[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25202-25205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10217]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice on Reallotment of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title I 
Formula Allotted Funds for Dislocated Worker Activities for Program 
Year (PY) 2011

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Public Law 105-220, the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 
requires the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to conduct reallotment of 
dislocated worker formula allotted funds based on State financial 
reports submitted as of the end of the prior program year. This notice 
publishes the dislocated worker PY 2011 funds for recapture by State 
and the amount to be reallotted to eligible States.

DATES: This notice is effective April 27, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amanda Ahlstrand, Acting 
Administrator, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Room C-4526, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone (202) 693-3980 (this is 
not a toll-free number) or fax (202) 693-3981.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: WIA Section 132(c) requires the Secretary to 
conduct reallotment of dislocated worker funds based on financial 
reports submitted by States as of the end of the prior program year.
    The procedures the Secretary uses for recapture and reallotment of 
funds are described in the WIA regulation at 20 CFR 667.150. Training 
and Employment Guidance Letter No. 26-10 advised States that 
reallotment of funds under WIA will occur during PY 2011 based on State 
obligations made in PY 2010. We will not recapture any PY 2011 funds 
for Adult and Youth programs because in no case do PY 2010 unobligated 
funds exceed the statutory requirement of 20 percent of State allotted 
funds. There was recapture and reallotment of WIA Dislocated Worker 
funds in PY 2010.
    Excess unobligated State funds in the amount of $251,529 will be 
captured from PY 2011 formula allotted funds for the dislocated worker 
program for one State and distributed by formula to PY 2011 dislocated 
worker funds for eligible States. The description of the methodology 
used for the calculation of the recapture/reallotment amounts and the 
distribution of the changes to PY 2011 formula allotments for 
dislocated worker activities are included in this notice (see Section 
III below).
    WIA Section 132 (c) requires the governor to prescribe equitable 
procedures for making funds available from the State and local areas in 
the event that the State is required to make funds available for 
reallotment.

I. Attachment A

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                                                                U.S. Department of Labor
                        [Employment and Training Administration, WIA Dislocated Worker Activities, PY 2011 Reallotment to States]
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                                                   Excess           PY 2010 *                                               Total
                                               unobligated  PY     dislocated          PY 2011                          adjustment to     Revised total
                                               2010 funds  for       worker          reallotment      Total PY 2011        PY 2011           PY 2011
                                              recapture  in PY   allotments for      amount for        allotments        (recapture/       allotments
                                                    2011         eligible states   eligible states                      reallotment)
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Alabama.....................................                $0       $17,648,171            $3,770       $16,103,978            $3,770       $16,107,748
Alaska......................................                 0         2,185,129               467         1,801,832               467         1,802,299
Arizona **..................................                 0        22,761,022             4,862        21,958,487             4,862        21,963,349
Arkansas....................................                 0         6,859,643             1,465         6,525,077             1,465         6,526,542
California..................................                 0       192,209,289            41,056       170,043,518            41,056       170,084,574
Colorado....................................                 0        14,493,167             3,096        13,947,918             3,096        13,951,014
Connecticut.................................                 0        11,838,447             2,529        12,099,340             2,529        12,101,869
Delaware....................................                 0         2,775,581               593         2,523,025               593         2,523,618
District of Columbia........................                 0         2,987,462               638         2,588,817               638         2,589,455
Florida.....................................                 0        82,926,540            17,713        81,146,334            17,713        81,164,047
Georgia.....................................                 0        40,868,318             8,730        35,448,102             8,730        35,456,832
Hawaii......................................                 0         3,264,115               697         2,535,324               697         2,536,021
Idaho.......................................                 0         4,531,232               968         4,234,037               968         4,235,005
Illinois....................................                 0        54,617,380            11,666        52,311,422            11,666        52,323,088
Indiana.....................................                 0        27,227,011             5,816        22,936,088             5,816        22,941,904
Iowa........................................                 0         5,881,598             1,256         6,212,899             1,256         6,214,155
Kansas......................................                 0         6,847,260             1,463         5,771,477             1,463         5,772,940
Kentucky....................................                 0        18,069,138             3,860        14,962,447             3,860        14,966,307
Louisiana...................................                 0         9,801,581             2,094         8,755,097             2,094         8,757,191
Maine.......................................           251,529                 0                 0         3,593,738         (251,529)         3,342,209
Maryland....................................                 0        15,524,552             3,316        14,280,338             3,316        14,283,654
Massachusetts...............................                 0        22,681,107             4,845        21,033,198             4,845        21,038,043
Michigan....................................                 0        64,477,068            13,773        51,206,873            13,773        51,220,646
Minnesota...................................                 0        18,001,919             3,845        12,869,603             3,845        12,873,448
Mississippi.................................                 0         9,857,567             2,106        10,134,604             2,106        10,136,710
Missouri....................................                 0        22,199,883             4,742        19,157,714             4,742        19,162,456
Montana.....................................                 0         2,172,390               464         2,044,172               464         2,044,636
Nebraska....................................                 0         2,425,657               518         2,056,541               518         2,057,059
Nevada......................................                 0        14,109,081             3,014        14,310,158             3,014        14,313,172
New Hampshire...............................                 0         3,178,188               679         2,760,460               679         2,761,139
New Jersey..................................                 0        33,036,397             7,057        32,201,066             7,057        32,208,123
New Mexico **...............................                 0         4,088,279               873         5,171,897               873         5,172,770
New York....................................                 0        65,461,775            13,983        55,804,488            13,983        55,818,471
North Carolina..............................                 0        43,990,709             9,397        35,042,869             9,397        35,052,266
North Dakota................................                 0           689,396               147           499,156               147           499,303
Ohio........................................                 0        51,555,231            11,012        44,012,508            11,012        44,023,520
Oklahoma....................................                 0         6,897,559             1,473         6,906,804             1,473         6,908,277
Oregon......................................                 0        20,144,221             4,303        15,054,272             4,303        15,058,575
Pennsylvania................................                 0        39,519,031             8,441        37,914,512             8,441        37,922,953
Puerto Rico.................................                 0        17,040,157             3,640        13,675,088             3,640        13,678,728
Rhode Island................................                 0         6,090,021             1,301         5,096,307             1,301         5,097,608
South Carolina..............................                 0        23,064,788             4,927        19,157,131             4,927        19,162,058
South Dakota................................                 0           999,261               213           839,629               213           839,842
Tennessee...................................                 0        26,900,645             5,746        22,094,179             5,746        22,099,925
Texas.......................................                 0        61,307,760            13,096        61,926,140            13,096        61,939,236
Utah **.....................................                 0         4,620,458               987         6,053,827               987         6,054,814
Vermont.....................................                 0         1,785,950               381         1,242,041               381         1,242,422
Virginia....................................                 0        18,450,205             3,941        18,453,304             3,941        18,457,245
Washington..................................                 0        24,243,473             5,178        22,238,858             5,178        22,244,036
West Virginia...............................                 0         4,545,822               971         4,552,003               971         4,552,974
Wisconsin...................................                 0        19,910,847             4,253        17,319,011             4,253        17,323,264
Wyoming.....................................                 0           785,065               168         1,199,212               168         1,199,380
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    State Total.............................           251,529     1,177,546,546           251,529     1,061,806,920                 0     1,061,806,920
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\*\ Including rescissions based on the statutory formula and prior year recapture/reallotment amounts.
\**\ Includes Navajo Nation.

II. Attachment B

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                                                                U.S. Department of Labor
                 [Employment and Training Administration, WIA Dislocated Worker Activities, PY 2011 Revised Allotments With Reallotment]
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                                                  Total                                Available 7/1/11                      Available 10/1/11
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                                                 Recapt/                                                                          Recapt/
                                  Original       reallot        Revised       Original       R/R        Revised      Original     reallot      Revised
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AL...........................      16,103,978        3,700      16,107,748    3,085,372  ...........    3,085,372   13,018,606        3,770   13,022,376
AK...........................       1,801,832          467       1,802,299      345,214  ...........      345,214    1,456,618          467    1,457,085
AZ...........................      21,958,487        4,862      21,963,349    4,207,042  ...........    4,207,042   17,751,445        4,862   17,756,307
AR *.........................       6,525,077        1,465       6,526,542    1,250,144  ...........    1,250,144    5,274,933        1,465    5,276,398
CA...........................     170,043,518       41,056     170,084,574   32,578,755  ...........   32,578,755  137,464,763       41,056  137,505,819
CO...........................      13,947,918        3,096      13,951,014    2,672,291  ...........    2,672,291   11,275,627        3,096   11,278,723
CT...........................      12,099,340        2,529      12,101,869    2,318,121  ...........    2,318,121    9,781,219        2,529    9,783,748
DE...........................       2,523,025          593       2,523,618      438,388  ...........      483,388    2,039,637          593    2,040,230
DC...........................       2,588,817          638       2,589,455      495,993  ...........      495,993    2,092,824          638    2,093,462
FL...........................      81,146,334       17,713      81,164,047   15,546,882  ...........   15,546,882   65,599,452       17,713   65,617,165
GA...........................      35,448,102        8,730      35,456,832    6,791,526  ...........    6,791,526   28,656,576        8,730   28,665,306
HI...........................       2,535,324          697       2,536,021      485,744  ...........      485,744    2,049,580          697    2,050,277
ID...........................       4,234,037          968       4,235,005      811,202  ...........      811,202    3,422,835          968    3,423,803
IL...........................      52,311,422       11,666      52,323,088   10,022,382  ...........   10,022,382   42,289,040       11,666   42,300,706
IN...........................      22,936,088        5,816      22,941,904    4,394,341  ...........    4,394,341   18,541,747        5,816   18,547,563
IA...........................       6,212,899        1,256       6,214,155    1,190,334  ...........    1,190,334    5,022,565        1,256    5,023,821
KS...........................       5,771,477        1,463       5,772,940    1,105,761  ...........    1,105,761    4,665,716        1,463    4,667,179
KY...........................      14,962,447        3,860      14,966,307    2,866,666  ...........    2,866,666   12,095,781        3,860   12,099,641
LA...........................       8,755,097        2,094       8,757,191    1,677,395  ...........    1,677,395    7,077,702        2,094    7,079,796
ME...........................       3,593,738    (251,529)       3,342,209      688,527  ...........      688,527    2,905,211    (251,529)    2,653,682
MD...........................      14,280,338        3,316      14,283,654    2,735,980  ...........    2,735,980   11,544,358        3,316   11,547,674
MA...........................      21,033,198        4,845      21,038,043    4,029,765  ...........    4,029,765   17,003,433        4,845   17,008,278
MI...........................      51,206,873       13,773      51,220,646    9,810,760  ...........    9,810,760   41,396,113       13,773   41,409,886
MN...........................      12,869,603        3,845      12,873,448    2,465,696  ...........    2,465,696   10,403,907        3,845   10,407,752
MS...........................      10,134,604        2,106      10,136,710    1,941,696  ...........    1,941,696    8,192,908        2,106    8,195,014
MO...........................      19,157,714        4,742      19,162,456    3,670,440  ...........    3,670,440   15,487,274        4,742   15,492,016
MT...........................       2,044,172          464       2,044,636      391,644  ...........      391,644    1,652,528          464    1,652,992
NE...........................       2,056,541          518       2,057,059      394,014  ...........      394,014    1,662,527          518    1,663,045
NV...........................      14,310,158        3,014      14,313,172    2,741,693  ...........    2,741,693   11,568,465        3,014   11,571,479
NH...........................       2,760,460          679       2,761,139      528,879  ...........      528,879    2,231,581          679    2,232,260
NJ...........................      32,201,066        7,057      32,208,123    6,169,425  ...........    6,169,425   26,031,641        7,057   26,038,698
NM *.........................       5,171,897          873       5,172,770      990,887  ...........      990,887    4,181,010          873    4,181,883
NY...........................      55,804,488       13,983      55,818,471   10,691,620  ...........   10,691,620   45,112,868       13,983   45,126,851
NC...........................      35,042,869        9,397      35,052,266    6,713,887  ...........    6,713,887   28,328,982        9,397   28,338,379
ND...........................         499,156          147         499,303       95,634  ...........       95,634      403,522          147      403,669
OH...........................      44,012,508       11,012      44,023,520    8,432,387  ...........    8,432,387   35,580,121       11,012   35,591,133
OK...........................       6,906,804        1,473       6,908,277    1,323,279  ...........    1,323,279    5,583,525        1,473    5,584,998
OR...........................      15,054,272        4,303      15,058,575    2,884,258  ...........    2,884,258   12,170,014        4,303   12,174,317
PA...........................      37,914,512        8,441      37,922,953    7,264,068  ...........    7,264,068   30,650,444        8,441   30,658,885
PR...........................      13,675,088        3,640      13,678,728    2,620,020  ...........    2,620,020   11,055,068        3,640   11,058,708
RI...........................       5,096,307        1,301       5,097,608      976,405  ...........      976,405    4,119,902        1,301    4,121,203
SC...........................      19,157,131        4,927      19,162,058    3,670,328  ...........    3,670,328   15,486,803        4,927   15,491,730
SD...........................         839,629          213         839,842      160,865  ...........      160,865      678,764          213      678,977
TN...........................      22,094,179        5,746      22,099,925    4,233,039  ...........    4,233,039   17,861,140        5,746   17,866,886
TX...........................      61,926,140       13,096      61,939,236   11,864,472  ...........   11,864,472   50,061,668       13,096   50,074,764
UT *.........................       6,053,827          987       6,054,814    1,159,857  ...........    1,159,857    4,893,970          987    4,894,957
VT...........................       1,242,041          381       1,242,422      237,963  ...........      237,963    1,004,078          381    1,004,459
VA...........................      18,453,304        3,941      18,457,245    3,535,481  ...........    3,535,481   14,917,823        3,941   14,921,764
WA...........................      22,238,858        5,178      22,244,036    4,260,758  ...........    4,260,758   17,978,100        5,178   17,983,278
WV...........................       4,552,003          971       4,552,974      872,121  ...........      872,121    3,679,882          971    3,680,853
WI...........................      17,319,011        4,253      17,323,264    3,318,161  ...........    3,318,161   14,000,850        4,253   14,005,103
WY...........................       1,199,212          168       1,199,380      229,758  ...........      229,758      969,454          168      969,622
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    Total....................   1,061,806,920          (0)   1,061,806,920  203,432,320  ...........  203,432,320  858,374,600          (0)  858,374,600
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* Includes funds allocated to the Navajo Nation.

III. Attachment C--Dislocated Worker State Formula PY 2011 Reallotment 
Methodology

    Reallotment Summary: This year ETA analyzed State WIA Dislocated 
Worker 9130 financial reports from the June 30, 2011 reporting period 
for PY 2010 to determine if any State had unobligated funds in excess 
of 20 percent of their PY 2010 allotment amount. If so, that amount 
will be recaptured from PY 2011 funds and realloted among eligible 
states.
    <bullet> Source Data: State WIA 9130 financial status reports.
    <bullet> Programs:

State Dislocated Worker.
State Rapid Response.
Local Dislocated Worker (includes local administration).

    <bullet> Period: June 30, 2011.
    <bullet> Years covered: PY 2010 and Fiscal Year (FY) 2011.
    Reallotment Calculations:
    (1) Each State's total amount of State obligations of PY 2010 
(including FY 2011) funds for the Dislocated Worker program is 
calculated. State obligations are considered to be the total of the 
Dislocated Worker statewide activities obligations, Rapid Response 
obligations, and 100 percent of local Dislocated Worker program 
authorized (which includes local admin authorized). The Dislocated 
Worker total unobligated balance is calculated to be the Dislocated 
Worker 2010 allotment amount (adjusted for recapture/reallotment and 
statutory formula-based rescissions) less the calculated total 
Dislocated Worker obligations. (For re-allotment purposes, Dislocated 
Worker allotted funds transferred to the Navajo Nation are added back 
to Arizona, New

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Mexico, and Utah Local Dislocated Worker authorized amounts).
    (2) Section 667.150 of the regulations provides that the recapture 
calculations exclude the reserve for State administration. Data on 
State administrative authorized and obligated amounts are not normally 
available on WIA 9130 financial reports. Therefore, additional data on 
State administrative amounts included in the PY 2010 and FY 2011 
statewide activities amounts authorized and obligated as of June 30, 
2011 are requested from those States calculated to be potentially 
liable for recapture.
    (3) In the preliminary calculation to determine States potentially 
liable for recapture, the Dislocated Worker portion of the state 
administrative amounts authorized and obligated (100 percent of 
authorized is treated as obligated) is estimated by calculating the 
five percent maximum amount for State Dislocated Worker administrative 
costs using the Dislocated Worker state allotment amounts (adjusted for 
recapture/reallotment and statutory formula-based rescissions). If a 
State provides actual State Dislocated Worker administrative costs 
authorized and obligated in the comments section of revised 9130 
reports, this data replaces the estimates. Based on the requested 
additional actual data submitted by potentially liable States on 
revised reports, the Dislocated Worker total allotment for these States 
is reduced by the Dislocated Worker portion of the State administrative 
amount authorized and the Dislocated Worker total obligations for these 
States are reduced by the Dislocated Worker portion of the State 
administrative amounts obligated. These calculations are done 
separately for PY 2010 and FY 2011, with final calculations being added 
together for the total year amounts.
    (4) States (including those adjusted by State administrative data) 
with unobligated balances for combined PY 2010/FY 2011 exceeding 20 
percent of the combined PY 2010/FY 2011 Dislocated Worker allotment 
(adjusted for recapture/reallotment and statutory formula-based 
rescissions) will have their PY 2011 Dislocated Worker funding (FY 2012 
portion) reduced (recaptured) by the amount of the excess.
    (5) As calculated above, states with unobligated balances not 
exceeding 20 percent will receive in their PY 2011 Dislocated Worker 
funding (FY 2012 portion) a share of the total recaptured amount based 
on their share of the total PY 2010/FY 2011 Dislocated Worker 
allotments amount (adjusted for recapture/reallotment, financial 
sanctions, and statutory formula based rescissions) for all such 
States.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 19th day of April, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
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