Job Training Partnership Act Allotments; Wagner-Peyser Act Preliminary Planning Estimates; Program Year (PY) 1999

The Department of Labor (DOL or Department) is announcing Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) allotments for Program Year (PY) 1999 (July 1, 1999-June 30, 2000) for JTPA Titles II- A, II-C, and III, and for the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program for Calendar Year (CY) 1999 for JTPA Title II-B; and, in accordance with section 6 (b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, preliminary planning estimates for public employment service (ES) activities under the W-P Act for PY 1999. The allotments and estimates are based on the appropriations for DOL for Fiscal Year (FY) 1999. Attached is a listing of the allotments for PY 1999 for programs under JTPA Titles II-A, II-C, and III; allotments for the CY 1999 Summer Youth Employment and Training Program under Title II-B of JTPA; and preliminary planning estimates for public employment service activities under the W-P Act. The PY 1999 allotments for Titles II-A, II-C, and III and the W-P Act preliminary planning estimates, are based on the funds appropriated by the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1999, Pub. L. 105-277, for FY 1999. These JTPA allotments will not be updated for subsequent unemployment data. The W-P preliminary estimates are based on averages for the most current 12 months ending September 1998 for each State's share of the civilian labor force and unemployment. Final W-P Act planning estimates will be published in the Federal Register based on Calendar Year 1998 unemployment data. Title II-A Allotments. The Attachment shows the PY 1999 JTPA Title II-A Adult Training Program allotments by State for a total appropriation of $955,000,000. For all States, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, the following data were used in computing the allotments:

--Data for areas of substantial unemployment (ASU) are monthly averages for the 12-month period, July 1997 through June 1998. --The number of excess unemployed individuals or the ASU excess (depending on which is higher) are averages for this same 12-month period. --The economically disadvantaged adult data (age 22 to 72, excluding college students and military) are from the 1990 Census.

The allotments for the Insular Areas, including the Freely Associated States, are based on unemployment data from 1990 Census or, if not available, the most recent data available. A 90 percent relative share ``hold-harmless'' of the PY 1998 Title II-A allotments for these areas and a minimum allotment of $75,000 were also applied in determining the allotments. Title II-A funds are to be distributed among designated service delivery areas (SDAs) according to the statutory formula contained in section 202(b) of JTPA, as amended by Title VII, Miscellaneous Provisions, of the JTPA Amendments of 1992. This is the same formula that was used in the previous program year. JTPA Title II-B Allotments. The Attachment shows the CY 1999 JTPA Title II-B Summer Youth Employment and Training Program allotments by State based on the total available appropriation for CY 1999 of $871,000,000. These funds are obligated as Fiscal Year 1999 funds, not as Program Year 1999 funds. The data used for these allotments are the same unemployment data as were used for Title II-A, except that data for the number for economically disadvantaged youth (age 16 to 21, excluding college students and military) from the 1990 Census was used. For the Insular Areas and Native Americans, the allotments are based on the percentage of Title II-B funds each received for the previous year summer program. Title II-B funds for the 1999 Summer Program are to be distributed among designated SDAs in accordance with the statutory formula contained in section 252(b) of JTPA, as amended by Title VII, Miscellaneous Provisions, of the JTPA Amendments of 1992. The Title II- B formula is the same as for Title II-C. This is the same formula which was used in the previous program year. JTPA Title II-C Allotments. The Attachment shows the PY 1999 JTPA Title II-C Youth Training Program allotments by State for a total appropriation of $129,965,000. For all States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, the data used in computing the allotments are the same data as were used for Title II-B allotments. The allotments for the Insular Areas are based on unemployment data from the 1990 census or, if not available, the most recent data available. Title II-C funds are to be distributed among designated SDAs in accordance with the statutory formula contained in section 262(b) of JTPA, as amended by Title VII, Miscellaneous Provisions, of the JTPA Amendments of 1992. The Title II-C formula is the same as for Title II- B. This is the same formula which was used in the previous program year. JTPA Title III Allotments. The Attachment shows the PY 1999 JTPA Title III Dislocated Worker Program allotments by State, for a total of

$1,405,510,000. The total includes 80 percent allotted by formula to the States and 20 percent for the National Reserve, including funds allotted to the Insular Areas. Title III formula funds are to be distributed to State and substate grantees in accordance with the provisions in section 302(c) and (d) of JTPA, as amended. Except for the Insular Areas, the unemployment data used for computing these allotments, relative numbers of unemployed and relative numbers of excess unemployed, are averages for the October 1997 through September 1998 period. The long-term unemployed data used were for CY 1997. Allotments for the Insular Areas are based on the PY 1999 Title II-A allotments for these areas. A reallotment of these published Title III formula amounts, as provided for by Section 303 of JTPA, as amended, will be based on completed program year expenditure reports submitted by the States and received by October 1, 1999. The Title III allotment for each State will be adjusted upward or downward, based on whether the State is eligible to share in reallotted funds or is subject to recapture of funds. Wagner-Peyser Act Final Planning Estimates. The Attachment shows preliminary planning estimates which have been produced using the formula set forth at section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. 49e. These allotments are based on monthly averages for the most current 12 months ending September 1998 for each State's share of the civilian labor force and unemployment. Final planning estimates will be published in the Federal Register, based on Calendar Year 1998 data, as required by the Wagner-Peyser Act. The total planning estimate includes $18,000,000 of the total amount available, which is being withheld from distribution to States to finance postage costs associated with the conduct of labor exchange services for PY 1999. The Secretary of Labor is required to set aside 3 percent of the total available funds to assure that each State will have sufficient resources to maintain statewide employment services, as required under section 6(b)(4) of the Wagner-Peyser Act. In accordance with this provision, $22,312,050, the 3 percent set-aside funds, are included in the total planning estimate. Set-aside funds are distributed in two steps to States which have lost in their relative share of resources from the prior year. In step one, States which have a CLF below one million and are below the median CLF density are maintained at 100 percent of their relative share of prior year resources. All remaining set-aside funds are distributed on a pro rata basis in step two to all other States losing in relative share from the prior year, but which do not meet the size and density criteria for step one. Ten percent of the total sums allotted to each State shall be reserved for use by the Governor to provide performance incentives for public employment service offices, services for groups with special needs, and for the extra costs of exemplary models for delivering job services.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of February, 1999. Raymond L. Bramucci, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.

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U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration [PY 1999 State Allotments] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JTPA III JTPA II-A JTPA II-B JTPA II-C Youth Dislocated Wagner-Peyser State Adult training Summer youth training workers Act* (Formula) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total............................................................ $955,000,000 $871,000,000 $129,965,000 $1,405,510,000 $761,735,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State Total...................................................... 952,468,389 853,710,021 129,620,476 1,124,408,000 741,922,032 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alabama.......................................................... 13,332,002 11,932,425 1,811,480 11,310,449 10,822,959 Alaska........................................................... 3,372,802 3,035,450 460,889 6,053,763 8,084,754 Arizona.......................................................... 14,833,378 13,567,322 2,060,031 9,383,103 11,167,298 Arkansas......................................................... 9,598,305 8,595,361 1,305,080 10,872,546 6,356,804 California....................................................... 153,202,942 141,437,904 21,475,277 252,751,353 88,807,536 Colorado......................................................... 6,401,920 5,661,874 859,686 6,515,135 9,935,372 Connecticut...................................................... 8,360,632 7,432,004 1,128,459 10,137,244 8,825,777 Delaware......................................................... 2,381,171 2,134,275 324,051 1,730,577 2,077,382 District of Columbia............................................. 4,409,902 3,914,580 594,372 9,278,408 3,580,609 Florida.......................................................... 41,604,521 35,905,728 5,451,760 37,376,186 35,941,714 Georgia.......................................................... 19,308,691 17,530,482 2,661,747 17,327,420 18,903,459 Hawaii........................................................... 5,467,505 4,707,326 714,739 9,203,634 3,231,635 Idaho............................................................ 4,043,134 3,693,860 560,859 5,142,284 6,736,039 Illinois......................................................... 38,887,986 35,053,186 5,322,313 33,944,834 30,923,129 Indiana.......................................................... 11,790,620 10,630,568 1,613,843 9,999,244 14,568,915 Iowa............................................................. 3,583,969 3,146,279 477,724 4,603,653 7,129,839 Kansas........................................................... 3,769,137 3,320,937 503,570 5,107,811 6,470,824 Kentucky......................................................... 15,779,990 13,651,535 2,072,786 10,071,794 9,832,744 Louisiana........................................................ 20,163,665 18,225,391 2,767,259 25,508,779 10,942,496 Maine............................................................ 4,095,359 3,590,727 545,199 4,094,611 4,005,859 Maryland......................................................... 15,134,882 13,306,982 2,020,471 19,792,477 14,006,594 Massachusetts.................................................... 13,941,489 12,507,299 1,897,283 13,467,578 15,948,373 Michigan......................................................... 25,413,403 23,367,689 3,548,042 21,366,758 24,343,814 Minnesota........................................................ 8,691,343 7,768,157 1,179,499 8,482,964 11,874,026 Mississippi...................................................... 12,018,011 11,462,863 1,740,468 14,148,987 6,663,000 Missouri......................................................... 15,336,859 13,520,219 2,052,847 13,857,280 13,908,860 Montana.......................................................... 3,637,993 3,090,522 469,251 4,879,006 5,504,726 Nebraska......................................................... 2,381,171 2,134,275 324,051 1,997,095 6,615,599 Nevada........................................................... 3,965,677 3,533,846 536,571 3,910,433 5,351,173

New Hampshire.................................................... 2,381,171 2,134,275 324,051 1,583,448 2,996,307 New Jersey....................................................... 25,982,597 22,873,274 3,473,025 36,304,389 21,606,939 New Mexico....................................................... 9,044,618 8,188,970 1,243,375 14,447,813 6,177,271 New York......................................................... 87,772,524 75,689,765 11,492,384 141,469,827 48,004,407 North Carolina................................................... 14,997,078 13,161,957 1,998,451 14,354,831 17,779,938 North Dakota..................................................... 2,381,171 2,134,275 324,051 791,223 5,605,458 Ohio............................................................. 38,240,941 34,106,605 5,178,589 28,150,483 28,144,557 Oklahoma......................................................... 7,934,062 6,900,120 1,047,682 6,881,200 8,446,581 Oregon........................................................... 12,070,623 10,688,488 1,622,891 17,668,368 9,245,584 Pennsylvania..................................................... 38,242,301 33,102,886 5,026,189 36,555,932 30,462,091 Puerto Rico...................................................... 53,146,634 47,284,899 7,179,520 82,314,462 10,717,138 Rhode Island..................................................... 2,768,365 2,403,932 364,874 3,851,636 2,672,845 South Carolina................................................... 13,026,517 11,670,016 1,771,949 8,163,435 9,455,919 South Dakota..................................................... 2,381,171 2,134,275 324,051 986,630 5,180,731 Tennessee........................................................ 20,234,920 17,821,862 2,705,989 14,120,459 13,847,114 Texas............................................................ 78,467,213 73,027,703 11,088,188 74,819,227 50,915,224 Utah............................................................. 2,381,171 2,382,939 361,814 3,229,390 10,783,901 Vermont.......................................................... 2,381,171 2,134,275 324,051 1,391,491 2,426,951 Virginia......................................................... 14,509,964 12,919,251 1,961,629 13,872,204 16,323,997 Washington....................................................... 18,909,263 17,075,621 2,592,723 13,905,356 15,291,651 West Virginia.................................................... 9,738,640 8,612,849 1,307,735 16,082,147 5,929,859 Wisconsin........................................................ 8,186,644 7,268,443 1,103,607 9,944,587 13,326,797 Wyoming.......................................................... 2,381,171 2,134,275 324,051 1,204,056 4,019,463 American Samoa................................................... 169,022 66,121 23,002 199,534 0 Guam............................................................. 475,405 806,424 64,697 561,225 348,011 Marshal lslands.................................................. 358,998 23,765 48,856 423,804 0 Micronesia....................................................... 535,238 56,317 72,840 631,859 0 Northern Marianas................................................ 143,413 30,931 19,517 169,302 0 Palau............................................................ 109,422 9,326 14,891 129,175 0 Virgin Islands................................................... 740,113 457,253 100,721 873,718 1,464,957 Native Americans................................................. 0 15,839,842 0 0 0 National Reserve................................................. 0 0 0 278,113,383 0 Postage/Other.................................................... 0 0 0 0 18,000,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Preliminary

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