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Sheriffs’ Association, Major Cities

Chiefs Association, Major County

Sheriffs’ Association, and a

representative from a national

professional association representing

the courts or court administrators

nominated by the Conference of Chief

Justices). All members of the APB are

appointed by the FBI Director.

The APB functions solely as an

advisory body in compliance with the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act. The charter has been

filed in accordance with the provisions

of the Act.

Dated: February 20, 2001.

Louis J. Freeh,

Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Workforce Investment Act Allotments

and Wagner-Peyser Act Preliminary

Planning Estimates for Program Year

(PY) 2001

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces States’

Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

allotments for Program Year (PY) 2001

(July 1, 2001-June 30, 2002) for WIA

title I Youth, Adults and Dislocated

Worker programs; and preliminary

planning estimates for public

employment service activities under the

Wagner-Peyser Act for PY 2001. This is

the second year in which allotments are

made to States and outlying areas under

WIA. The allotments for States are based

on formulas defined in the Act. The

allotments for the outlying areas are

based on formula at the Secretary’s

discretion under WIA Title I. As

required by WIA section 182(d), on

February 17, 2000, a Notice of the

discretionary formula for allocating PY

2000 funds for the outlying areas was

published in the Federal Register at 65

FR 8236 (February 17, 2000). The

rationale for the formula and

methodology was fully explained in the

February 17, 2000 Notice. The formula

for PY 2001 is the same as PY 2000 and

is described in detail in the section on

Youth allotments.

Comments are invited upon the

formula used to allot funds to the

outlying areas.

DATES: Comments must be received by

April 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Employment and Training

Administration, Office of Financial and

Administrative Management, 200

Constitution Ave, NW., Room N–4702,

Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Ms.

Sherryl Bailey, 202–693–2813, 202–

693–2859 (fax), e-mail:

sbailey@doleta.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

WIA Title I allotments, contact: Youth

Activities Allotments: Lorenzo Harrison

at 202–693–3528; Adult and Dislocated

Worker Employment and Training

Activities Allotments: John Beverly at

202–693–3502; and Wagner-Peyser

preliminary planning estimates: Gay

Gilbert at 202–693–3428. (These are not

toll-free numbers.) Information may also

be found at the website—http://

usworkforce.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of Labor (DOL or

Department) is announcing Workforce

Investment Act (WIA) allotments for

Program Year (PY) 2001 (July 1, 2001-

June 30, 2002) for WIA title I Youth

Activities, Adults and Dislocated

Workers Activities; and, in accordance

with Section 6 (b)(5) of the WagnerPeyser Act, preliminary planning

estimates for public employment service

(ES) activities under the Wagner-Peyser

Act for PY 2001. This document

provides information on the amount of

funds available during PY 2001 to States

with an approved WIA title I and

Wagner-Peyser 5-Year Strategic Plan

and information regarding allotments to

the outlying areas. The allotments and

estimates are based on the funds

appropriated by the Department of

Labor Appropriations Act, 2001, part of

the Consolidated Appropriations Act,

2001, Public Law 106–554.

Attached is a listing of the allotments

for PY 2001 for programs under WIA

title I Youth Activities, Adults and

Dislocated Workers Employment and

Training Activities; and preliminary

planning estimates for public

employment service activities under the

Wagner-Peyser Act. Final WagnerPeyser Act planning estimates will be

published in the Federal Register.

Youth Activities Allotments

PY 2001 Youth Activities funds under

WIA total $1,377,965,000 (including

$275 million for Youth Opportunity

grants). Attachment I contains a

breakdown of the $1,102,965,000 in

WIA title I Youth Activities program

allotments by State for PY 2001 and

provides a comparison of these

allotments to PY 2000 Youth Activities

allotments for all States, outlying areas,

Puerto Rico and the District of

Columbia.

Before determining the amount

available for States, the total available

for the outlying areas was reserved at

0.25 percent of the full amount

appropriated for Youth Activities, in

accordance with WIA provisions,

resulting in $3,444,913, an increase of

$317,500, or 10.2 percent, over the PY

2000 level. From the total funds for

outlying areas for the WIA Youth

Activities program, WIA section

127(b)(1)(B) requires that competitive

grants be awarded to Guam, American

Samoa, the Commonwealth of the

Northern Mariana Islands, and the

Freely Associated States, and further

provides that the amount for such grants

is not to exceed the amount reserved for

the Freely Associated States for the

JTPA II–B Summer Youth and the JTPA

II–C Youth Training for PY 1997. WIA

has corresponding requirements for

competitive grants for the Adult

Activities and Dislocated Worker

Activities programs. The Secretary

determined that a total of $1,000,000

would be reserved for the required

competitive grants for all three programs

for PY 2001, the same level as PY 2000.

For the WIA Youth Activities program,

the amount of competitive grants was

set at $222,535, the maximum allowed

by WIA which is the amount of JTPA PY

1997 total Youth allotments for the

Freely Associated States, the same level

as PY 2000. The method of distribution

of the remaining WIA Youth Activities

non-competitive funds to all outlying

areas, including the Virgin Islands, is

not specified by WIA, but is at the

Secretary’s discretion. The methodology

used is the same as used for PY 2000,

i.e., distributed among the areas by

formula based on relative share of

number of unemployed, a 90 percent

hold-harmless of the prior year share, a

$75,000 minimum, and a 130 percent

stop gain of the prior year share. Data

used for the relative share calculation in

the formula were the same as used for

PY 2000 for all outlying areas. These

data were obtained from the Bureau of

the Census for American Samoa,

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands, Federated States of Micronesia,

Republic of Palau, and the U.S. Virgin

Islands, based on mid-decade surveys

for those areas conducted with the

assistance of the Bureau. For Guam, data

from a similar survey were not available

from the Bureau, so data from the Guam

June 1995 labor force survey were used.

For the Republic of the Marshall

Islands, where 1995 unemployment data

were not available, 1988 survey data in

combination with 1995 population

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estimates were used as the basis of the

formula. Updated 2000 special Census

data are expected to be available for

next year’s allotment calculations.

The total amount available for Native

Americans is 1.5 percent of the total

amount for Youth Activities excluding

Youth Opportunity Grants, in

accordance with WIA section 127. This

total is $16,544,475, up $1,530,000, or

10.19 percent, from the PY 2000 Youth

Activities level for Native Americans.

After determining the amount for the

outlying areas and Native Americans,

the amount available for allotment to

the States for PY 2001 is $1,082,975,612,

more than PY 2000 by $100,152,500, or

an increase of 10.19 percent. This total

amount was above the required $1

billion threshold specified in Section

127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV); therefore, for the

first time, the WIA additional minimum

provisions were triggered: (1) Minimum

1998 dollar (not percentage) (JTPA II–B

and II–C combined) allotment, and (2) 2-

tier small State minimum allotment (.3

percent of first $1 billion and .4 percent

of amount over $1 billion), rather than

.25 percent. These provisions were in

addition to the traditional provision of

a 90 percent hold-harmless from the

prior year allotment percentage. Also, as

required by WIA, the provision applying

a 130 percent stop-gain of the prior year

allotment percentage was used. The

three formula factors required in WIA

use the following data for the PY 2001

allotments:

(1) The number of unemployed for

areas of substantial unemployment

(ASU’s) are averages for the 12-month

period, July 1999 through preliminary

June 2000;

(2) The number of excess unemployed

individuals or the ASU excess

(depending on which is higher) are

averages for the same 12-month period

used for ASU unemployed data; and

(3) The number of economically

disadvantaged youth (age 16 to 21,

excluding college students and military)

are from the 1990 Census. (2000 Census

data are not expected to be available for

use until PY 2003 allotment

calculations.)

Adult Employment and Training

Activities Allotments

The total Adult Employment and

Training Activities appropriation is

$950,000,000, the same level as PY

2000. Attachment II shows the PY 2001

Adult Employment and Training

Activities allotments and comparison to

PY 2000 allotments by State.

Similarly to the Youth Activities

program, the total available for the

outlying areas was reserved at 0.25

percent of the full amount appropriated

for Adults, or $2,375,000, the same level

as PY 2000. The Adult Activities

program portion of the $1,000,000 total

for competitive grants for all three

programs (described above in Youth

Activities) required for the outlying

areas (Guam, American Samoa, the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands, and the Freely Associated

States) was set at $290,780. This amount

is less than the maximum allowed by

WIA (PY 1997 Adult allotments for the

Freely Associated States). The amount

represents a 12.2 percent share of the

total Adult Activities program funds for

all outlying areas and is calculated to be

the same share as for the Dislocated

Worker Activities program, after

subtracting the Youth Activities

program portion from the $1,000,000

total described above. The remaining

non-competitive WIA title I Adult

Activities funds for grants to all outlying

areas, including the Virgin Islands, for

which the methodology is at the

Secretary’s discretion (described in the

Youth Activities section), were

distributed among the areas by the same

principles, formula and data as used for

outlying areas for Youth Activities.

After determining the amount for the

outlying areas, the amount available for

allotments to the States is $947,625,000,

the same as PY 2000. Unlike the Youth

Activities program, the WIA minimum

provisions were not triggered for the PY

2001 allotments because the total

amount available for the States was

below the $960 million threshold

required for Adults in section

132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV). Instead, as required

by WIA, the minimum allotments were

calculated using the JTPA section

202(a)(3) (as amended by section 701 of

the Job Training Reform Amendments of

1992) minimums of 90 percent holdharmless of the prior year allotment

percentage and 0.25 percent State

minimum floor. Also, like the Youth

Activities program, a provision applying

a 130 percent stop-gain of the prior year

allotment percentage was used. The

three formula factors use the same data

as used for the Youth Activities formula,

except that data for the number of

economically disadvantaged adults (age

22 to 72, excluding college students and

military) from the 1990 Census were

used. (2000 Census data are not

expected to be available for use until PY

2003 allotment calculations.)

Dislocated Worker Employment and

Training Activities Allotments

The total Dislocated Worker

appropriation is $1,590,040,000, an

increase of $1,015,000, or .06 percent

from the PY 2000 level. The total

appropriation includes 80 percent

allotted by formula to the States, while

20 percent is retained for National

Emergency Grants, technical assistance

and training, demonstration projects,

and for the outlying areas Dislocated

Worker allotments. Attachment III

shows the PY 2001 Dislocated Worker

Activities fund allotments by State.

Similarly to the Youth and Adults

programs, the total available for the

outlying areas was reserved at 0.25

percent of the full amount appropriated

for Dislocated Workers Activities,

resulting in $3,975,100, an increase of

$2,537 from PY 2000. The Dislocated

Worker Activities program portion of

the $1,000,000 total for competitive

grants for all three programs (described

above in Youth Activities) required for

the outlying areas (Guam, American

Samoa, the Commonwealth of the

Northern Mariana Islands, and the

Freely Associated States) was set at

$486,685. This amount is less than the

maximum allowed by WIA (PY 1997

Dislocated Worker allotments for the

Freely Associated States). The amount

represents a 12.2 percent share of the

total Dislocated Worker Activities

program funds for all outlying areas and

is calculated to be the same share as for

the Adult Activities program, after

subtracting the Youth Activities

program portion from the $1,000,000

total described above. The remaining

non-competitive WIA Title I Dislocated

Worker Activities funds for grants to all

outlying areas, including the Virgin

Islands, for which the methodology is at

the Secretary’s discretion, were

distributed among the areas by the same

pro rata share as the areas received for

the PY 2001 WIA Adult Activities

program, the same methodology used in

PY 2000.

The amount available for allotments

to the States is eighty percent of the

Dislocated Workers appropriation, or

$1,272,032,000, a gain of .06 percent

over PY 2000. Since the Dislocated

Worker Activities formula has no floor

amount or hold-harmless provisions,

funding changes for States directly

reflect the impact of changes in number

of unemployed. The three formula

factors required in WIA use the

following data for the PY 2001

allotments:

(1) The number of unemployed are

averages for the 12-month period,

October 1999 through September 2000;

(2) The number of excess unemployed

are averages for the 12-month period,

October 1999 through September 2000;

and

(3) The number of long-term

unemployed are averages for calendar

year 1999.

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Wagner-Peyser Act Preliminary

Planning Estimates

The public employment service

program involves a Federal-State

partnership between the U.S.

Department of Labor and the State

Employment Security Agencies. Under

the Wagner-Peyser Act, funds are

allotted to each State to administer a

labor exchange program responding to

the needs of the State’s employers and

workers through a system of local

employment services offices that are

part of the One-Stop service delivery

system established by the State. Total

funding for Wagner-Peyser remained the

same as PY 2000, but due to reduced

reserves for postage, available funds for

the States and outlying areas increased

by $2 million. Attachment IV shows the

Wagner-Peyser Act preliminary

planning estimates for PY 2001. These

preliminary planning estimates have

been produced using the formula set

forth at Section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser

Act, 29 U.S.C. 49e. They are based on

monthly averages for each State’s share

of the civilian labor force (CLF) and

unemployment for the 12 months

ending September 2000. Final planning

estimates will be published in the

Federal Register, based on calendar year

2000 data, as required by the WagnerPeyser Act.

State planning estimates reflect

$16,000,000, or 2.1 percent of the total

amount appropriated, which is being

withheld from distribution to States to

finance postage costs associated with

the conduct of Wagner-Peyser Act labor

exchange services for PY 2001.

The Secretary of Labor is required to

set aside up to three percent of the total

available funds to assure that each State

will have sufficient resources to

maintain statewide employment service

(ES) activities, as required under section

6(b)(4) of the Wagner-Peyser Act. In

accordance with this provision, the

three percent set-aside funds, or

$22,372,050, are included in the total

planning estimate. The set-aside funds

are distributed in two steps to States

which have lost in relative share of

resources from the previous year. In

Step 1, States which have a Civilian

Labor Force (CLF) below one million

and are also 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 2 to all other States losing in

relative share from the prior year but not

meeting the size and density criteria for

Step 1.

Under Wagner-Peyser Act section 7,

ten percent of the total sums allotted to

each State shall be reserved for use by

the Governor to provide performance

incentives for public ES offices; services

for groups with special needs; and for

the extra costs of exemplary models for

delivering job services.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of

March, 2001.

Raymond J. Uhalde,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment

and Training.

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