[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24979-24980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10223]


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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) 2013 Performance

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), in collaboration with the 
Department of Education (ED), announces that three States are eligible 
to apply for WIA (Public Law 105-220, 29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) incentive 
grant awards authorized by section 503 of the

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WIA. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, signed into law on 
July 22, 2014, Public Law 113-128, eliminates incentive awards for 
state performance. PY 2013 is the last year that incentive grants will 
be awarded to states under WIA.

DATES: The three eligible States must submit their applications for 
incentive funding to the address listed below by June 15, 2015.

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: Caterra Castile 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. Additional 
information on how to apply can be found in Training and Employment 
Guidance Letter 20-01 Change 13, which will be forthcoming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luke Murren at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Three States (see Appendix) qualify to 
receive a share of the $9 million available for incentive grant awards 
under WIA section 503. These funds, which were contributed by ED from 
appropriations for the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act at WIA 
title II (AEFLA), are available for the eligible States to use through 
June 30, 2017, to support innovative workforce development and 
education activities that are authorized under WIA title IB (Workforce 
Investment Systems) or WIA title II (AEFLA), 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 WIA title II. (Perkins IV removed the 
requirement that funds be reserved to carry out section 503 of WIA 
which only referenced Public Law 105-332 (Perkins III); thus, DOL and 
ED do not consider States' performance levels under Perkins IV in 
determining eligibility for incentive grants under section 503 of WIA). 
The performance related goals used to determine a State's eligibility 
status include: (1) Employment after training and related services, as 
well as retention in employment, and (2) improvements in literacy 
levels, among other measures. After review of the performance data 
submitted by States to DOL and ED, each Department determined which 
States exceeded their performance levels for its respective program(s) 
(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 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                             Total award
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Minnesota...............................................      $3,000,000
North Dakota............................................       3,000,000
Rhode Island............................................       3,000,000
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Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.

                                Appendix
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                                          Incentive grants program year
                                         2013 exceeded state performance
                                                     levels
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                 State                             AEFLA (WIA
                                        WIA title  title II--  WIA title
                                            IB        Adult    IB; AEFLA
                                                   education)
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Alabama...............................  .........  ..........  .........
Alaska................................         X   ..........  .........
Arizona...............................  .........  ..........  .........
Arkansas..............................  .........  ..........  .........
California............................  .........  ..........  .........
Colorado..............................         X   ..........  .........
Connecticut...........................  .........  ..........  .........
District of Columbia..................  .........  ..........  .........
Delaware..............................  .........  ..........  .........
Florida...............................  .........  ..........  .........
Georgia...............................  .........          X   .........
Hawaii................................  .........  ..........  .........
Idaho.................................  .........          X   .........
Illinois..............................  .........          X   .........
Indiana...............................         X   ..........  .........
Iowa..................................  .........          X   .........
Kansas................................         X   ..........  .........
Kentucky..............................  .........  ..........  .........
Louisiana.............................  .........  ..........  .........
Maine.................................  .........  ..........  .........
Maryland..............................         X   ..........  .........
Massachusetts.........................  .........          X   .........
Michigan..............................  .........  ..........  .........
Minnesota.............................         X           X          X
Mississippi...........................  .........  ..........  .........
Missouri..............................  .........          X   .........
Montana...............................  .........          X   .........
Nebraska..............................         X   ..........  .........
Nevada................................  .........  ..........  .........
New Hampshire.........................  .........          X   .........
New Jersey............................  .........  ..........  .........
New Mexico............................  .........  ..........  .........
New York..............................  .........          X   .........
North Carolina........................  .........  ..........  .........
North                                          X           X          X
 Dakota...............................
Ohio..................................         X   ..........  .........
Oklahoma..............................  .........  ..........  .........
Oregon................................  .........  ..........  .........
Pennsylvania..........................  .........          X   .........
Puerto Rico...........................  .........  ..........  .........
Rhode                                          X           X          X
 Island...............................
South Carolina........................         X   ..........  .........
South Dakota..........................  .........          X   .........
Tennessee.............................         X   ..........  .........
Texas.................................  .........          X   .........
Utah..................................         X   ..........  .........
Vermont...............................  .........  ..........  .........
Virginia..............................  .........  ..........  .........
Washington............................  .........  ..........  .........
West Virginia.........................         X   ..........  .........
Wisconsin.............................  .........  ..........  .........
Wyoming...............................  .........  ..........  .........
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    Total.............................        14          15          3
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* States in bold exceeded their performance levels for both WIA title IB
  and WIA title II programs.

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