[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24350-24358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11307]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Program Year (PY) 2018 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(WIOA) Allotments; PY 2018 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments and PY 
2018 Workforce Information Grants

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces allotments for PY 2018 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 2018 and the allotments of Workforce Information 
Grants to States for PY 2018.
    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 awarded rather than based on a formula determined by the 
Secretary of Labor (Secretary) as occurred under the Workforce 
Investment Act (WIA). However, for PY 2018, the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 waives the competition requirement, and the 
Secretary is using the discretionary formula rationale and methodology 
for allocating PY 2018 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 
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 2018 is the same formula used in PY 2017 and 
is described in the section on Youth Activities program allotments. The 
Department invites comments only on the formula used to allot funds to 
the Outlying Areas.

DATES: The Department must receive comments on the formula used to 
allot funds to the Outlying Areas by June 25, 2018.

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. The Department will receive 
hand-delivered comments at the above address. All overnight mail will 
be considered 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 it receives 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 
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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 2018 for Youth Activities, Adults and Dislocated Worker 
Activities, Wagner-Peyser Act PY 2018 final allotments, and PY 2018 
Workforce Information Grant allotments. This notice provides 
information on the amount of funds available during PY 2018 to states 
with an approved WIOA Combined or Unified State Plan, and information 
regarding allotments to the Outlying Areas.
    On March 23, 2018, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, 
Public Law 115-141 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, 
ETA separately managed funds for ETA evaluations and demonstrations. 
That separate authority has been replaced by the set aside provision. 
The Department transfers the funds to the Department's Chief Evaluation 
Office to implement formal evaluations and demonstrations in 
collaboration with ETA. For 2018, the Secretary set aside 0.125 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, 2018, 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 2018, the Department set aside 0.3 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 2018 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 2018 Wagner-Peyser Act final allotments 
(Table D). We also have attached the PY 2018 Workforce Information 
Grant table (Table E).
    Youth Activities Allotments. The appropriated level for PY 2018 for 
WIOA Youth Activities totals $903,416,000. After reducing the 
appropriation by $1,129,000 for evaluations and $2,710,000 for program 
integrity, $899,577,000, is available for Youth Activities. Table A 
includes a breakdown of the Youth Activities program allotments for PY 
2018 and provides a comparison of these allotments to PY 2017 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 Appropriations Act, 2018 (Division H, 
Title III, Section 305 of Pub. L. 115-141) authorized WIOA Title I 
funding to Palau through FY 2018.
    Under WIA, the Secretary had discretion for determining the 
methodology for distributing funds to all Outlying Areas. Under WIOA 
the Secretary must award the funds through a competitive process. 
However, for PY 2018, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 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 2018, 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 2018, 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. The Department will accept comments on this 
methodology.
    After the Department calculated the amount for the Outlying Areas 
and the Native American program, the amount available for PY 2018 
allotments to the states is $883,868,137. This total amount is 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. The Department used this same 
methodology to set a floor on the annual variation in allotments 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 2018 Youth Activities state formula 
allotments are, summarized slightly, as follows:
    (1) The average number of unemployed individuals in Areas of 
Substantial Unemployment (ASUs) for the 12-month period, July 2016-June 
2017 in each state compared to the total number of unemployed 
individuals in ASUs for all states;
    (2) Number of excess unemployed individuals or excess unemployed 
individuals in ASUs (depending on which is higher) averages for the 
same 12-month period used for ASU unemployed data compared to the total 
excess number in all states; and
    (3) Number of disadvantaged youth (age 16 to 21, excluding college 
students not in the workforce and military) from special tabulations of 
data from the American Community Survey (ACS), which the Department 
obtained from the Census Bureau in each state

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compared to the total number of disadvantaged youth in all states. The 
Department requested updated special tabulations for PY 2018. Census 
Bureau collected the data used in the special tabulations for 
disadvantaged youth between January 1, 2011-December 31, 2015.
    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-17-18). For purposes of determining the 
number of disadvantaged youth, the Department used the special 
tabulations of ACS data available at http://www.doleta.gov/budget/disadvantagedYouthAdults.cfm.
    See TEGL No. 14-17 for further information.
    Adult Employment and Training Activities Allotments. The total 
appropriated funds for Adult Activities in PY 2018 is $845,556,000. 
After reducing the appropriated amount by $890,000 for evaluations and 
$2,136,000 for program integrity, $842,530,000 remains for Adult 
Activities, of which $840,423,675 is for states and $2,106,325 is for 
Outlying Areas. Table B shows the PY 2018 Adult Employment and Training 
Activities allotments and a state-by-state comparison of the PY 2018 
allotments to PY 2017 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 2018 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. The Department 
will accept comments on this methodology. 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 
2018 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. As noted above, the Department applied this 
same methodology to set a floor on the annual variation in allotments 
almost continuously for more than two decades. 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 not in the workforce and military).
    Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities Allotments. 
The amount appropriated for Dislocated Worker activities in PY 2018 
totals $1,261,719,000. 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 $1,325,000 for 
evaluations and $3,180,000 for program integrity, a total of 
$1,257,214,000 remains available for Dislocated Worker activities. The 
amount available for Outlying Areas is $3,143,035, leaving $216,865,965 
for the National Reserve and a total of $1,037,205,000 available for 
states. As for the Adult program, Table C shows the PY 2018 Dislocated 
Worker activities allotments and a state-by-state comparison of the PY 
2018 allotments to PY 2017 allotments.
    As for 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 2018 the Department will use 
the same pro rata share as the areas received for the PY 2018 WIOA 
Adult Activities program to distribute the Outlying Areas' Dislocated 
Worker funds, the same methodology used in PY 2017. The Department will 
accept comments on this methodology.
    The three data factors required in WIOA sec. 132(b)(2)(B)(ii) for 
the PY 2018 Dislocated Worker state formula allotments are, summarized 
slightly, as follows:
    (1) Relative number of unemployed, averages for the 12-month 
period, October 2016-September 2017;
    (2) Relative number of excess unemployed individuals, averages for 
the 12-month period, October 2016-September 2017; and
    (3) Relative number of long-term unemployed, averages for the 12-
month period, October 2016-September 2017.
    In PY 2018, 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 2018 for ES grants totals $666,413,000. After reducing the 
appropriated amount by $833,000 for evaluations and $1,999,000 for 
program integrity, a total of $663,581,000 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 2018 formula allotments on each state's share of calendar year 
2017 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 2017. The Department distributed 
all remaining set-aside funds 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 $661,963,420 for states, as 
well as $1,617,580 for Outlying Areas.
    Section 7(a) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (49 U.S.C. Sec.  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 
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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) and models for enhancing professional development and 
career advancement opportunities of state agency staff.
    Workforce Information Grants Allotments. Total PY 2018 funding for 
Workforce Information Grants allotments to states is $32,000,000. After 
reducing the total by $96,000 for program integrity, $31,904,000 is 
available for Workforce Information Grants. Table E contains the 
allotment figures for each state and Outlying Area. The Department 
distributes the funds by administrative formula, with a reserve of 
$176,570 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 2017.

 Table A--U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Youth Activities State Allotments
                             Comparison of PY 2018 Allotments vs PY 2017 Allotments
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                State                      PY 2017            PY 2018           Difference        % Difference
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Total Appropriated..................       $873,416,000       $903,416,000        $30,000,000               3.43
Total (WIOA Youth Activities).......        866,560,920        899,577,000         33,016,080               3.81
Alabama.............................         15,935,826         16,810,423            874,597               5.49
Alaska..............................          2,749,556          3,248,821            499,265              18.16
Arizona.............................         21,927,448         22,132,740            205,292               0.94
Arkansas............................          7,020,353          6,559,046          (461,307)              -6.57
California..........................        122,708,017        122,420,854          (287,163)              -0.23
Colorado............................         10,014,113          9,356,087          (658,026)              -6.57
Connecticut.........................         10,849,939         10,136,991          (712,948)              -6.57
Delaware............................          2,128,572          2,209,670             81,098               3.81
District of Columbia................          3,048,727          3,369,642            320,915              10.53
Florida.............................         47,191,033         50,918,130          3,727,097               7.90
Georgia.............................         27,497,972         25,691,083        (1,806,889)              -6.57
Hawaii..............................          2,128,572          2,209,670             81,098               3.81
Idaho...............................          2,636,688          2,463,432          (173,256)              -6.57
Illinois............................         45,262,696         42,733,627        (2,529,069)              -5.59
Indiana.............................         15,281,190         14,277,065        (1,004,125)              -6.57
Iowa................................          5,042,166          4,779,676          (262,490)              -5.21
Kansas..............................          4,626,462          5,170,980            544,518              11.77
Kentucky............................         13,006,059         13,770,245            764,186               5.88
Louisiana...........................         15,937,361         17,165,657          1,228,296               7.71
Maine...............................          2,873,333          2,684,527          (188,806)              -6.57
Maryland............................         13,351,957         12,474,601          (877,356)              -6.57
Massachusetts.......................         13,965,303         13,047,645          (917,658)              -6.57
Michigan............................         26,603,952         28,612,013          2,008,061               7.55
Minnesota...........................          8,630,212         10,094,772          1,464,560              16.97
Mississippi.........................         10,648,637         10,053,302          (595,335)              -5.59
Missouri............................         14,750,868         14,066,190          (684,678)              -4.64
Montana.............................          2,128,572          2,209,670             81,098               3.81
Nebraska............................          2,432,570          2,656,124            223,554               9.19
Nevada..............................          9,913,269          9,261,869          (651,400)              -6.57
New Hampshire.......................          2,128,572          2,209,670             81,098               3.81
New Jersey..........................         22,296,345         20,831,255        (1,465,090)              -6.57
New Mexico..........................          7,484,241          9,176,874          1,692,633              22.62
New York............................         49,406,010         50,223,205            817,195               1.65
North Carolina......................         28,746,951         27,731,837        (1,015,114)              -3.53
North Dakota........................          2,128,572          2,209,670             81,098               3.81
Ohio................................         30,130,209         36,354,942          6,224,733              20.66
Oklahoma............................          7,802,022          9,577,406          1,775,384              22.76
Oregon..............................         10,245,449          9,572,222          (673,227)              -6.57
Pennsylvania........................         32,264,694         39,419,602          7,154,908              22.18
Puerto Rico.........................         25,176,038         26,554,369          1,378,331               5.47
Rhode Island........................          3,582,507          3,347,101          (235,406)              -6.57
South Carolina......................         13,932,904         13,017,374          (915,530)              -6.57
South Dakota........................          2,128,572          2,209,670             81,098               3.81
Tennessee...........................         16,934,922         17,503,950            569,028               3.36
Texas...............................         58,289,678         75,959,298         17,669,620              30.31
Utah................................          3,323,840          3,656,938            333,098              10.02
Vermont.............................          2,128,572          2,209,670             81,098               3.81
Virginia............................         14,084,399         13,158,915          (925,484)              -6.57
Washington..........................         18,561,132         19,115,058            553,926               2.98
West Virginia.......................          6,247,535          5,837,010          (410,525)              -6.57
Wisconsin...........................         11,985,441         11,197,879          (787,562)              -6.57
Wyoming.............................          2,128,572          2,209,670             81,098               3.81
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    State Total.....................        851,428,600        883,868,137         32,439,537               3.81
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American Samoa......................            227,760            236,754              8,994               3.95
Guam................................            773,087            803,615             30,528               3.95
Northern Marianas...................            422,385            439,064             16,679               3.95
Palau...............................             75,000             75,000                  0               0.00
Virgin Islands......................            635,674            660,775             25,101               3.95
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    Outlying Areas Total............          2,133,906          2,215,208             81,302               3.81
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Native Americans....................         12,998,414         13,493,655            495,241               3.81
Evaluations set aside...............          2,488,000          1,129,000        (1,359,000)             -54.62
Program Integrity set aside.........          4,367,080          2,710,000        (1,657,080)             -37.94
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 Table B--U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Adult Activities State Allotments
                             Comparison of PY 2018 Allotments vs PY 2017 Allotments
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                State                      PY 2017            PY 2018           Difference        % Difference
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Total Appropriated..................       $815,556,000       $845,556,000        $30,000,000               3.68
Total (WIOA Adult Activities).......        809,155,220        842,530,000         33,374,780               4.12
Alabama.............................         15,399,354         16,327,908            928,554               6.03
Alaska..............................          2,571,516          3,040,398            468,882              18.23
Arizona.............................         20,673,071         20,986,794            313,723               1.52
Arkansas............................          6,691,689          6,270,928          (420,761)              -6.29
California..........................        117,464,601        117,884,993            420,392               0.36
Colorado............................          9,286,373          8,702,463          (583,910)              -6.29
Connecticut.........................          9,998,629          9,369,933          (628,696)              -6.29
Delaware............................          2,017,831          2,101,059             83,228               4.12
District of Columbia................          2,797,188          2,986,342            189,154               6.76
Florida.............................         47,011,004         51,443,034          4,432,030               9.43
Georgia.............................         26,342,217         24,685,866        (1,656,351)              -6.29
Hawaii..............................          2,017,831          2,101,059             83,228               4.12
Idaho...............................          2,448,953          2,294,967          (153,986)              -6.29
Illinois............................         42,455,721         40,226,996        (2,228,725)              -5.25
Indiana.............................         13,857,417         12,986,088          (871,329)              -6.29
Iowa................................          3,620,871          3,393,197          (227,674)              -6.29
Kansas..............................          3,832,189          4,357,065            524,876              13.70
Kentucky............................         13,297,308         13,740,037            442,729               3.33
Louisiana...........................         15,196,124         16,647,287          1,451,163               9.55
Maine...............................          2,609,532          2,445,449          (164,083)              -6.29
Maryland............................         12,390,856         11,611,741          (779,115)              -6.29
Massachusetts.......................         12,457,534         11,674,227          (783,307)              -6.29
Michigan............................         24,352,532         26,127,450          1,774,918               7.29
Minnesota...........................          7,225,904          8,472,215          1,246,311              17.25
Mississippi.........................         10,146,478          9,681,200          (465,278)              -4.59
Missouri............................         13,746,334         13,103,150          (643,184)              -4.68
Montana.............................          2,017,831          2,101,059             83,228               4.12
Nebraska............................          2,017,831          2,101,059             83,228               4.12
Nevada..............................          9,643,279          9,036,927          (606,352)              -6.29
New Hampshire.......................          2,017,831          2,101,059             83,228               4.12
New Jersey..........................         21,541,938         20,187,420        (1,354,518)              -6.29
New Mexico..........................          7,159,148          8,901,122          1,741,974              24.33
New York............................         47,853,408         49,370,737          1,517,329               3.17
North Carolina......................         27,433,397         26,346,674        (1,086,723)              -3.96
North Dakota........................          2,017,831          2,101,059             83,228               4.12
Ohio................................         27,953,259         33,780,803          5,827,544              20.85
Oklahoma............................          7,504,490          9,074,610          1,570,120              20.92
Oregon..............................          9,805,449          9,188,900          (616,549)              -6.29
Pennsylvania........................         29,375,775         36,348,863          6,973,088              23.74
Puerto Rico.........................         26,646,862         27,814,371          1,167,509               4.38
Rhode Island........................          3,065,937          2,873,156          (192,781)              -6.29
South Carolina......................         13,413,830         12,570,393          (843,437)              -6.29
South Dakota........................          2,017,831          2,101,059             83,228               4.12
Tennessee...........................         16,453,879         17,019,935            566,056               3.44
Texas...............................         55,507,822         71,907,136         16,399,314              29.54
Utah................................          2,791,005          2,867,024             76,019               2.72
Vermont.............................          2,017,831          2,101,059             83,228               4.12
Virginia............................         13,095,513         12,272,091          (823,422)              -6.29
Washington..........................         17,333,734         18,013,252            679,518               3.92

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West Virginia.......................          6,199,542          5,809,726          (389,816)              -6.29
Wisconsin...........................         10,320,191          9,671,276          (648,915)              -6.29
Wyoming.............................          2,017,831          2,101,059             83,228               4.12
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    State Total.....................        807,132,332        840,423,675         33,291,343               4.12
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American Samoa......................            215,479            224,709              9,230               4.28
Guam................................            731,402            762,731             31,329               4.28
Northern Marianas...................            399,609            416,727             17,118               4.28
Palau...............................             75,000             75,000                  0               0.00
Virgin Islands......................            601,398            627,158             25,760               4.28
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    Outlying Areas Total............          2,022,888          2,106,325             83,437               4.12
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Evaluations set aside...............          2,323,000            890,000        (1,433,000)             -61.69
Program Integrity set aside.........          4,077,780          2,136,000        (1,941,780)             -47.62
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Table C--U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities State
                        Allotments Comparison of PY 2018 Allotments vs PY 2017 Allotments
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                State                      PY 2017            PY 2018           Difference        % Difference
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Total Appropriated..................     $1,241,719,000     $1,261,719,000        $20,000,000               1.61
Total (WIOA Dislocated Worker             1,231,974,405      1,257,214,000         25,239,595               2.05
 Activities)........................
Alabama.............................         20,979,198         19,335,341        (1,643,857)              -7.84
Alaska..............................          3,691,597          4,914,486          1,222,889              33.13
Arizona.............................         25,219,541         23,243,426        (1,976,115)              -7.84
Arkansas............................          6,946,313          6,402,024          (544,289)              -7.84
California..........................        151,913,910        154,748,352          2,834,442               1.87
Colorado............................         11,035,397         10,170,702          (864,695)              -7.84
Connecticut.........................         15,909,908         14,663,263        (1,246,645)              -7.84
Delaware............................          2,103,741          2,460,357            356,616              16.95
District of Columbia................          4,870,170          6,483,476          1,613,306              33.13
Florida.............................         58,254,657         53,690,026        (4,564,631)              -7.84
Georgia.............................         36,286,309         40,436,884          4,150,575              11.44
Hawaii..............................          1,757,907          1,620,164          (137,743)              -7.84
Idaho...............................          2,136,125          1,968,746          (167,379)              -7.84
Illinois............................         68,248,493         62,900,780        (5,347,713)              -7.84
Indiana.............................         15,279,474         14,082,228        (1,197,246)              -7.84
Iowa................................          4,495,013          4,142,800          (352,213)              -7.84
Kansas..............................          4,508,709          4,670,889            162,180               3.60
Kentucky............................         13,849,199         17,761,938          3,912,739              28.25
Louisiana...........................         15,576,306         20,736,157          5,159,851              33.13
Maine...............................          2,910,185          2,682,153          (228,032)              -7.84
Maryland............................         16,638,448         15,334,717        (1,303,731)              -7.84
Massachusetts.......................         17,226,845         15,877,010        (1,349,835)              -7.84
Michigan............................         32,469,417         29,925,227        (2,544,190)              -7.84
Minnesota...........................          7,681,855          8,704,633          1,022,778              13.31
Mississippi.........................         13,860,858         12,774,770        (1,086,088)              -7.84
Missouri............................         15,350,463         14,147,654        (1,202,809)              -7.84
Montana.............................          1,693,774          1,561,056          (132,718)              -7.84
Nebraska............................          2,359,359          2,397,862             38,503               1.63
Nevada..............................         15,103,430         13,919,978        (1,183,452)              -7.84
New Hampshire.......................          1,907,791          1,758,303          (149,488)              -7.84
New Jersey..........................         34,753,493         32,030,331        (2,723,162)              -7.84
New Mexico..........................         10,266,720         13,667,703          3,400,983              33.13
New York............................         55,904,102         51,523,652        (4,380,450)              -7.84
North Carolina......................         32,747,320         30,181,355        (2,565,965)              -7.84
North Dakota........................            881,051            812,015           (69,036)              -7.84
Ohio................................         29,804,480         39,677,597          9,873,117              33.13
Oklahoma............................          6,954,719          7,724,855            770,136              11.07
Oregon..............................         12,662,300         11,670,127          (992,173)              -7.84
Pennsylvania........................         42,289,168         53,520,091         11,230,923              26.56
Puerto Rico.........................         33,402,882         44,468,015         11,065,133              33.13
Rhode Island........................          4,482,467          4,131,237          (351,230)              -7.84
South Carolina......................         16,832,563         15,513,622        (1,318,941)              -7.84
South Dakota........................            958,826          1,163,056            204,230              21.30
Tennessee...........................         20,727,437         19,103,308        (1,624,129)              -7.84
Texas...............................         49,097,497         62,116,365         13,018,868              26.52
Utah................................          3,927,378          4,395,205            467,827              11.91

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Vermont.............................            797,048            859,693             62,645               7.86
Virginia............................         15,174,451         13,985,434        (1,189,017)              -7.84
Washington..........................         29,054,462         26,777,856        (2,276,606)              -7.84
West Virginia.......................          8,137,616          7,499,981          (637,635)              -7.84
Wisconsin...........................         12,769,724         11,769,133        (1,000,591)              -7.84
Wyoming.............................            957,604          1,098,967            141,363              14.76
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    State Total.....................      1,012,847,700      1,037,205,000         24,357,300               2.40
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American Samoa......................            328,076            335,308              7,232               2.20
Guam................................          1,113,592          1,138,139             24,547               2.20
Northern Marianas...................            608,422            621,836             13,414               2.20
Palau...............................            114,191            111,914            (2,277)              -1.99
Virgin Islands......................            915,655            935,838             20,183               2.20
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    Outlying Areas Total............          3,079,936          3,143,035             63,099               2.05
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National Reserve*...................        216,046,769        216,865,965            819,196               0.38
Evaluations set aside...............          3,536,000          1,325,000        (2,211,000)             -62.53
Program Integrity set aside.........          6,208,595          3,180,000        (3,028,595)             -48.78
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* The PY 2017 Dislocated Worker National Reserve amount reflects the initial appropriation; however, the
  Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 contained a $12.5M rescission to the Dislocated Worker National Reserve,
  decreasing funding in that category to $203,546,769.


 Table D--U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser) PY
                                        2018 vs PY 2017 Final Allotments
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                State                   Final PY 2017      Final PY 2018        Difference        % Difference
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Total Appropriated..................       $671,413,000       $666,413,000       ($5,000,000)              -0.74
Total (WIOA ES Activities)..........        666,229,935        663,581,000        (2,648,935)              -0.40
Alabama.............................          9,027,135          8,908,780          (118,355)              -1.31
Alaska..............................          7,242,237          7,213,442           (28,795)              -0.40
Arizona.............................         12,978,929         13,165,903            186,974               1.44
Arkansas............................          5,217,919          5,162,355           (55,564)              -1.06
California..........................         78,969,900         78,345,199          (624,701)              -0.79
Colorado............................         10,468,606         10,389,581           (79,025)              -0.75
Connecticut.........................          7,612,739          7,574,461           (38,278)              -0.50
Delaware............................          1,860,897          1,858,689            (2,208)              -0.12
District of Columbia................          2,015,455          1,988,531           (26,924)              -1.34
Florida.............................         38,312,400         38,144,961          (167,439)              -0.44
Georgia.............................         19,771,269         19,921,213            149,944               0.76
Hawaii..............................          2,380,036          2,352,566           (27,470)              -1.15
Idaho...............................          6,034,073          6,010,081           (23,992)              -0.40
Illinois............................         27,568,320         27,275,919          (292,401)              -1.06
Indiana.............................         12,751,883         12,602,609          (149,274)              -1.17
Iowa................................          6,179,048          6,113,562           (65,486)              -1.06
Kansas..............................          5,509,961          5,469,981           (39,980)              -0.73
Kentucky............................          8,242,605          8,204,609           (37,996)              -0.46
Louisiana...........................          9,072,599          8,977,219           (95,380)              -1.05
Maine...............................          3,588,406          3,574,138           (14,268)              -0.40
Maryland............................         12,194,677         12,141,754           (52,923)              -0.43
Massachusetts.......................         13,481,619         13,412,552           (69,067)              -0.51
Michigan............................         20,282,456         20,064,262          (218,194)              -1.08
Minnesota...........................         10,916,782         10,913,401            (3,381)              -0.03
Mississippi.........................          5,540,675          5,475,041           (65,634)              -1.18
Missouri............................         12,085,367         11,926,706          (158,661)              -1.31
Montana.............................          4,931,074          4,911,468           (19,606)              -0.40
Nebraska............................          5,270,650          5,167,751          (102,899)              -1.95
Nevada..............................          6,059,257          6,016,403           (42,854)              -0.71
New Hampshire.......................          2,611,819          2,587,728           (24,091)              -0.92
New Jersey..........................         18,686,255         18,492,789          (193,466)              -1.04
New Mexico..........................          5,533,534          5,511,533           (22,001)              -0.40
New York............................         38,225,469         38,073,357          (152,112)              -0.40
North Carolina......................         19,331,991         19,246,083           (85,908)              -0.44
North Dakota........................          5,021,310          5,001,345           (19,965)              -0.40
Ohio................................         23,078,542         23,186,548            108,006               0.47
Oklahoma............................          7,090,070          7,052,012           (38,058)              -0.54
Oregon..............................          8,065,602          8,017,942           (47,660)              -0.59
Pennsylvania........................         26,109,470         25,958,852          (150,618)              -0.58
Puerto Rico.........................          6,712,967          6,637,872           (75,095)              -1.12

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Rhode Island........................          2,370,967          2,334,313           (36,654)              -1.55
South Carolina......................          9,245,152          9,156,790           (88,362)              -0.96
South Dakota........................          4,640,845          4,622,393           (18,452)              -0.40
Tennessee...........................         12,465,126         12,319,202          (145,924)              -1.17
Texas...............................         50,422,012         51,437,423          1,015,411               2.01
Utah................................          6,013,824          5,925,522           (88,302)              -1.47
Vermont.............................          2,174,035          2,165,391            (8,644)              -0.40
Virginia............................         15,801,143         15,736,130           (65,013)              -0.41
Washington..........................         14,769,360         14,707,432           (61,928)              -0.42
West Virginia.......................          5,311,905          5,290,785           (21,120)              -0.40
Wisconsin...........................         11,756,933         11,632,564          (124,369)              -1.06
Wyoming.............................          3,600,593          3,586,277           (14,316)              -0.40
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    State Total.....................        664,605,898        661,963,420        (2,642,478)              -0.40
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Guam................................            311,744            310,505            (1,239)              -0.40
Virgin Islands......................          1,312,293          1,307,075            (5,218)              -0.40
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    Outlying Areas Total............          1,624,037          1,617,580            (6,457)              -0.40
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Evaluations set aside...............          1,826,000            833,000          (993,000)             -54.38
Program Integrity set aside.........          3,357,065          1,999,000        (1,358,065)             -40.45
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 Table E--U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Workforce Information Grants to States
                                          PY 2018 vs PY 2017 Allotments
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                State                      PY 2017            PY 2018           Difference        % Difference
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Total with Program Integrity........        $32,000,000        $32,000,000                 $0               0.00
Total...............................         31,840,000         31,904,000             64,000               0.20
Alabama.............................            500,653            501,509                856               0.17
Alaska..............................            286,485            287,026                541               0.19
Arizona.............................            625,139            633,995              8,856               1.42
Arkansas............................            404,113            404,109                (4)               0.00
California..........................          2,515,226          2,510,570            (4,656)              -0.19
Colorado............................            585,031            592,880              7,849               1.34
Connecticut.........................            468,956            469,696                740               0.16
Delaware............................            300,334            300,167              (167)              -0.06
District of Columbia................            290,313            291,143                830               0.29
Florida.............................          1,402,184          1,432,999             30,815               2.20
Georgia.............................            819,642            837,522             17,880               2.18
Hawaii..............................            325,006            325,866                860               0.26
Idaho...............................            339,637            341,187              1,550               0.46
Illinois............................          1,026,731          1,009,506           (17,225)              -1.68
Indiana.............................            640,403            637,470            (2,933)              -0.46
Iowa................................            447,097            443,793            (3,304)              -0.74
Kansas..............................            421,676            419,199            (2,477)              -0.59
Kentucky............................            477,694            486,277              8,583               1.80
Louisiana...........................            498,566            492,418            (6,148)              -1.23
Maine...............................            324,364            326,794              2,430               0.75
Maryland............................            619,671            624,125              4,454               0.72
Massachusetts.......................            670,024            675,725              5,701               0.85
Michigan............................            816,135            819,622              3,487               0.43
Minnesota...........................            603,738            602,174            (1,564)              -0.26
Mississippi.........................            396,216            396,428                212               0.05
Missouri............................            616,601            607,825            (8,776)              -1.42
Montana.............................            305,779            306,190                411               0.13
Nebraska............................            364,584            363,280            (1,304)              -0.36
Nevada..............................            413,767            414,233                466               0.11
New Hampshire.......................            332,445            332,832                387               0.12
New Jersey..........................            786,208            777,919            (8,289)              -1.05
New Mexico..........................            353,041            354,069              1,028               0.29
New York............................          1,394,819          1,380,696           (14,123)              -1.01
North Carolina......................            816,832            825,773              8,941               1.09
North Dakota........................            293,299            293,506                207               0.07
Ohio................................            927,722            923,124            (4,598)              -0.50
Oklahoma............................            462,774            459,868            (2,906)              -0.63
Oregon..............................            485,244            491,524              6,280               1.29
Pennsylvania........................          1,015,467          1,005,428           (10,039)              -0.99
Puerto Rico.........................            378,636            375,763            (2,873)              -0.76

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Rhode Island........................            309,389            309,498                109               0.04
South Carolina......................            515,922            517,937              2,015               0.39
South Dakota........................            297,615            297,999                384               0.13
Tennessee...........................            614,415            619,474              5,059               0.82
Texas...............................          1,819,094          1,831,157             12,063               0.66
Utah................................            420,394            427,852              7,458               1.77
Vermont.............................            284,535            284,871                336               0.12
Virginia............................            745,883            752,203              6,320               0.85
Washington..........................            672,748            681,301              8,553               1.27
West Virginia.......................            336,852            336,297              (555)              -0.16
Wisconsin...........................            615,095            615,232                137               0.02
Wyoming.............................            279,390            279,379               (11)               0.00
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    State Total.....................         31,663,584         31,727,430             63,846               0.20
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Guam................................             92,875             92,961                 86               0.09
Virgin Islands......................             83,541             83,609                 68               0.08
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    Outlying Areas Total............            176,416            176,570                154               0.09
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Program Integrity set aside.........            160,000             96,000           (64,000)             -40.00
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Rosemary Lahasky,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 2018-11307 Filed 5-24-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4510-FN-P