[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 53 (Monday, March 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16665-16667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05567]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice on Reallotment of Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act 
Title I Formula Allotted Funds for Dislocated Worker Activities for 
Program Year 2022

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA), requires the 
Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to conduct reallotment of certain WIOA 
formula allotted funds based on ETA-9130 financial reports submitted by 
states at of the end of the prior Program Year (PY). This notice 
publishes the Dislocated Worker PY 2022 funds for recapture by state 
and the amount to be reallotted to eligible states.

DATES: This notice is effective March 20, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kimberly Vitelli, Administrator, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment 
and Training Administration, Room C-4510, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC. Telephone (202) 693-3639 (this is not a toll-free 
number) or fax (202) 693-3981.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, Congress appropriated WIOA PY 2022 funds in two 
portions: (1) funds available for obligation July 1, 2022 (i.e., PY 
2022 ``base'' funds), and (2) funds available for obligation October 1, 
2022 (i.e., FY 2023 ``advance'' funds). Together, these two portions 
make up the complete PY 2022 WIOA funding. Training and Employment 
Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 09-21 announced WIOA allotments based on 
this appropriation and TEGL No. 19-20 alerted states to the recapture 
and reallotment of funds' provisions based on obligations of PY 2021 
funding, as required under WIOA Section 132(c). This section and 127(c) 
of WIOA requires the Secretary to conduct reallotment of excess 
unobligated WIOA Adult, Youth, and Dislocated Worker formula funds 
based on ETA 9130 financial reports submitted by states at the end of 
the prior program year (i.e., PY 2021).
    WIOA regulations at 20 CFR 683.135 describe the procedures the 
Secretary uses for recapture and reallotment of funds. ETA will not 
recapture any PY 2022 funds for the Adult and Youth programs because 
there are no states where PY 2021 unobligated funds exceed the 
statutory requirements of 20 percent of state allotted funds. However, 
for the Dislocated Worker program, Ohio and Puerto Rico had unobligated 
PY 2021 funds in excess of 20 percent of their allotments. Therefore, 
ETA will recapture a total of $4,957,289 from PY 2022 funding from Ohio 
and Puerto Rico and reallot those funds to the remaining eligible 
states, as required by WIOA Section 132(c).
    ETA will issue a Notice of Award to the states to reflect the 
recapture and reallotment of these funds. The adjustment of funds will 
be made to the FY 2023 advance portion of the PY 2022 allotments, which 
ETA issued in October 2022. The attached tables display the net changes 
to PY 2022 formula allotments.
    WIOA and its implementing regulations do not provide specific 
requirements by which states must distribute realloted funds, so states 
have flexibility to determine the methodology used. For any state 
subject to recapture of funds, WIOA Section 132(c)(5) requires the 
Governor to prescribe equitable procedures for reacquiring funds from 
the state and local areas.
    As mentioned, the recapture/reallotment adjustments will be made to 
the FY 2023 advance portion of the PY 2022 allotment. Therefore, for 
reporting purposes, states must reflect the recapture/reallotment 
amount (decrease or increase) in the ``Total Federal Funds Authorized'' 
line of any affected FY 2023 ETA 9130 financial reports (State 
Dislocated Worker Activities, Statewide Rapid Response, Local 
Dislocated Worker Activities) in a manner consistent with the method of 
distribution of these amounts to state and local areas used by the 
state. The state must include an explanation of the adjustment in the 
remarks section of the adjusted reports.
    As part of ETA's transition away from legacy systems, the new 
Payment Management System (PMS) Financial Reporting System will go live 
for ETA grant recipients' submission of the quarterly ETA 9130 
financial reports on April 3, 2023. PMS is operated by the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, which will conduct training 
for ETA grant recipients on the use of the new reporting system. 
Additional guidance and information on the access and use of the PMS 
Financial Reporting System for the submission of future ETA 9130 
quarterly financial reports is provided in Training and Employment 
Notice (TEN) No. 16-22. The PMS Financial Reporting System training 
sessions will be recorded and available for future reference.

I. Attachment A

            U.S. Department of Labor--Employment and Training Administration WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities, PY 2022 Reallotment to States
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                                                             Calculating reallotment amount *                    Impact on PY 2022 allotments
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                                                                                        Reallotment
                                                          Excess         Eligible       amount for
                                                      unobligated PY    states' PY       eligible      Total  original    Recapture/
                                                       2021 funds to     2021 \1\      states (based     PY 2022 \2\      reallotment   Revised total PY
                                                       be recaptured    dislocated      on eligible      allotments      adjustment to   2022 allotments
                                                       from PY 2022       worker       states' share       before           PY 2022
                                                           funds        allotments      of PY 2021       reallotment      allotments
                                                                                        allotments)
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Alabama.............................................              $0     $15,761,092         $81,695       $14,354,136         $81,695       $14,435,831
Alaska..............................................               0       7,633,946          39,569         6,952,482          39,569         6,992,051
Arizona **..........................................               0      36,105,314         187,146        32,882,281         187,146        33,069,427
Arkansas............................................               0       5,494,558          28,480         5,004,071          28,480         5,032,551

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California..........................................               0     149,732,614         776,113       172,716,686         776,113       173,492,799
Colorado............................................               0      12,160,847          63,034        15,998,009          63,034        16,061,043
Connecticut.........................................               0      12,338,774          63,956        13,434,048          63,956        13,498,004
Delaware............................................               0       3,066,469          15,895         2,792,814          15,895         2,808,709
District of Columbia................................               0      10,071,146          52,202         9,172,120          52,202         9,224,322
Florida.............................................               0      51,295,094         265,879        46,716,550         265,879        46,982,429
Georgia.............................................               0      33,422,525         173,240        30,438,974         173,240        30,612,214
Hawaii..............................................               0       2,119,251          10,985         2,787,961          10,985         2,798,946
Idaho...............................................               0       2,028,258          10,513         1,847,221          10,513         1,857,734
Illinois............................................               0      51,363,593         266,234        46,778,485         266,234        47,044,719
Indiana.............................................               0      14,964,374          77,565        13,628,787          77,565        13,706,352
Iowa................................................               0       4,937,925          25,595         4,497,235          25,595         4,522,830
Kansas..............................................               0       4,545,136          23,559         4,139,435          23,559         4,162,994
Kentucky............................................               0      14,549,507          75,415        13,250,923          75,415        13,326,338
Louisiana...........................................               0      18,465,924          95,715        16,817,514          95,715        16,913,229
Maine...............................................               0       2,323,143          12,042         2,242,181          12,042         2,254,223
Maryland............................................               0      13,614,694          70,569        17,212,091          70,569        17,282,660
Massachusetts.......................................               0      20,200,899         104,708        22,669,765         104,708        22,774,473
Michigan............................................               0      34,359,104         178,095        31,292,714         178,095        31,470,809
Minnesota...........................................               0      10,349,918          53,647         9,426,224          53,647         9,479,871
Mississippi.........................................               0      15,299,204          79,301        13,933,482          79,301        14,012,783
Missouri............................................               0      12,029,945          62,355        10,956,060          62,355        11,018,415
Montana.............................................               0       1,753,385           9,088         1,596,891           9,088         1,605,979
Nebraska............................................               0       2,203,229          11,420         2,006,552          11,420         2,017,972
Nevada..............................................               0      15,075,456          78,141        14,994,671          78,141        15,072,812
New Hampshire.......................................               0       2,326,467          12,059         2,118,850          12,059         2,130,909
New Jersey..........................................               0      33,934,712         175,895        36,473,636         175,895        36,649,531
New Mexico **.......................................               0      16,391,301          84,962        14,928,088          84,962        15,013,050
New York............................................               0      65,472,584         339,366        82,585,211         339,366        82,924,577
North Carolina......................................               0      25,756,798         133,506        23,457,549         133,506        23,591,055
North Dakota........................................               0         864,897           4,483           813,070           4,483           817,553
Ohio................................................         262,751               0               0        30,695,154       (262,751)        30,432,403
Oklahoma............................................               0       6,651,637          34,478         6,139,713          34,478         6,174,191
Oregon..............................................               0      11,193,029          58,017        10,443,575          58,017        10,501,592
Pennsylvania........................................               0      47,142,465         244,355        42,934,413         244,355        43,178,768
Puerto Rico.........................................       4,694,538               0               0        62,908,530     (4,694,538)        58,213,992
Rhode Island........................................               0       3,900,614          20,218         3,552,454          20,218         3,572,672
South Carolina......................................               0      12,934,317          67,043        11,779,701          67,043        11,846,744
South Dakota........................................               0       1,451,589           7,524         1,322,041           7,524         1,329,565
Tennessee...........................................               0      15,843,405          82,122        14,429,101          82,122        14,511,223
Texas...............................................               0      65,624,473         340,153        83,358,322         340,153        83,698,475
Utah **.............................................               0       3,863,062          20,024         3,518,216          20,024         3,538,240
Vermont.............................................               0       1,103,986           5,722         1,005,465           5,722         1,011,187
Virginia............................................               0      15,539,343          80,546        14,152,452          80,546        14,232,998
Washington..........................................               0      24,435,839         126,659        22,254,509         126,659        22,381,168
West Virginia.......................................               0      11,650,017          60,386        10,610,160          60,386        10,670,546
Wisconsin...........................................               0      11,940,594          61,892        10,874,839          61,892        10,936,731
Wyoming.............................................               0       1,104,141           5,723         1,005,588           5,723         1,011,311
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    State Total.....................................       4,957,289     956,390,594       4,957,289     1,071,901,000               0     1,071,901,000
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* Including prior year recapture/reallotment amounts.
** Includes funds allocated to the Navajo Nation.
\1\ PY 2021 allotment amounts are used to determine the reallotment amount eligible states receive of the recaptured amount.
\2\ PY 2022 allotment amounts are original allotment amounts per TEGL 09-21.


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II. Attachment B

                  U.S. Department of Labor--Employment and Training Administration WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities, PY 2022 Revised Allotments With Reallotment--PY/FY Split
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                                                                         Total allotment                              Available 7/1/22                            Available 10/1/22
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                                                                            Recapture/                                   Recapture/                                   Recapture/
                                                              Original     reallotment      Revised        Original     reallotment      Revised        Original     reallotment      Revised
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Alabama..................................................      14,354,136       81,695      14,435,831       2,886,533  ...........       2,886,533      11,467,603       81,695      11,549,298
Alaska...................................................       6,952,482       39,569       6,992,051       1,398,103  ...........       1,398,103       5,554,379       39,569       5,593,948
Arizona *................................................      32,882,281      187,146      33,069,427       6,612,434  ...........       6,612,434      26,269,847      187,146      26,456,993
Arkansas.................................................       5,004,071       28,480       5,032,551       1,006,289  ...........       1,006,289       3,997,782       28,480       4,026,262
California...............................................     172,716,686      776,113     173,492,799      34,732,312  ...........      34,732,312     137,984,374      776,113     138,760,487
Colorado.................................................      15,998,009       63,034      16,061,043       3,217,106  ...........       3,217,106      12,780,903       63,034      12,843,937
Connecticut..............................................      13,434,048       63,956      13,498,004       2,701,508  ...........       2,701,508      10,732,540       63,956      10,796,496
Delaware.................................................       2,792,814       15,895       2,808,709         561,619  ...........         561,619       2,231,195       15,895       2,247,090
District of Columbia.....................................       9,172,120       52,202       9,224,322       1,844,460  ...........       1,844,460       7,327,660       52,202       7,379,862
Florida..................................................      46,716,550      265,879      46,982,429       9,394,424  ...........       9,394,424      37,322,126      265,879      37,588,005
Georgia..................................................      30,438,974      173,240      30,612,214       6,121,099  ...........       6,121,099      24,317,875      173,240      24,491,115
Hawaii...................................................       2,787,961       10,985       2,798,946         560,643  ...........         560,643       2,227,318       10,985       2,238,303
Idaho....................................................       1,847,221       10,513       1,857,734         371,465  ...........         371,465       1,475,756       10,513       1,486,269
Illinois.................................................      46,778,485      266,234      47,044,719       9,406,879  ...........       9,406,879      37,371,606      266,234      37,637,840
Indiana..................................................      13,628,787       77,565      13,706,352       2,740,669  ...........       2,740,669      10,888,118       77,565      10,965,683
Iowa.....................................................       4,497,235       25,595       4,522,830         904,368  ...........         904,368       3,592,867       25,595       3,618,462
Kansas...................................................       4,139,435       23,559       4,162,994         832,416  ...........         832,416       3,307,019       23,559       3,330,578
Kentucky.................................................      13,250,923       75,415      13,326,338       2,664,683  ...........       2,664,683      10,586,240       75,415      10,661,655
Louisiana................................................      16,817,514       95,715      16,913,229       3,381,903  ...........       3,381,903      13,435,611       95,715      13,531,326
Maine....................................................       2,242,181       12,042       2,254,223         450,889  ...........         450,889       1,791,292       12,042       1,803,334
Maryland.................................................      17,212,091       70,569      17,282,660       3,461,250  ...........       3,461,250      13,750,841       70,569      13,821,410
Massachusetts............................................      22,669,765      104,708      22,774,473       4,558,757  ...........       4,558,757      18,111,008      104,708      18,215,716
Michigan.................................................      31,292,714      178,095      31,470,809       6,292,781  ...........       6,292,781      24,999,933      178,095      25,178,028
Minnesota................................................       9,426,224       53,647       9,479,871       1,895,558  ...........       1,895,558       7,530,666       53,647       7,584,313
Mississippi..............................................      13,933,482       79,301      14,012,783       2,801,941  ...........       2,801,941      11,131,541       79,301      11,210,842
Missouri.................................................      10,956,060       62,355      11,018,415       2,203,199  ...........       2,203,199       8,752,861       62,355       8,815,216
Montana..................................................       1,596,891        9,088       1,605,979         321,125  ...........         321,125       1,275,766        9,088       1,284,854
Nebraska.................................................       2,006,552       11,420       2,017,972         403,506  ...........         403,506       1,603,046       11,420       1,614,466
Nevada...................................................      14,994,671       78,141      15,072,812       3,015,340  ...........       3,015,340      11,979,331       78,141      12,057,472
New Hampshire............................................       2,118,850       12,059       2,130,909         426,088  ...........         426,088       1,692,762       12,059       1,704,821
New Jersey...............................................      36,473,636      175,895      36,649,531       7,334,634  ...........       7,334,634      29,139,002      175,895      29,314,897
New Mexico *.............................................      14,928,088       84,962      15,013,050       3,001,951  ...........       3,001,951      11,926,137       84,962      12,011,099
New York.................................................      82,585,211      339,366      82,924,577      16,607,401  ...........      16,607,401      65,977,810      339,366      66,317,176
North Carolina...........................................      23,457,549      133,506      23,591,055       4,717,175  ...........       4,717,175      18,740,374      133,506      18,873,880
North Dakota.............................................         813,070        4,483         817,553         163,504  ...........         163,504         649,566        4,483         654,049
Ohio.....................................................      30,695,154    (262,751)      30,432,403       6,172,615  ...........       6,172,615      24,522,539    (262,751)      24,259,788
Oklahoma.................................................       6,139,713       34,478       6,174,191       1,234,660  ...........       1,234,660       4,905,053       34,478       4,939,531
Oregon...................................................      10,443,575       58,017      10,501,592       2,100,142  ...........       2,100,142       8,343,433       58,017       8,401,450
Pennsylvania.............................................      42,934,413      244,355      43,178,768       8,633,859  ...........       8,633,859      34,300,554      244,355      34,544,909
Puerto Rico..............................................      62,908,530  (4,694,538)      58,213,992      12,650,536  ...........      12,650,536      50,257,994  (4,694,538)      45,563,456
Rhode Island.............................................       3,552,454       20,218       3,572,672         714,378  ...........         714,378       2,838,076       20,218       2,858,294
South Carolina...........................................      11,779,701       67,043      11,846,744       2,368,829  ...........       2,368,829       9,410,872       67,043       9,477,915
South Dakota.............................................       1,322,041        7,524       1,329,565         265,855  ...........         265,855       1,056,186        7,524       1,063,710
Tennessee................................................      14,429,101       82,122      14,511,223       2,901,608  ...........       2,901,608      11,527,493       82,122      11,609,615
Texas....................................................      83,358,322      340,153      83,698,475      16,762,869  ...........      16,762,869      66,595,453      340,153      66,935,606
Utah *...................................................       3,518,216       20,024       3,538,240         707,493  ...........         707,493       2,810,723       20,024       2,830,747
Vermont..................................................       1,005,465        5,722       1,011,187         202,193  ...........         202,193         803,272        5,722         808,994
Virginia.................................................      14,152,452       80,546      14,232,998       2,845,975  ...........       2,845,975      11,306,477       80,546      11,387,023
Washington...............................................      22,254,509      126,659      22,381,168       4,475,251  ...........       4,475,251      17,779,258      126,659      17,905,917
West Virginia............................................      10,610,160       60,386      10,670,546       2,133,641  ...........       2,133,641       8,476,519       60,386       8,536,905
Wisconsin................................................      10,874,839       61,892      10,936,731       2,186,866  ...........       2,186,866       8,687,973       61,892       8,749,865
Wyoming..................................................       1,005,588        5,723       1,011,311         202,218  ...........         202,218         803,370        5,723         809,093
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    State Total..........................................   1,071,901,000  ...........   1,071,901,000     215,553,000  ...........     215,553,000     856,348,000  ...........     856,348,000
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* Includes funds allocated to the Navajo Nation.


Brent Parton,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2023-05567 Filed 3-17-23; 8:45 am]
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