[Federal Register: May 13, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 92)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA); Notice of Incentive
Funding Availability for Program Year (PY) 2001 Performance
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, in collaboration with the Department
of Education, announces that 16 states are eligible to apply for
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) (Pub. L. 105-220, 29 U.S.C. 2801 et
seq.) incentive awards under the WIA Regulations.
DATES: The 16 eligible states must submit their applications for
incentive funding to the Department of Labor by June 27, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Submit applications to the Employment and Training
Administration, Performance and Results Office, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW., Room N-5306, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Karen Staha, 202-
693-2917 (phone), 202-693-3991 (fax), e-mail: Staha.Karen@dol.gov.
Please be advised that mail delivery in the Washington, D.C. area has
been inconsistent because of concerns about anthrax contamination.
States are encouraged to submit applications via e-mail.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Performance and Results Office:
Karen Staha (phone: 202-693-2917 or e-mail: Staha.Karen@dol.gov). (This
is not a toll-free number.) Information may also be found at the Web
site: http://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 16 states (see list below) have qualified to
receive a share of the $29.8 million available for incentive grant
awards under WIA section 503. These funds are available to the states
through June 30, 2005, to support innovative workforce development and
education activities that are authorized under title I (Workforce
Investment Systems) or title II (the Adult Education and Family
Literacy Act (AEFLA)) of WIA, or under the Perkins Act (Pub. L. 105-
332, 20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). In order to qualify for a grant award, a
state must have exceeded performance levels, agreed to by the
Secretaries, Governor, and State Education Officer, for outcomes in WIA
title I, adult education (AEFLA), and vocational education (Perkins
Act) programs. The goals included placement after training, retention
in employment, and improvement in literacy levels, among other
measures. After review of the performance data submitted by states to
the Department of Labor and to the Department of Education, each
Department determined which states would qualify for incentives for its
program(s). (See below for a list of the states that qualified under
all three Acts.) These lists of eligible states were compared, and
states that qualified under all three programs are eligible to receive
an incentive grant award. The amount that each state is eligible to
receive was determined by the Department of Labor and the Department of
Education and is based
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on WIA section 503(c)(20 U.S.C. 9273(c)), and is proportional to the
total funding received by these states for the three Acts.
The states eligible to apply for incentive grant awards, and the
amounts they are eligible to receive, are listed below:
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Amount of
State award
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1. Colorado............................................. $1,138,334
2. Florida.............................................. 3,000,000
3. Illinois............................................. 3,000,000
4. Kentucky............................................. 2,074,242
5. Louisiana............................................ 3,000,000
6. Maryland............................................. 1,944,845
7. Montana.............................................. 750,000
8. North Dakota......................................... 750,000
9. Nebraska............................................. 750,000
10. Oklahoma............................................ 1,382,134
11. South Carolina...................................... 1,866,263
12. South Dakota........................................ 750,000
13. Tennessee........................................... 2,604,604
14. Texas............................................... 3,000,000
15. Washington.......................................... 3,000,000
16. Wyoming............................................. 750,000
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These eligible states must submit their applications for incentive
funding to the Department of Labor by (insert date 45 days after date
of publication), 2003. As set forth in the provisions of WIA section
503(b)(2) (20 U.S.C. 9273(b)(2)), 20 CFR 666.220(b) and Training and
Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 20-01, Change 1, Application
Process for Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Section 503 Incentive
Grants, Program Year 2001 Performance, which is available at http://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/
, the application must include assurances
that:
A. The legislature of the state was consulted with respect to the
development of the application.
B. The application was approved by the Governor, the eligible
agency for adult education (as defined in section 203(4) of WIA (20
U.S.C. 9202(4))) and the state agency responsible for vocational and
technical education programs (as defined in section 3(9) of Perkins III
(20 U.S.C. 2302(9)).
C. The state and the eligible agency, as appropriate, exceeded the
state adjusted levels of performance for WIA title I, the state
adjusted levels of performance for the AEFLA, and the performance
levels established for Perkins Act programs.
In addition, states are requested to provide a description of the
planned use of incentive grants as part of the application process, to
ensure that the state's planned activities are innovative and are
otherwise authorized under the WIA title I, the AEFLA, and/or the
Perkins Act as amended, as required by WIA Section 503(a). TEGL No. 20-
01, Change 1 provides the specific application process that states must
follow to apply for these funds.
The applications may take the form of a letter from the governor,
or designee, to the Assistant Secretary of Labor, Emily Stover DeRocco,
Attention: Karen Staha, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-5306,
Washington, D.C. 20210. In order to expedite the application process,
states are encouraged to submit their applications electronically to
Karen Staha at Staha.Karen@dol.gov. The states will receive their
incentive awards by June 30, 2003.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 7th day of May, 2003.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
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