[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 85 (Monday, May 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25325-25333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10328]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Employment and Training Administration Program Year (PY) 2015 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Allotments; PY 2015 
Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments and PY 2015 Workforce Information 
Grants.

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces allotments for PY 2015 for WIOA Title

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I Youth, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities programs; final 
allotments for Employment Service (ES) activities under the Wagner-
Peyser Act for PY 2015 and Workforce Information Grants allotments for 
PY 2015.
    WIOA allotments for States and the State final allotments for the 
Wagner-Peyser Act are based on formulas defined in their respective 
statutes. WIOA requires allotments for the outlying areas to be 
competitively based rather than based on a formula determined by the 
Secretary of Labor (Secretary) as occurred under the Workforce 
Investment Act (WIA). For PY 2015, the Secretary is using the 
transitional authority provided by WIOA in Section 503(b) to use the 
discretionary formula rationale and methodology for allocating PY 2015 
funds for the outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, 
Palau, and the Virgin Islands) that was published in the Federal 
Register at 65 FR 8236 (Feb. 17, 2000). The formula that the Department 
of Labor (Department) used for PY 2015 is the same formula used in PY 
2014 and is described in the section on Youth Activities program 
allotments. Comments are invited on the formula used to allot funds to 
the outlying areas. The Department will implement a competitive grant 
process for funding the outlying areas in PY 2016.

DATES: Comments on the formula used to allot funds to the outlying 
areas must be received by June 3, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Employment and Training 
Administration (ETA), Office of Financial Administration, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-4702, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: 
Ms. Anita Harvey, email: [email protected]
    Commenters are advised that mail delivery in the Washington area 
may be delayed due to security concerns. Hand-delivered comments will 
be received at the above address. All overnight mail will be considered 
to be hand-delivered and must be received at the designated place by 
the date specified above.
    Please submit your comments by only one method. The Department will 
not review comments received by means other than those listed above or 
that are received after the comment period has closed.
    Comments: The Department will retain all comments on this notice 
and will release them upon request via email to any member of the 
public. The Department also will make all the comments it receives 
available for public inspection by appointment during normal business 
hours at the above address. If you need assistance to review the 
comments, the Department will provide you with appropriate aids such as 
readers or print magnifiers. The Department will make copies of this 
notice available, upon request, in large print, Braille and electronic 
file. The Department also will consider providing the notice in other 
formats upon request. To schedule an appointment to review the comments 
and/or obtain the notice in an alternative format, contact Ms. Harvey 
using the information provided above. The Department will retain all 
comments received without making any changes to the comments, including 
any personal information provided. The Department therefore cautions 
commenters not to include their personal information such as Social 
Security Numbers, personal addresses, telephone numbers, and email 
addresses in their comments; this information would be released with 
the comment if the comments are requested. It is the commenter's 
responsibility to safeguard his or her information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  WIOA Youth Activities allotments--
Evan Rosenberg at (202) 693-3593 or LaSharn Youngblood at (202) 693-
3606; WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker Activities and ES final 
allotments--Robert Kight at (202) 693-3937; Workforce Information Grant 
allotments--Kim Vitelli at (202) 693-3639. Individuals with hearing or 
speech impairments may access the telephone numbers above via TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-
5627 (TTY/TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is announcing WIOA allotments 
for PY 2015 for Youth Activities, Adults and Dislocated Worker 
Activities, Wagner-Peyser Act PY 2015 final allotments, and PY 2015 
Workforce Information Grant allotments. This notice provides 
information on the amount of funds available during PY 2015 to States 
with an approved WIA Title I and Wagner-Peyser Act Strategic Plan for 
PY 2015, and information regarding allotments to the outlying areas.
    On December 16, 2014, the Consolidated and Further Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235 was signed into law (``the 
Act''). The Act, Division G, Title I, Section 107 of the Act allows the 
Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to set aside up to 0.5 percent of most 
operating funds. The evaluation provision is consistent with the 
Federal government's priority on evidence-based policy and programming 
and provides important opportunities to expand evaluations and 
demonstrations in the Department to build solid evidence about what 
works best. In the past, funds for ETA evaluations and demonstrations 
were separately appropriated and managed by ETA. This year, that 
separate authority has been replaced by the set aside provision. Funds 
are transferred to the Department's Chief Evaluation Office to 
implement formal evaluations and demonstrations in collaboration with 
ETA. For 2015, the Secretary set aside .25 percent of the TES and 
SUIESO appropriations. ETA spread the amount to be set aside for each 
appropriation among the programs funded by that appropriation with more 
than $100 million in funding. This includes WIOA Adult, Youth and 
Dislocated Worker and Wagner-Peyser Employment Service program budgets.
    We also have attached tables listing the PY 2015 allotments for 
programs under WIOA Title I Youth Activities (Table A), Adult and 
Dislocated Workers Employment and Training Activities (Tables B and C, 
respectively), and the PY 2015 Wagner-Peyser Act final allotments 
(Table D). We also have attached the PY 2015 Workforce Information 
Grant table (Table E).
    Youth Activities Allotments. The appropriated level for PY 2015 for 
WIOA Youth Activities totals $831,842,000. After reducing the 
appropriation by $2,295,000 for evaluations, $829,547,000 is available 
for Youth Activities. Table A includes a breakdown of the Youth 
Activities program allotments for PY 2015 and provides a comparison of 
these allotments to PY 2014 Youth Activities allotments for all States, 
and outlying areas. For the Native American Youth program, the total 
amount available is 1.5 percent of the total amount for Youth 
Activities (after the evaluations set aside), in accordance with WIOA 
section 127. The total funding available for the outlying areas was 
reserved at 0.25 percent of the amount appropriated for Youth 
Activities (after the evaluations set aside) minus the amount reserved 
for Native American Youth (in accordance with WIOA section 
127(b)(1)(B)(i)). On December 17, 2003, Public Law 108-188, the Compact 
of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (``the Compact''), was 
signed into law. The Compact provided for consolidation of WIA Title I 
funding, for the Marshall Islands and Micronesia into supplemental 
grants provided from the Department of Education's appropriation. See 
48 U.S.C. 1921 d (f)(1)(B)(iii). The Compact also specified

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that the Republic of Palau remained eligible for WIA Title I funding. 
See 48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix). WIOA section 512(g)(1) updated the 
Compact to refer to WIOA funding. The Consolidated and Further 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Division F, Title III, Section 306 
of Pub. L. 113-235) authorized WIOA Title I funding to Palau through FY 
2015.
    Under WIA, the Secretary had discretion for determining the 
methodology for distributing funds to all outlying areas. Under WIOA 
the Secretary must disseminate the funds through a competitive process. 
Using the transition authority provided in WIOA Section 503(b), ETA 
will delay implementation of a competitive grant process for outlying 
areas until PY 2016. For PY 2015, the Department used the same 
methodology used since PY 2000 (i.e., we distribute funds among the 
outlying areas by formula based on relative share of number of 
unemployed, a 90 percent hold-harmless of the prior year share, a 
$75,000 minimum, and a 130 percent stop-gain for the state for the 
previous year). For the relative share calculation in PY 2015, the 
Department continued to use the data obtained from the 2010 Census for 
American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands, and 
Virgin Islands. For Palau, the Department continued to use data from 
Palau's 2005 Census.
    After the Department calculated the amount for the outlying areas 
and Native Americans, we determined that the amount available for PY 
2015 allotments to the States is $815,061,036. This total amount was 
below the required $1 billion threshold specified in WIOA section 
127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV); therefore, the Department did not apply the WIOA 
additional minimum provisions. Instead, as required by WIOA, the 
Department used the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) (Pub. L. 97-
300), section 262(a)(3) (as amended by section 207 of the Job Training 
Reform Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-367) minimums of 90 percent 
hold-harmless of the prior year allotment percentage and 0.25 percent 
State minimum floor. WIOA also provides that no state may receive an 
allotment that is more than 130 percent of the allotment percentage for 
the State for the previous year. The three data factors required by 
WIOA for the PY 2015 Youth Activities State formula allotments are:
    (1) The average number of unemployed individuals for Areas of 
Substantial Unemployment (ASUs) for the 12-month period, July 2013-June 
2014;
    (2) Number of excess unemployed individuals or the ASU excess 
(depending on which is higher) averages for the same 12-month period 
used for ASU unemployed data; and
    (3) Number of economically disadvantaged Youth (age 16 to 21, 
excluding college students in the workforce and military) from special 
tabulations of data from the American Community Survey (ACS), which the 
Department obtained from the Bureau in 2012. The Bureau collected the 
data used in the special tabulations for economically disadvantaged 
Youth between January 1, 2006-December 31, 2010.
    For purposes of identifying ASUs for the within-State Youth 
Activities allocation formula, States should continue to use the data 
made available by BLS (as described in LAUS Technical Memorandum No. S-
14-22). For purposes of determining the number of economically 
disadvantaged Youth for the statutory within-state allocation formula, 
States should continue to use the special tabulations of ACS data made 
available to them in 2013 and available at http://www.doleta.gov/budget/disadvantagedYouthAdults.cfm See TEGL No. 21-12 for further 
information.
    Adult Employment and Training Activities Allotments. The total 
appropriated funds for Adult Activities in PY 2015 is $776,736,000. 
After reducing the appropriated amount by $2,143,000 for evaluations, 
$774,593,000 remains for Adult Activities, of which $772,656,517 is for 
States and $1,936,483 is for outlying areas. Table B shows the PY 2015 
Adult Employment and Training Activities allotments and a State by 
State comparison of the PY 2015 allotments to PY 2014 allotments.
    In accordance with WIOA, the Department reserved the total 
available for the outlying areas at 0.25 percent of the full amount 
appropriated for Adult Activities (after the evaluations set aside). As 
discussed in the Youth Activities section above, in PY 2015 the 
Department will distribute the Adult Activities funding for the 
outlying areas, using the same principles, formula and data as used for 
outlying areas for Youth Activities. After determining the amount for 
the outlying areas, the Department used the statutory formula to 
distribute the remaining amount available for allotments to the States. 
The Department did not apply the WIOA minimum provisions for the PY 
2015 allotments because the total amount available for the States was 
below the $960 million threshold required for Adult Activities in WIOA 
section 132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV). Instead, as required by WIOA, the 
Department calculated minimum allotments using the JTPA section 
202(b)(2) (as amended by section 202 of the Job Training Reform 
Amendments of 1992) minimums of 90 percent hold-harmless of the prior 
year allotment percentage and 0.25 percent State minimum floor. WIOA 
also provides that no State may receive an allotment that is more than 
130 percent of the allotment percentage for the State for the previous 
year. The three formula data factors for the Adult Activities program 
are the same as those used for the Youth Activities formula, except the 
Department used data for the number of economically disadvantaged 
Adults (age 18 to 72, excluding college students in the workforce and 
military).
    As noted above, updated data for within-state ASU calculations is 
available from BLS, and States should continue to use the economically 
disadvantaged Adults data made available to States by the Department in 
2013.
    Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities Allotments. 
The amount appropriated for Dislocated Worker activities in PY 2015 
totals $1,236,389,000. The total appropriation includes formula funds 
for the States, while the National Reserve is used for National 
Dislocated Worker Grants, technical assistance and training, 
demonstration projects, and the outlying areas' Dislocated Worker 
allotments. After reducing the appropriated amount by $3,411,000 for 
evaluations, a total of $1,232,978,000 remains available for Dislocated 
Worker activities. The amount available for outlying areas is 
$3,082,445, leaving $217,167,555 for the National Reserve and a total 
of $1,012,728,000 available for States. Like the Adult program, Table C 
shows the PY 2015 Dislocated Worker activities allotments and a by 
State comparison of the PY 2015 allotments to PY 2014 allotments.
    Like the Adult Activities program, the Department reserved the 
total available for the outlying areas at 0.25 percent of the full 
amount appropriated for Dislocated Worker Activities (after the 
evaluations set aside). As with the Youth and Adult funds, the 
Department will not distribute the Dislocated Worker Activities funds 
for grants to the outlying areas by competitive grant until PY 2016. In 
PY 2015 the Department will use the same pro rata share as the areas 
received for the PY 2015 WIOA Adult Activities program, the same 
methodology used in PY 2014.
    The three data factors required in WIOA for the PY 2015 Dislocated 
Worker State formula allotments are:

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    (1) Number of unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 
2013--September 2014;
    (2) Number of excess unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, 
October 2013--September 2014; and
    (3) Number of long-term unemployed, averages for the 12-month 
period, October 2013--September 2014.
    Since the Dislocated Worker Activities formula has no floor amount 
or hold-harmless provisions until PY 2016, funding changes for States 
directly reflect the impact of changes in unemployment related data 
listed above.
    Wagner-Peyser Act ES Final Allotments. The appropriated level for 
PY 2015 for ES grants totals $664,184,000. After reducing the 
appropriated amount by $1,784,000 for evaluations, a total of 
$662,400,000 remains available for ES programs. After determining the 
funding for outlying areas, the Department calculated allotments to 
States using the formula set forth at section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser 
Act (29 U.S.C. 49e). The Department based PY 2015 formula allotments on 
each State's share of calendar year 2014 monthly averages of the 
civilian labor force (CLF) and unemployment. Section 6(b)(4) of the 
Wagner-Peyser Act requires the Secretary to set aside up to three 
percent of the total funds available for ES to ensure that each State 
will have sufficient resources to maintain statewide ES activities. In 
accordance with this provision, the Department included the three 
percent set-aside funds in this total allotment. The Department 
distributed the set-aside funds in two steps to States that have 
experienced a reduction in their relative share of the total resources 
available this year from their relative share of the total resources 
available the previous year. In Step 1, States that have a CLF below 
one million and are also below the median CLF density were maintained 
at 100 percent of their relative share of prior year resources. ETA 
calculated the median CLF density based on CLF data provided by BLS for 
calendar year 2014. All remaining set-aside funds were distributed on a 
pro-rata basis in Step 2 to all other States experiencing reductions in 
relative share from the prior year but not meeting the size and density 
criteria for Step 1. The distribution of ES funds (Table D) includes 
$660,785,299 for States, as well as $1,614,701 for outlying areas.
    Under section 7 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, ten percent of the total 
sums allotted to each State must be reserved for use by the Governor to 
provide performance incentives for ES offices, services for groups with 
special needs, and for the extra costs of exemplary models for 
delivering job services.
    Workforce Information Grants Allotments. Total PY 2015 funding for 
Workforce Information Grants allotments to States is $32,000,000. The 
allotment figures for each State are listed in Table E. Funds are 
distributed by administrative formula, with a reserve of $176,800 for 
Guam and the Virgin Islands. Guam and the Virgin Islands allotment 
amounts are partially based on CLF data. The Department distributes the 
remaining funds to the States with 40 percent distributed equally to 
all States and 60 percent distributed based on each State's share of 
CLF for the 12 months ending September 2014.

     Table A--U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, WIOA Youth Activities State
                                  Allotments, Comparison of PY 2015 vs PY 2014
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                State                      PY 2014            PY 2015           Difference        % Difference
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Total with Evaluations..............       $820,430,000       $831,842,000        $11,412,000               1.39
Total (WIOA Youth Activities).......       $818,169,000       $829,547,000        $11,378,000               1.39
Alabama.............................         10,363,134         10,973,635            610,501               5.89
Alaska..............................          2,009,628          2,037,653             28,025               1.39
Arizona.............................         16,873,353         18,380,399          1,507,046               8.93
Arkansas............................          6,814,031          7,694,400            880,369              12.92
California..........................        119,122,833        120,707,084          1,584,251               1.33
Colorado............................         12,414,406         11,835,030          (579,376)              -4.67
Connecticut.........................          9,398,657          9,634,681            236,024               2.51
Delaware............................          2,009,628          2,037,653             28,025               1.39
District of Columbia................          2,216,117          2,329,955            113,838               5.14
Florida.............................         45,067,004         42,774,978        (2,292,026)              -5.09
Georgia.............................         27,467,948         27,630,735            162,787               0.59
Hawaii..............................          2,049,527          2,037,653           (11,874)              -0.58
Idaho...............................          3,414,748          3,116,131          (298,617)              -8.74
Illinois............................         38,093,547         42,336,174          4,242,627              11.14
Indiana.............................         17,756,443         16,203,657        (1,552,786)              -8.74
Iowa................................          4,739,579          4,781,261             41,682               0.88
Kansas..............................          5,398,508          5,370,179           (28,329)              -0.52
Kentucky............................         12,118,913         13,717,594          1,598,681              13.19
Louisiana...........................          9,327,194          9,194,017          (133,177)              -1.43
Maine...............................          3,244,888          3,214,985           (29,903)              -0.92
Maryland............................         11,989,592         12,364,002            374,410               3.12
Massachusetts.......................         14,507,221         16,504,685          1,997,464              13.77
Michigan............................         30,072,831         31,250,104          1,177,273               3.91
Minnesota...........................          9,947,978          9,078,036          (869,942)              -8.74
Mississippi.........................          9,200,818          9,151,084           (49,734)              -0.54
Missouri............................         12,877,148         14,228,439          1,351,291              10.49
Montana.............................          2,152,132          2,152,782                650               0.03
Nebraska............................          2,394,620          2,425,096             30,476               1.27
Nevada..............................          8,865,521          9,034,617            169,096               1.91
New Hampshire.......................          2,200,035          2,037,653          (162,382)              -7.38
New Jersey..........................         25,513,414         23,282,287        (2,231,127)              -8.74
New Mexico..........................          4,625,925          5,249,778            623,853              13.49
New York............................         52,011,703         52,128,262            116,559               0.22
North Carolina......................         28,871,997         26,347,165        (2,524,832)              -8.74
North Dakota........................          2,009,628          2,037,653             28,025               1.39

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Ohio................................         26,270,342         28,593,170          2,322,828               8.84
Oklahoma............................          6,258,954          6,941,080            682,126              10.90
Oregon..............................         10,543,691         10,431,168          (112,523)              -1.07
Pennsylvania........................         33,509,103         30,984,178        (2,524,925)              -7.54
Puerto Rico.........................         17,265,863         19,489,676          2,223,813              12.88
Rhode Island........................          3,743,023          4,106,989            363,966               9.72
South Carolina......................         12,574,365         11,474,747        (1,099,618)              -8.74
South Dakota........................          2,009,628          2,037,653             28,025               1.39
Tennessee...........................         16,496,140         17,503,627          1,007,487               6.11
Texas...............................         52,492,802         54,914,867          2,422,065               4.61
Utah................................          4,304,671          3,928,231          (376,440)              -8.74
Vermont.............................          2,009,628          2,037,653             28,025               1.39
Virginia............................         13,392,465         13,325,559           (66,906)              -0.50
Washington..........................         16,309,501         15,945,865          (363,636)              -2.23
West Virginia.......................          3,957,765          3,987,564             29,799               0.75
Wisconsin...........................         13,562,824         14,041,859            479,035               3.53
Wyoming.............................          2,009,628          2,037,653             28,025               1.39
State Total.........................        803,851,042        815,061,036         11,209,994               1.39
American Samoa......................            196,434            217,678             21,244              10.81
Guam................................            766,348            738,863           (27,485)              -3.59
Northern Marianas...................            402,258            403,686              1,428               0.35
Palau...............................             75,000             75,000                  0               0.00
Virgin Islands......................            605,383            607,532              2,149               0.35
Outlying Areas Total................          2,045,423          2,042,759            (2,664)              -0.13
Native Americans....................         12,272,535         12,443,205            170,670               1.39
Evaluations set aside...............          2,261,000          2,295,000             34,000               1.50
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     Table B--U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, WIOA Adult Activities State
                       Allotments, Comparison of PY 2015 Allotments vs PY 2014 Allotments
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                State                      PY 2014            PY 2015           Difference        % Difference
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Total with Evaluations..............       $766,080,000       $776,736,000        $10,656,000               1.39
Total (WIOA Adult Activities).......       $763,969,000       $774,593,000        $10,624,000               1.39
Alabama.............................         10,127,957         10,701,084            573,127               5.66
Alaska..............................          1,905,148          1,931,641             26,493               1.39
Arizona.............................         15,910,029         17,323,692          1,413,663               8.89
Arkansas............................          6,508,494          7,337,318            828,824              12.73
California..........................        114,152,207        115,578,226          1,426,019               1.25
Colorado............................         11,534,090         10,974,957          (559,133)              -4.85
Connecticut.........................          8,642,428          8,856,853            214,425               2.48
Delaware............................          1,905,148          1,931,641             26,493               1.39
District of Columbia................          2,014,101          2,119,523            105,422               5.23
Florida.............................         44,979,171         42,797,775        (2,181,396)              -4.85
Georgia.............................         26,369,329         26,506,892            137,563               0.52
Hawaii..............................          2,137,808          1,951,282          (186,526)              -8.73
Idaho...............................          3,171,735          2,894,258          (277,477)              -8.75
Illinois............................         35,721,028         39,706,093          3,985,065              11.16
Indiana.............................         16,187,078         14,770,963        (1,416,115)              -8.75
Iowa................................          3,371,916          3,398,273             26,357               0.78
Kansas..............................          4,537,758          4,502,095           (35,663)              -0.79
Kentucky............................         12,441,851         13,954,626          1,512,775              12.16
Louisiana...........................          8,947,905          8,816,204          (131,701)              -1.47
Maine...............................          2,958,900          2,927,292           (31,608)              -1.07
Maryland............................         11,120,651         11,464,414            343,763               3.09
Massachusetts.......................         12,850,371         14,722,745          1,872,374              14.57
Michigan............................         28,122,010         28,780,666            658,656               2.34
Minnesota...........................          8,509,251          7,764,825          (744,426)              -8.75
Mississippi.........................          8,783,758          8,730,734           (53,024)              -0.60
Missouri............................         11,979,012         13,246,842          1,267,830              10.58
Montana.............................          2,047,975          2,047,140              (835)              -0.04
Nebraska............................          1,905,148          1,931,641             26,493               1.39
Nevada..............................          8,620,844          8,809,234            188,390               2.19
New Hampshire.......................          1,905,148          1,931,641             26,493               1.39
New Jersey..........................         24,644,654         22,488,633        (2,156,021)              -8.75
New Mexico..........................          4,457,154          5,044,948            587,794              13.19
New York............................         50,339,040         50,421,651             82,611               0.16
North Carolina......................         27,573,758         25,161,487        (2,412,271)              -8.75
North Dakota........................          1,905,148          1,931,641             26,493               1.39
Ohio................................         24,343,116         26,518,096          2,174,980               8.93

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Oklahoma............................          6,047,269          6,689,426            642,157              10.62
Oregon..............................         10,108,074          9,995,124          (112,950)              -1.12
Pennsylvania........................         30,619,150         28,195,888        (2,423,262)              -7.91
Puerto Rico.........................         18,344,208         21,215,910          2,871,702              15.65
Rhode Island........................          3,230,712          3,569,777            339,065              10.50
South Carolina......................         12,134,396         11,072,827        (1,061,569)              -8.75
South Dakota........................          1,905,148          1,931,641             26,493               1.39
Tennessee...........................         16,085,971         17,031,743            945,772               5.88
Texas...............................         50,065,195         52,323,110          2,257,915               4.51
Utah................................          3,614,740          3,298,507          (316,233)              -8.75
Vermont.............................          1,905,148          1,931,641             26,493               1.39
Virginia............................         12,445,438         12,370,494           (74,944)              -0.60
Washington..........................         15,226,047         14,868,344          (357,703)              -2.35
West Virginia.......................          4,028,840          4,056,659             27,819               0.69
Wisconsin...........................         11,762,474         12,196,759            434,285               3.69
Wyoming.............................          1,905,148          1,931,641             26,493               1.39
State Total.........................        762,059,077        772,656,517         10,597,440               1.39
American Samoa......................            182,941            205,921             22,980              12.56
Guam................................            713,704            698,958           (14,746)              -2.07
Northern Marianas...................            374,568            381,883              7,315               1.95
Palau...............................             75,000             75,000                  0               0.00
Virgin Islands......................            563,710            574,721             11,011               1.95
    Outlying Areas Total............          1,909,923          1,936,483             26,560               1.39
Evaluations set aside...............          2,111,000          2,143,000             32,000               1.52
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  Table C--U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities
                    State Allotments, Comparison of PY 2015 Allotments vs PY 2014 Allotments
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                State                      PY 2014            PY 2015           Difference        % Difference
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Total with Evaluations..............     $1,222,457,000     $1,236,389,000        $13,932,000               1.14
Total (WIOA Dislocated Worker            $1,219,087,000     $1,232,978,000        $13,891,000               1.14
 Activities)........................
Alabama.............................         11,599,476         15,012,219          3,412,743              29.42
Alaska..............................          1,633,027          2,184,119            551,092              33.75
Arizona.............................         20,193,454         22,511,715          2,318,261              11.48
Arkansas............................          7,814,651          8,052,059            237,408               3.04
California..........................        157,376,202        164,063,131          6,686,929               4.25
Colorado............................         15,822,647         13,622,336        (2,200,311)             -13.91
Connecticut.........................         13,243,210         13,612,474            369,264               2.79
Delaware............................          2,613,882          2,596,904           (16,978)              -0.65
District of Columbia................          2,998,287          3,443,627            445,340              14.85
Florida.............................         60,315,153         61,786,732          1,471,579               2.44
Georgia.............................         36,939,150         39,981,701          3,042,551               8.24
Hawaii..............................          1,852,830          1,931,277             78,447               4.23
Idaho...............................          3,461,421          2,636,879          (824,542)             -23.82
Illinois............................         54,907,799         58,325,151          3,417,352               6.22
Indiana.............................         22,303,621         17,611,408        (4,692,213)             -21.04
Iowa................................          4,164,521          4,426,239            261,718               6.28
Kansas..............................          5,471,022          4,682,959          (788,063)             -14.40
Kentucky............................         14,256,130         16,220,379          1,964,249              13.78
Louisiana...........................         10,286,901          9,215,660        (1,071,241)             -10.41
Maine...............................          3,807,546          3,592,396          (215,150)              -5.65
Maryland............................         16,637,979         17,549,612            911,633               5.48
Massachusetts.......................         18,899,549         21,265,196          2,365,647              12.52
Michigan............................         36,932,673         40,080,962          3,148,289               8.52
Minnesota...........................          9,452,346          8,332,420        (1,119,926)             -11.85
Mississippi.........................         10,617,327         11,047,184            429,857               4.05
Missouri............................         16,292,492         18,476,297          2,183,805              13.40
Montana.............................          1,659,822          1,699,458             39,636               2.39
Nebraska............................          2,044,195          2,016,308           (27,887)              -1.36
Nevada..............................         12,539,486         13,272,377            732,891               5.84
New Hampshire.......................          2,525,768          2,355,019          (170,749)              -6.76
New Jersey..........................         38,580,867         33,968,534        (4,612,333)             -11.95
New Mexico..........................          5,180,570          6,691,816          1,511,246              29.17
New York............................         67,330,827         69,009,253          1,678,426               2.49
North Carolina......................         38,671,061         31,698,026        (6,973,035)             -18.03
North Dakota........................            549,747            566,170             16,423               2.99
Ohio................................         32,568,365         33,758,857          1,190,492               3.66
Oklahoma............................          5,417,077          5,943,501            526,424               9.72
Oregon..............................         13,140,217         13,672,401            532,184               4.05

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Pennsylvania........................         43,100,393         37,184,902        (5,915,491)             -13.72
Puerto Rico.........................         14,743,999         20,357,210          5,613,211              38.07
Rhode Island........................          4,852,880          5,533,256            680,376              14.02
South Carolina......................         15,546,400         12,481,973        (3,064,427)             -19.71
South Dakota........................            800,633            856,158             55,525               6.94
Tennessee...........................         20,840,426         21,507,643            667,217               3.20
Texas...............................         57,992,167         55,598,809        (2,393,358)              -4.13
Utah................................          3,786,657          2,963,244          (823,413)             -21.75
Vermont.............................            779,524            806,732             27,208               3.49
Virginia............................         15,956,793         17,685,631          1,728,838              10.83
Washington..........................         19,149,875         19,533,856            383,981               2.01
West Virginia.......................          4,272,884          4,814,588            541,704              12.68
Wisconsin...........................         16,187,134         15,763,228          (423,906)              -2.62
Wyoming.............................            726,937            728,014              1,077               0.15
State Total.........................        998,838,000      1,012,728,000         13,890,000               1.39
American Samoa......................            291,924            327,780             35,856              12.28
Guam................................          1,138,877          1,112,584           (26,293)              -2.31
Northern Marianas...................            597,709            607,872             10,163               1.70
Palau...............................            119,680            119,383              (297)              -0.25
Virgin Islands......................            899,528            914,826             15,298               1.70
    Outlying Areas Total............          3,047,718          3,082,445             34,727               1.14
National Reserve....................        217,201,282        217,167,555           (33,727)              -0.02
Evaluations set aside...............          3,370,000          3,411,000             41,000               1.22
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 Table D--U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser),
                                       PY 2015 vs PY 2014 Final Allotments
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                State                   Final PY 2014      Final PY 2015        Difference        % Difference
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Total with Evaluation...............       $664,184,000       $664,184,000                 $0               0.00
Total (ES Activities)...............       $664,184,000       $662,400,000       ($1,784,000)              -0.27
Alabama.............................          8,502,449          8,491,183           (11,266)               0.13
Alaska..............................          7,219,997          7,200,604           (19,393)               0.27
Arizona.............................         12,467,698         12,473,460              5,762               0.05
Arkansas............................          5,307,726          5,283,573           (24,153)               0.46
California..........................         79,586,271         79,283,096          (303,175)               0.38
Colorado............................         10,685,065         10,626,917           (58,148)               0.54
Connecticut.........................          7,561,842          7,565,360              3,518               0.05
Delaware............................          1,855,182          1,850,199            (4,983)               0.27
District of Columbia................          2,123,634          2,088,474           (35,160)               1.66
Florida.............................         38,551,390         38,350,606          (200,784)               0.52
Georgia.............................         19,608,469         19,841,888            233,419               1.19
Hawaii..............................          2,327,227          2,339,563             12,336               0.53
Idaho...............................          6,015,543          5,999,385           (16,158)               0.27
Illinois............................         27,868,035         27,708,235          (159,800)               0.57
Indiana.............................         12,821,228         12,751,284           (69,944)               0.55
Iowa................................          5,964,574          6,028,720             64,146               1.08
Kansas..............................          5,526,029          5,498,111           (27,918)               0.51
Kentucky............................          8,506,643          8,465,309           (41,334)               0.49
Louisiana...........................          8,094,739          8,076,868           (17,871)               0.22
Maine...............................          3,577,386          3,567,777            (9,609)               0.27
Maryland............................         11,906,489         11,934,682             28,193               0.24
Massachusetts.......................         13,409,175         13,585,040            175,865               1.31
Michigan............................         21,291,774         21,056,725          (235,049)               1.10
Minnesota...........................         10,993,540         10,920,175           (73,365)               0.67
Mississippi.........................          5,674,402          5,621,814           (52,588)               0.93
Missouri............................         11,888,860         11,967,561             78,701               0.66
Montana.............................          4,915,931          4,902,727           (13,204)               0.27
Nebraska............................          5,605,477          5,512,267           (93,210)               1.66
Nevada..............................          6,117,652          6,068,982           (48,670)               0.80
New Hampshire.......................          2,650,012          2,641,511            (8,501)               0.32
New Jersey..........................         19,124,756         18,973,701          (151,055)               0.79
New Mexico..........................          5,516,541          5,501,724           (14,817)               0.27
New York............................         38,504,428         38,363,357          (141,071)               0.37
North Carolina......................         19,555,320         19,378,713          (176,607)               0.90
North Dakota........................          5,005,890          4,992,444           (13,446)               0.27
Ohio................................         23,710,251         23,445,526          (264,725)               1.12
Oklahoma............................          6,461,834          6,464,603              2,769               0.04
Oregon..............................          8,138,876          8,093,834           (45,042)               0.55
Pennsylvania........................         25,781,009         25,557,772          (223,237)               0.87

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Puerto Rico.........................          6,911,482          6,836,910           (74,572)               1.08
Rhode Island........................          2,453,424          2,437,864           (15,560)               0.63
South Carolina......................          9,079,879          8,992,138           (87,741)               0.97
South Dakota........................          4,626,593          4,614,166           (12,427)               0.27
Tennessee...........................         12,636,661         12,567,163           (69,498)               0.55
Texas...............................         47,954,459         48,160,966            206,507               0.43
Utah................................          6,395,863          6,289,510          (106,353)               1.66
Vermont.............................          2,167,359          2,161,537            (5,822)               0.27
Virginia............................         15,390,720         15,846,585            455,865               2.96
Washington..........................         13,819,721         13,756,839           (62,882)               0.46
West Virginia.......................          5,295,592          5,281,368           (14,224)               0.27
Wisconsin...........................         11,820,318         11,786,589           (33,729)               0.29
Wyoming.............................          3,589,535          3,579,894            (9,641)               0.27
    State Total.....................        662,564,950        660,785,299        (1,779,651)               0.27
Guam................................            310,787            309,952              (835)               0.27
Virgin Islands......................          1,308,263          1,304,749            (3,514)               0.27
    Outlying Areas Total............          1,619,050          1,614,701            (4,349)               0.27
Evaluations set aside...............                  0          1,784,000          1,784,000                N/A
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   Table E--U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Workforce Information Grants to
                                      States, PY 2015 vs PY 2014 Allotments
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                State                      PY 2014            PY 2015           Difference        % Difference
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Total...............................        $32,000,000        $32,000,000                 $0               0.00
Alabama.............................            507,835            504,328            (3,507)               0.69
Alaska..............................            289,243            289,343                100               0.03
Arizona.............................            612,836            613,057                221               0.04
Arkansas............................            407,384            405,110            (2,274)               0.56
California..........................          2,512,037          2,512,646                609               0.02
Colorado............................            581,206            583,979              2,773               0.48
Connecticut.........................            471,257            472,001                744               0.16
Delaware............................            298,885            299,203                318               0.11
District of Columbia................            289,809            289,948                139               0.05
Florida.............................          1,391,578          1,408,710             17,132               1.23
Georgia.............................            831,404            824,471            (6,933)               0.83
Hawaii..............................            323,731            325,099              1,368               0.42
Idaho...............................            339,000            339,420                420               0.12
Illinois............................          1,046,809          1,041,040            (5,769)               0.55
Indiana.............................            629,369            635,932              6,563               1.04
Iowa................................            445,306            450,811              5,505               1.24
Kansas..............................            426,480            426,274              (206)               0.05
Kentucky............................            498,878            493,479            (5,399)               1.08
Louisiana...........................            499,691            501,858              2,167               0.43
Maine...............................            331,051            331,102                 51               0.02
Maryland............................            626,679            623,467            (3,212)               0.51
Massachusetts.......................            669,155            671,558              2,403               0.36
Michigan............................            815,743            820,078              4,335               0.53
Minnesota...........................            607,750            608,644                894               0.15
Mississippi.........................            405,143            398,706            (6,437)               1.59
Missouri............................            610,737            614,280              3,543               0.58
Montana.............................            306,821            307,848              1,027               0.33
Nebraska............................            370,589            369,401            (1,188)               0.32
Nevada..............................            411,954            411,778              (176)               0.04
New Hampshire.......................            335,427            335,286              (141)               0.04
New Jersey..........................            807,150            791,996           (15,154)               1.88
New Mexico..........................            358,969            357,691            (1,278)               0.36
New York............................          1,414,730          1,413,628            (1,102)               0.08
North Carolina......................            820,492            813,419            (7,073)               0.86
North Dakota........................            293,355            294,439              1,084               0.37
Ohio................................            944,285            944,193               (92)               0.01
Oklahoma............................            465,806            464,819              (987)               0.21
Oregon..............................            480,795            480,082              (713)               0.15
Pennsylvania........................          1,039,220          1,025,094           (14,126)               1.36
Puerto Rico.........................            389,936            386,665            (3,271)               0.84
Rhode Island........................            312,805            312,352              (453)               0.14
South Carolina......................            509,004            509,225                221               0.04
South Dakota........................            299,407            299,746                339               0.11
Tennessee...........................            624,985            614,134           (10,851)               1.74
Texas...............................          1,796,213          1,821,458             25,245               1.41

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Utah................................            413,138            420,602              7,464               1.81
Vermont.............................            287,830            287,500              (330)               0.11
Virginia............................            759,585            765,965              6,380               0.84
Washington..........................            668,760            666,958            (1,802)               0.27
West Virginia.......................            342,636            341,935              (701)               0.20
Wisconsin...........................            618,083            619,893              1,810               0.29
Wyoming.............................            282,229            282,549                320               0.11
    State Total.....................         31,823,200         31,823,200                  0               0.00
Guam................................             93,090             93,090                  0               0.00
Virgin Islands......................             83,710             83,710                  0               0.00
    Outlying Areas Total............            176,800            176,800                  0               0.00
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Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 2015-10328 Filed 5-1-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4510-FN-P