[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 114 (Thursday, June 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27526-27535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12336]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Program Year (PY) 2017 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(WIOA) Allotments; PY 2017 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments and PY 
2017 Workforce Information Grants

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces allotments for PY 2017 for WIOA Title I 
Youth, Adult and Dislocated Worker Activities programs; final 
allotments for Employment Service (ES) activities under the Wagner-
Peyser Act for PY 2017 and the allotments of Workforce Information 
Grants to States for PY 2017.
    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 2017, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2017 waives the competition requirement, and the Secretary is using the 
discretionary formula rationale and methodology for allocating PY 2017 
funds for the Outlying Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United 
States Virgin Islands) that was published in the

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Federal Register at 65 FR 8236 (Feb. 17, 2000). WIOA specifically 
included the Republic of Palau as an Outlying Area, except during any 
period for which the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education 
determine that a Compact of Free Association is in effect and contains 
provisions for training and education assistance prohibiting the 
assistance provided under WIOA; no such determinations prohibiting 
assistance have been made. The formula that the Department of Labor 
(Department) used for PY 2017 is the same formula used in PY 2016 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.

DATES: Comments on the formula used to allot funds to the Outlying 
Areas must be received by July 17, 2017.

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--Donald Haughton at (202) 693-2784. 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 2017 for Youth Activities, Adults and Dislocated Worker 
Activities, Wagner-Peyser Act PY 2017 final allotments, and PY 2017 
Workforce Information Grant allotments. This notice provides 
information on the amount of funds available during PY 2017 to States 
with an approved WIOA Title I and Wagner-Peyser Act Strategic Plan for 
PY 2017, and information regarding allotments to the Outlying Areas.
    On May 5, 2017, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, Public 
Law 115-31 was signed into law (``the Act''). The Act, Division H, 
Title I, Section 107 of the Act allows the Secretary of Labor 
(Secretary) to set aside up to 0.75 percent of most operating funds for 
evaluations. The evaluation provision is consistent with the Federal 
government's priority on evidence-based policy and programming 
providing 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. 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 2017, the Secretary 
set aside 0.25 percent of the Training and Employment Services (TES) 
and State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services Operations 
(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.
    The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, Division H, Title I, 
sec. 106(b), allows the Secretary to set aside up to 0.5 percent of 
each discretionary appropriation for activities related to program 
integrity. For 2017, the Department set aside the full 0.5 percent of 
most discretionary appropriations which reduced WIOA Adult, Youth, 
Dislocated Worker, Wagner-Peyser Employment Service and Workforce 
Information Grant program budgets.
    We also have attached tables listing the PY 2017 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 2017 Wagner-Peyser Act final allotments 
(Table D). We also have attached the PY 2017 Workforce Information 
Grant table (Table E).
    Youth Activities Allotments. The appropriated level for PY 2017 for 
WIOA Youth Activities totals $873,416,000. After reducing the 
appropriation by $2,488,000 for evaluations and $4,367,080 for program 
integrity, $866,560,920, is available for Youth Activities. Table A 
includes a breakdown of the Youth Activities program allotments for PY 
2017 and provides a comparison of these allotments to PY 2016 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 
and program integrity set asides), 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 and program integrity set asides) after 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 specified that the Republic of Palau 
remained eligible for WIA Title I funding. See 48 U.S.C. 
1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix). WIOA sec. 512(g)(1) updated the Compact to refer to 
WIOA funding. The Consolidated

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Appropriations Act, 2017 (Division H, Title III, Section 305 of Pub. L. 
115-31) authorized WIOA Title I funding to Palau through FY 2017.
    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. 
For PY 2017, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 waives the 
competition requirement contained in WIOA secs. 127(b)(1)(B)(ii), 
132(b)(1)(A)(ii), and 132(b)(2)(A)(ii) regarding funding to Outlying 
Areas (e.g., American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin 
Islands). For PY 2017, 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 the number of unemployed, a minimum 
of 90 percent of the prior year allotment percentage, a $75,000 
minimum, and a 130 percent stop-gain of the prior year share). For the 
relative share calculation in PY 2017, the Department continued to use 
the data obtained from the 2010 Census for American Samoa, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States 
Virgin Islands. For the Republic of Palau, the Department used data 
from Palau's 2015 Census.
    After the Department calculated the amount for the Outlying Areas 
and the Native American program, it was determined that the amount 
available for PY 2017 allotments to the States is $851,428,600. This 
total amount was below the required $1 billion threshold specified in 
WIOA sec. 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV); therefore, the Department did not apply 
the WIOA additional minimum provisions. Instead, as required by WIOA, 
the minimums of 90 percent of the prior year allotment percentage and 
0.25 percent State minimum floor apply. This is the same methodology to 
set a floor on the annual variation in allotments as has been applied 
almost continuously for more than two decades. See sec. 262(b)(2) of 
the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) (Pub. L. 97-300), (as amended 
by sec. 207 of the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-
367); sec. 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(Pub. L. 105-220). 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 sec. 127(b)(1)(C)(ii) for the PY 2017 Youth Activities State 
formula allotments are, summarized slightly, as follows:
    (1) The average number of unemployed individuals for Areas of 
Substantial Unemployment (ASUs) for the 12-month period, July 2015-June 
2016;
    (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 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 Census Bureau and used since PY 2013. The Census 
Bureau collected the data used in the special tabulations for 
disadvantaged youth between January 1, 2006-December 31, 2010.
    For purposes of identifying ASUs for the Youth Activities 
allotment) formula, the Department continued to use the data made 
available by BLS (as described in the Local Area Unemployment 
Statistics (LAUS) Technical Memorandum No. S-16-15). For purposes of 
determining the number of disadvantaged youth, the Department continued 
to use the special tabulations of ACS data 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 2017 is $815,556,000. 
After reducing the appropriated amount by $2,323,000 for evaluations 
and $4,077,780 for program integrity, $809,155,220 remains for Adult 
Activities, of which $807,132,332 is for States and $2,022,888 is for 
Outlying Areas. Table B shows the PY 2017 Adult Employment and Training 
Activities allotments and a State by State comparison of the PY 2017 
allotments to PY 2016 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 and program 
integrity set asides). As discussed in the Youth Activities section 
above, in PY 2017 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 2017 allotments because the total amount available for the 
States was below the $960 million threshold required for Adult 
Activities in WIOA sec. 132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV). Instead, as required by 
WIOA, the minimums of 90 percent of the prior year allotment percentage 
and 0.25 percent State minimum floor apply. This is the same 
methodology to set a floor on the annual variation in allotments as has 
been applied almost continuously for more than two decades. See sec. 
262(b)(2) of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) (Pub. L. 97-300), 
(as amended by sec. 207 of the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992, 
Pub. L. 102-367); sec. 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV) of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-220). 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 disadvantaged adults (age 22 to 72, excluding college 
students in the workforce and military).
    Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities Allotments. 
The amount appropriated for Dislocated Worker activities in PY 2017 
totals $1,241,719,000. 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 $3,536,000 for 
evaluations and $6,208,595 for program integrity, a total of 
$1,231,974,405 remains available for Dislocated Worker activities. The 
amount available for Outlying Areas is $3,079,936, leaving $216,046,769 
for the National Reserve and a total of $1,012,847,700 available for 
States. Like the Adult program, Table C shows the PY 2017 Dislocated 
Worker activities allotments and a State by State comparison of the PY 
2017 allotments to PY 2016 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 and program integrity set asides). Similar to Youth and 
Adult funds, instead of competition, in PY

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2017 the Department will use the same pro rata share as the areas 
received for the PY 2017 WIOA Adult Activities program to distribute 
the Outlying Areas' Dislocated Worker funds, the same methodology used 
in PY 2016.
    The three data factors required in WIOA sec. 132(b)(2)(B)(ii) for 
the PY 2017 Dislocated Worker State formula allotments are, summarized 
slightly, as follows:
    (1) Number of unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, October 
2015-September 2016;
    (2) Number of excess unemployed, averages for the 12-month period, 
October 2015-September 2016; and
    (3) Number of long-term unemployed, averages for the 12-month 
period, October 2015-September 2016.
    In PY 2017, under WIOA the Dislocated Worker formula uses minimum 
and maximum provisions. No State may receive an allotment that is less 
than 90 percent of the State's prior year allotment percentage or more 
than 130 percent of the State's prior year allotment percentage.
    Wagner-Peyser Act ES Final Allotments. The appropriated level for 
PY 2017 for ES grants totals $671,413,000. After reducing the 
appropriated amount by $1,826,000 for evaluations and $3,357,065 for 
program integrity, a total of $666,229,935 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 2017 formula allotments on each State's share of calendar year 
2016 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 the BLS for calendar year 2016. 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 $664,605,898 for States, as 
well as $1,624,037 for Outlying Areas.
    Section 7(a) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (49 U.S.C. 49f(a)) authorizes 
States to use 90 percent of funds allotted to a State for labor 
exchange services and other career services such as job search and 
placement services to job seekers; appropriate recruitment services for 
employers; program evaluations; developing and providing labor market 
and occupational information; developing management information 
systems; and administering the work test for unemployment insurance 
claimants. Section 7(b) of the Wagner-Peyser Act states that 10 percent 
of the total sums allotted to each State must be reserved for use by 
the Governor to provide performance incentives for public ES offices 
and programs, provide services for groups with special needs, and to 
provide for the extra costs of exemplary models for delivering services 
of the type described in section 7(a).
    Workforce Information Grants Allotments. Total PY 2017 funding for 
Workforce Information Grants allotments to States is $32,000,000. After 
reducing the total by $160,000 for program integrity, $31,840,000 is 
available for Workforce Information Grants. The allotment figures for 
each State are listed in Table E. Funds are distributed by 
administrative formula, with a reserve of $176,416 for Guam and the 
United States Virgin Islands. Guam and the United States 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 2016.

     Table A--U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, WIOA Youth Activities State
                        Allotments Comparison of PY 2017 Allotments vs PY 2016 Allotments
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                                                                                                  Difference
              State                     PY 2016             PY 2017           Difference           (percent)
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Total Appropriated..............        $873,416,000        $873,416,000                  $0                0.00
Total (WIOA Youth Activities)...         870,931,000         866,560,920         (4,370,080)               -0.50
Alabama.........................          13,242,811          15,935,826           2,693,015               20.34
Alaska..........................           2,296,191           2,749,556             453,365               19.74
Arizona.........................          20,040,831          21,927,448           1,886,617                9.41
Arkansas........................           7,839,730           7,020,353           (819,377)              -10.45
California......................         128,788,366         122,708,017         (6,080,349)               -4.72
Colorado........................          11,182,905          10,014,113         (1,168,792)              -10.45
Connecticut.....................          10,313,964          10,849,939             535,975                5.20
Delaware........................           2,139,306           2,128,572            (10,734)               -0.50
District of Columbia............           3,086,388           3,048,727            (37,661)               -1.22
Florida.........................          49,787,759          47,191,033         (2,596,726)               -5.22
Georgia.........................          30,707,383          27,497,972         (3,209,411)              -10.45
Hawaii..........................           2,139,306           2,128,572            (10,734)               -0.50
Idaho...........................           2,944,428           2,636,688           (307,740)              -10.45
Illinois........................          40,003,397          45,262,696           5,259,299               13.15
Indiana.........................          17,064,726          15,281,190         (1,783,536)              -10.45
Iowa............................           5,118,005           5,042,166            (75,839)               -1.48
Kansas..........................           5,166,437           4,626,462           (539,975)              -10.45
Kentucky........................          12,961,737          13,006,059              44,322                0.34
Louisiana.......................          12,548,488          15,937,361           3,388,873               27.01
Maine...........................           3,208,693           2,873,333           (335,360)              -10.45
Maryland........................          14,375,433          13,351,957         (1,023,476)               -7.12

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Massachusetts...................          15,595,256          13,965,303         (1,629,953)              -10.45
Michigan........................          29,709,018          26,603,952         (3,105,066)              -10.45
Minnesota.......................           8,577,825           8,630,212              52,387                0.61
Mississippi.....................          10,193,683          10,648,637             454,954                4.46
Missouri........................          16,472,508          14,750,868         (1,721,640)              -10.45
Montana.........................           2,139,306           2,128,572            (10,734)               -0.50
Nebraska........................           2,291,470           2,432,570             141,100                6.16
Nevada..........................           9,531,729           9,913,269             381,540                4.00
New Hampshire...................           2,139,306           2,128,572            (10,734)               -0.50
New Jersey......................          24,898,651          22,296,345         (2,602,306)              -10.45
New Mexico......................           6,167,206           7,484,241           1,317,035               21.36
New York........................          54,003,637          49,406,010         (4,597,627)               -8.51
North Carolina..................          25,235,370          28,746,951           3,511,581               13.92
North Dakota....................           2,139,306           2,128,572            (10,734)               -0.50
Ohio............................          28,162,375          30,130,209           1,967,834                6.99
Oklahoma........................           6,558,618           7,802,022           1,243,404               18.96
Oregon..........................          11,441,241          10,245,449         (1,195,792)              -10.45
Pennsylvania....................          29,652,886          32,264,694           2,611,808                8.81
Puerto Rico.....................          23,096,083          25,176,038           2,079,955                9.01
Rhode Island....................           3,880,689           3,582,507           (298,182)               -7.68
South Carolina..................          14,636,640          13,932,904           (703,736)               -4.81
South Dakota....................           2,139,306           2,128,572            (10,734)               -0.50
Tennessee.......................          18,911,472          16,934,922         (1,976,550)              -10.45
Texas...........................          51,888,988          58,289,678           6,400,690               12.34
Utah............................           3,711,780           3,323,840           (387,940)              -10.45
Vermont.........................           2,139,306           2,128,572            (10,734)               -0.50
Virginia........................          15,728,252          14,084,399         (1,643,853)              -10.45
Washington......................          18,966,351          18,561,132           (405,219)               -2.14
West Virginia...................           5,350,384           6,247,535             897,151               16.77
Wisconsin.......................          13,268,135          11,985,441         (1,282,694)               -9.67
Wyoming.........................           2,139,306           2,128,572            (10,734)               -0.50
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    State Total.................         855,722,367         851,428,600         (4,293,767)               -0.50
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American Samoa..................             228,951             227,760             (1,191)               -0.52
Guam............................             777,128             773,087             (4,041)               -0.52
Northern Marianas...............             424,593             422,385             (2,208)               -0.52
Palau...........................              75,000              75,000                   0                0.00
Virgin Islands..................             638,996             635,674             (3,322)               -0.52
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    Outlying Areas Total........           2,144,668           2,133,906            (10,762)               -0.50
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Native Americans................          13,063,965          12,998,414            (65,551)               -0.50
Evaluations set aside...........           2,485,000           2,488,000               3,000                0.12
Program Integrity set aside.....                   0           4,367,080           4,367,080                 N/A
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     Table B--U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, WIOA Adult Activities State
                        Allotments Comparison of PY 2017 Allotments vs PY 2016 Allotments
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                                                                                                  Difference
              State                     PY 2016             PY 2017           Difference           (percent)
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Total Appropriated..............        $815,556,000        $815,556,000                  $0                0.00
Total (WIOA Adult Activities)...         813,235,000         809,155,220         (4,079,780)               -0.50
Alabama.........................          12,855,265          15,399,354           2,544,089               19.79
Alaska..........................           2,141,082           2,571,516             430,434               20.10
Arizona.........................          18,879,837          20,673,071           1,793,234                9.50
Arkansas........................           7,472,699           6,691,689           (781,010)              -10.45
California......................         123,210,917         117,464,601         (5,746,316)               -4.66
Colorado........................          10,370,217           9,286,373         (1,083,844)              -10.45
Connecticut.....................           9,481,516           9,998,629             517,113                5.45
Delaware........................           2,028,005           2,017,831            (10,174)               -0.50
District of Columbia............           2,829,641           2,797,188            (32,453)               -1.15
Florida.........................          49,511,527          47,011,004         (2,500,523)               -5.05
Georgia.........................          29,416,706          26,342,217         (3,074,489)              -10.45
Hawaii..........................           2,028,005           2,017,831            (10,174)               -0.50
Idaho...........................           2,734,779           2,448,953           (285,826)              -10.45
Illinois........................          37,518,214          42,455,721           4,937,507               13.16
Indiana.........................          15,474,763          13,857,417         (1,617,346)              -10.45

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Iowa............................           3,662,040           3,620,871            (41,169)               -1.12
Kansas..........................           4,279,457           3,832,189           (447,268)              -10.45
Kentucky........................          13,185,700          13,297,308             111,608                0.85
Louisiana.......................          12,032,822          15,196,124           3,163,302               26.29
Maine...........................           2,914,099           2,609,532           (304,567)              -10.45
Maryland........................          13,348,546          12,390,856           (957,690)               -7.17
Massachusetts...................          13,911,495          12,457,534         (1,453,961)              -10.45
Michigan........................          27,194,798          24,352,532         (2,842,266)              -10.45
Minnesota.......................           7,336,969           7,225,904           (111,065)               -1.51
Mississippi.....................           9,714,582          10,146,478             431,896                4.45
Missouri........................          15,350,715          13,746,334         (1,604,381)              -10.45
Montana.........................           2,028,005           2,017,831            (10,174)               -0.50
Nebraska........................           2,028,005           2,017,831            (10,174)               -0.50
Nevada..........................           9,285,903           9,643,279             357,376                3.85
New Hampshire...................           2,028,005           2,017,831            (10,174)               -0.50
New Jersey......................          24,056,170          21,541,938         (2,514,232)              -10.45
New Mexico......................           5,913,046           7,159,148           1,246,102               21.07
New York........................          52,214,166          47,853,408         (4,360,758)               -8.35
North Carolina..................          24,108,820          27,433,397           3,324,577               13.79
North Dakota....................           2,028,005           2,017,831            (10,174)               -0.50
Ohio............................          26,068,489          27,953,259           1,884,770                7.23
Oklahoma........................           6,320,826           7,504,490           1,183,664               18.73
Oregon..........................          10,949,876           9,805,449         (1,144,427)              -10.45
Pennsylvania....................          26,866,202          29,375,775           2,509,573                9.34
Puerto Rico.....................          24,742,775          26,646,862           1,904,087                7.70
Rhode Island....................           3,373,076           3,065,937           (307,139)               -9.11
South Carolina..................          14,080,837          13,413,830           (667,007)               -4.74
South Dakota....................           2,028,005           2,017,831            (10,174)               -0.50
Tennessee.......................          18,374,267          16,453,879         (1,920,388)              -10.45
Texas...........................          49,440,010          55,507,822           6,067,812               12.27
Utah............................           3,116,753           2,791,005           (325,748)              -10.45
Vermont.........................           2,028,005           2,017,831            (10,174)               -0.50
Virginia........................          14,623,934          13,095,513         (1,528,421)              -10.45
Washington......................          17,705,363          17,333,734           (371,629)               -2.10
West Virginia...................           5,356,273           6,199,542             843,269               15.74
Wisconsin.......................          11,524,695          10,320,191         (1,204,504)              -10.45
Wyoming.........................           2,028,005           2,017,831            (10,174)               -0.50
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    State Total.................         811,201,912         807,132,332         (4,069,580)               -0.50
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
American Samoa..................             216,608             215,479             (1,129)               -0.52
Guam............................             735,231             731,402             (3,829)               -0.52
Northern Marianas...............             401,702             399,609             (2,093)               -0.52
Palau...........................              75,000              75,000                   0                0.00
Virgin Islands..................             604,547             601,398             (3,149)               -0.52
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Outlying Areas Total........           2,033,088           2,022,888            (10,200)               -0.50
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Evaluations set aside...........           2,321,000           2,323,000               2,000                0.09
Program Integrity set aside.....                   0           4,077,780           4,077,780                 N/A
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Table C--U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities State
                        Allotments Comparison of PY 2017 Allotments vs PY 2016 Allotments
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                                                                                                  Difference
              State                     PY 2016             PY 2017           Difference           (percent)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Appropriated..............      $1,241,719,000      $1,241,719,000                  $0                0.00
Total (WIOA Dislocated Worker          1,238,186,000       1,231,974,405         (6,211,595)               -0.50
 Activities)....................
Alabama.........................          16,427,975          20,979,198           4,551,223               27.70
Alaska..........................           2,854,009           3,691,597             837,588               29.35
Arizona.........................          25,029,051          25,219,541             190,490                0.76
Arkansas........................           7,757,044           6,946,313           (810,731)              -10.45
California......................         169,644,376         151,913,910        (17,730,466)              -10.45
Colorado........................          12,323,381          11,035,397         (1,287,984)              -10.45
Connecticut.....................          14,353,697          15,909,908           1,556,211               10.84
Delaware........................           2,349,277           2,103,741           (245,536)              -10.45
District of Columbia............           4,499,821           4,870,170             370,349                8.23
Florida.........................          65,053,785          58,254,657         (6,799,128)              -10.45

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Georgia.........................          40,521,426          36,286,309         (4,235,117)              -10.45
Hawaii..........................           1,894,161           1,757,907           (136,254)               -7.19
Idaho...........................           2,385,440           2,136,125           (249,315)              -10.45
Illinois........................          52,763,567          68,248,493          15,484,926               29.35
Indiana.........................          17,062,801          15,279,474         (1,783,327)              -10.45
Iowa............................           4,004,176           4,495,013             490,837               12.26
Kansas..........................           4,609,831           4,508,709           (101,122)               -2.19
Kentucky........................          14,673,688          13,849,199           (824,489)               -5.62
Louisiana.......................          12,042,192          15,576,306           3,534,114               29.35
Maine...........................           3,249,844           2,910,185           (339,659)              -10.45
Maryland........................          18,580,386          16,638,448         (1,941,938)              -10.45
Massachusetts...................          19,237,457          17,226,845         (2,010,612)              -10.45
Michigan........................          36,259,049          32,469,417         (3,789,632)              -10.45
Minnesota.......................           7,537,884           7,681,855             143,971                1.91
Mississippi.....................          11,826,808          13,860,858           2,034,050               17.20
Missouri........................          17,142,075          15,350,463         (1,791,612)              -10.45
Montana.........................           1,537,406           1,693,774             156,368               10.17
Nebraska........................           1,824,043           2,359,359             535,316               29.35
Nevada..........................          14,417,704          15,103,430             685,726                4.76
New Hampshire...................           2,130,457           1,907,791           (222,666)              -10.45
New Jersey......................          38,809,709          34,753,493         (4,056,216)              -10.45
New Mexico......................           7,937,300          10,266,720           2,329,420               29.35
New York........................          62,428,888          55,904,102         (6,524,786)              -10.45
North Carolina..................          31,022,721          32,747,320           1,724,599                5.56
North Dakota....................             728,444             881,051             152,607               20.95
Ohio............................          30,539,787          29,804,480           (735,307)               -2.41
Oklahoma........................           5,376,760           6,954,719           1,577,959               29.35
Oregon..........................          14,140,167          12,662,300         (1,477,867)              -10.45
Pennsylvania....................          36,591,154          42,289,168           5,698,014               15.57
Puerto Rico.....................          25,824,090          33,402,882           7,578,792               29.35
Rhode Island....................           5,005,633           4,482,467           (523,166)              -10.45
South Carolina..................          16,310,315          16,832,563             522,248                3.20
South Dakota....................           1,070,734             958,826           (111,908)              -10.45
Tennessee.......................          23,146,617          20,727,437         (2,419,180)              -10.45
Texas...........................          50,297,194          49,097,497         (1,199,697)               -2.39
Utah............................           3,143,067           3,927,378             784,311               24.95
Vermont.........................             890,075             797,048            (93,027)              -10.45
Virginia........................          16,945,520          15,174,451         (1,771,069)              -10.45
Washington......................          22,462,284          29,054,462           6,592,178               29.35
West Virginia...................           6,291,269           8,137,616           1,846,347               29.35
Wisconsin.......................          14,260,128          12,769,724         (1,490,404)              -10.45
Wyoming.........................             740,333             957,604             217,271               29.35
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    State Total.................       1,017,955,000       1,012,847,700         (5,107,300)               -0.50
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
American Samoa..................             329,795             328,076             (1,719)               -0.52
Guam............................           1,119,421           1,113,592             (5,829)               -0.52
Northern Marianas...............             611,609             608,422             (3,187)               -0.52
Palau...........................             114,191             114,191                   0                0.00
Virgin Islands..................             920,449             915,655             (4,794)               -0.52
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Outlying Areas Total........           3,095,465           3,079,936            (15,529)               -0.50
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Reserve *..............         217,135,535         216,046,769         (1,088,766)               -0.50
Evaluations set aside...........           3,533,000           3,536,000               3,000                0.08
Program Integrity set aside.....                   0           6,208,595           6,208,595                 N/A
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* The PY 2016 Dislocated Worker National Reserve amount reflects the initial appropriation; however, the
  Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 contained a $75M rescission to the Dislocated Worker National Reserve,
  decreasing funding in that category to $142,135,535.


 Table D--U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser) PY
                                        2017 vs PY 2016 Final Allotments
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                  Difference
              State                  Final PY 2016       Final PY 2017        Difference           (percent)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Appropriated..............        $680,000,000        $671,413,000        ($8,587,000)               -1.26
Total (WIOA ES Activities)......         678,155,000         666,229,935        (11,925,065)               -1.76
Alabama.........................           8,970,663           9,027,135              56,472                0.63
Alaska..........................           7,371,868           7,242,237           (129,631)               -1.76

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Arizona.........................          13,211,577          12,978,929           (232,648)               -1.76
Arkansas........................           5,397,894           5,217,919           (179,975)               -3.33
California......................          80,968,393          78,969,900         (1,998,493)               -2.47
Colorado........................          10,789,931          10,468,606           (321,325)               -2.98
Connecticut.....................           7,765,324           7,612,739           (152,585)               -1.96
Delaware........................           1,894,205           1,860,897            (33,308)               -1.76
District of Columbia............           2,096,429           2,015,455            (80,974)               -3.86
Florida.........................          39,144,904          38,312,400           (832,504)               -2.13
Georgia.........................          20,216,693          19,771,269           (445,424)               -2.20
Hawaii..........................           2,428,629           2,380,036            (48,593)               -2.00
Idaho...........................           6,142,079           6,034,073           (108,006)               -1.76
Illinois........................          28,115,306          27,568,320           (546,986)               -1.95
Indiana.........................          13,000,193          12,751,883           (248,310)               -1.91
Iowa............................           6,166,392           6,179,048              12,656                0.21
Kansas..........................           5,618,970           5,509,961           (109,009)               -1.94
Kentucky........................           8,515,817           8,242,605           (273,212)               -3.21
Louisiana.......................           9,250,226           9,072,599           (177,627)               -1.92
Maine...........................           3,652,636           3,588,406            (64,230)               -1.76
Maryland........................          12,506,024          12,194,677           (311,347)               -2.49
Massachusetts...................          13,897,531          13,481,619           (415,912)               -2.99
Michigan........................          21,131,809          20,282,456           (849,353)               -4.02
Minnesota.......................          11,125,457          10,916,782           (208,675)               -1.88
Mississippi.....................           5,700,269           5,540,675           (159,594)               -2.80
Missouri........................          12,359,052          12,085,367           (273,685)               -2.21
Montana.........................           5,019,337           4,931,074            (88,263)               -1.76
Nebraska........................           5,520,741           5,270,650           (250,091)               -4.53
Nevada..........................           6,211,983           6,059,257           (152,726)               -2.46
New Hampshire...................           2,694,892           2,611,819            (83,073)               -3.08
New Jersey......................          19,315,682          18,686,255           (629,427)               -3.26
New Mexico......................           5,632,581           5,533,534            (99,047)               -1.76
New York........................          39,157,376          38,225,469           (931,907)               -2.38
North Carolina..................          19,761,644          19,331,991           (429,653)               -2.17
North Dakota....................           5,111,188           5,021,310            (89,878)               -1.76
Ohio............................          23,704,298          23,078,542           (625,756)               -2.64
Oklahoma........................           6,861,466           7,090,070             228,604                3.33
Oregon..........................           8,237,229           8,065,602           (171,627)               -2.08
Pennsylvania....................          26,031,932          26,109,470              77,538                0.30
Puerto Rico.....................           6,909,223           6,712,967           (196,256)               -2.84
Rhode Island....................           2,459,092           2,370,967            (88,125)               -3.58
South Carolina..................           9,472,249           9,245,152           (227,097)               -2.40
South Dakota....................           4,723,913           4,640,845            (83,068)               -1.76
Tennessee.......................          12,834,215          12,465,126           (369,089)               -2.88
Texas...........................          49,277,528          50,422,012           1,144,484                2.32
Utah............................           6,299,178           6,013,824           (285,354)               -4.53
Vermont.........................           2,212,949           2,174,035            (38,914)               -1.76
Virginia........................          16,206,026          15,801,143           (404,883)               -2.50
Washington......................          14,323,487          14,769,360             445,873                3.11
West Virginia...................           5,406,984           5,311,905            (95,079)               -1.76
Wisconsin.......................          12,013,389          11,756,933           (256,456)               -2.13
Wyoming.........................           3,665,041           3,600,593            (64,448)               -1.76
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    State Total.................         676,501,894         664,605,898        (11,895,996)               -1.76
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Guam............................             317,324             311,744             (5,580)               -1.76
Virgin Islands..................           1,335,782           1,312,293            (23,489)               -1.76
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Outlying Areas Total........           1,653,106           1,624,037            (29,069)               -1.76
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Evaluations set aside...........           1,845,000           1,826,000            (19,000)               -1.03
Program Integrity set aside.....                   0           3,357,065           3,357,065                 N/A
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Table E--U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Workforce Information Grants to States
                                          PY 2017 vs PY 2016 Allotments
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                  Difference
              State                     PY 2016             PY 2017           Difference           (percent)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total with Program Integrity....         $32,000,000         $32,000,000                  $0                0.00
Total...........................          32,000,000          31,840,000           (160,000)               -0.50

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Alabama.........................             503,955             500,653             (3,302)               -0.66
Alaska..........................             288,924             286,485             (2,439)               -0.84
Arizona.........................             624,575             625,139                 564                0.09
Arkansas........................             405,098             404,113               (985)               -0.24
California......................           2,535,716           2,515,226            (20,490)               -0.81
Colorado........................             585,592             585,031               (561)               -0.10
Connecticut.....................             475,078             468,956             (6,122)               -1.29
Delaware........................             300,301             300,334                  33                0.01
District of Columbia............             291,253             290,313               (940)               -0.32
Florida.........................           1,405,557           1,402,184             (3,373)               -0.24
Georgia.........................             818,650             819,642                 992                0.12
Hawaii..........................             326,170             325,006             (1,164)               -0.36
Idaho...........................             340,258             339,637               (621)               -0.18
Illinois........................           1,030,239           1,026,731             (3,508)               -0.34
Indiana.........................             638,032             640,403               2,371                0.37
Iowa............................             451,225             447,097             (4,128)               -0.91
Kansas..........................             425,110             421,676             (3,434)               -0.81
Kentucky........................             482,822             477,694             (5,128)               -1.06
Louisiana.......................             509,684             498,566            (11,118)               -2.18
Maine...........................             328,137             324,364             (3,773)               -1.15
Maryland........................             622,922             619,671             (3,251)               -0.52
Massachusetts...................             679,830             670,024             (9,806)               -1.44
Michigan........................             817,841             816,135             (1,706)               -0.21
Minnesota.......................             607,606             603,738             (3,868)               -0.64
Mississippi.....................             395,692             396,216                 524                0.13
Missouri........................             617,432             616,601               (831)               -0.13
Montana.........................             307,795             305,779             (2,016)               -0.65
Nebraska........................             367,292             364,584             (2,708)               -0.74
Nevada..........................             415,509             413,767             (1,742)               -0.42
New Hampshire...................             334,684             332,445             (2,239)               -0.67
New Jersey......................             793,083             786,208             (6,875)               -0.87
New Mexico......................             356,477             353,041             (3,436)               -0.96
New York........................           1,405,521           1,394,819            (10,702)               -0.76
North Carolina..................             814,035             816,832               2,797                0.34
North Dakota....................             295,165             293,299             (1,866)               -0.63
Ohio............................             936,822             927,722             (9,100)               -0.97
Oklahoma........................             465,408             462,774             (2,634)               -0.57
Oregon..........................             480,039             485,244               5,205                1.08
Pennsylvania....................           1,016,843           1,015,467             (1,376)               -0.14
Puerto Rico.....................             382,050             378,636             (3,414)               -0.89
Rhode Island....................             311,738             309,389             (2,349)               -0.75
South Carolina..................             515,528             515,922                 394                0.08
South Dakota....................             299,424             297,615             (1,809)               -0.60
Tennessee.......................             612,772             614,415               1,643                0.27
Texas...........................           1,828,910           1,819,094             (9,816)               -0.54
Utah............................             420,937             420,394               (543)               -0.13
Vermont.........................             286,842             284,535             (2,307)               -0.80
Virginia........................             757,553             745,883            (11,670)               -1.54
Washington......................             671,496             672,748               1,252                0.19
West Virginia...................             339,090             336,852             (2,238)               -0.66
Wisconsin.......................             618,500             615,095             (3,405)               -0.55
Wyoming.........................             281,988             279,390             (2,598)               -0.92
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    State Total.................          31,823,200          31,663,584           (159,616)               -0.50
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Guam............................              93,090              92,875               (215)               -0.23
Virgin Islands..................              83,710              83,541               (169)               -0.20
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Outlying Areas Total........             176,800             176,416               (384)               -0.22
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Program Integrity set aside.....                   0             160,000             160,000                 N/A
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Byron Zuidema,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 2017-12336 Filed 6-14-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4510-FN-P