authorized amounts.)
    (2) Section 667.150 of the regulations provides that the recapture 
calculations exclude the reserve for state administration. Data on 
State administrative authorized and obligated amounts are not normally 
available on WIA 9130 financial reports. In the preliminary calculation 
to determine States potentially liable for recapture, the DW portion of 
the State administrative amount authorized is estimated by calculating 
the five percent maximum amount for State DW administrative costs using 
the DW State allotment amounts (adjusted for recapture/reallotment and 
statutory formula-based rescissions). For the DW portion of the State 
administrative amount obligated, 100 percent of the estimated 
authorized amount is treated as obligated, although this estimate of 
State administration obligations is limited by reported statewide 
activities obligations overall.
    (3) ETA requests that those States potentially liable for recapture 
provide additional data on state administrative amounts which are not 
regularly reported on the PY 2011 and FY 2012 statewide activities 
reports. The additional information requested is the amount of 
statewide activities funds that were authorized and obligated for State 
administration as of June 30, 2012. If a State provides actual State DW 
administrative costs, authorized and obligated, in the comments section 
of revised 9130 reports, this data replaces the estimates. Based on the 
requested additional actual data submitted by potentially liable States 
on revised reports, the DW total allotment for these States is reduced 
by the DW portion of the State administrative amount authorized. 
Likewise, the DW total obligations for these States are reduced by the 
DW portion of the obligated State administrative funding.
    (4) States (including those adjusted by State administrative data) 
with unobligated balances exceeding 20 percent of the combined PY2011/
FY2012 DW allotment amount (adjusted for recapture/reallotment and 
statutory formula-based rescissions) will have their PY 2012 DW funding 
(from the FY 2013 portion) reduced (recaptured) by the amount of the 
excess.
    (5) Finally, States with unobligated balances which do not exceed 
20 percent (eligible states) will receive a share of the total 
recaptured amount (based on their share of the total PY 2011/FY2012 DW 
allotments of eligible states) in their PY 2012 DW funding (FY 2013 
portion).

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of March, 2013.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for the Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-07570 Filed 4-1-13; 8:45 am]
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