[Federal Register: April 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 82)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA); Notice of Incentive
Funding Availability for Program Year (PY) 2005 Performance
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, in collaboration with the Department
of Education, announces that nine 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 nine eligible states must submit their applications for
incentive funding to the Department of Labor by June 14, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit applications to the Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Performance and Technology, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room S-5206, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Karen Staha
and Traci DiMartini, Telephone number: 202-693-3698 (this is not a
toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3490. E-mail:
staha.karen@dol.gov and dimartini.traci@dol.gov. Information may also be found at the ETA
Performance Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/performance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Nine (9) states (see Appendix) qualify to
receive a share of the $16.3 million available for incentive grant
awards under WIA section 503. These funds, which were contributed by
the Department of Education from appropriations for the Adult Education
and Family Literacy Act and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and
Technical Education Act, are available for the eligible states to use
through June 30, 2009, 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
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outcomes in WIA title I, adult education (AEFLA), and vocational
education (Perkins Act) programs. The goals included placement after
training, retention in employment, and improvements 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 programs (the Appendix at the bottom of this notice details the
eligibility of each State by program). These lists of eligible States
were compared, and States that qualified under all three programs are
eligible to apply for and 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 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 in the following chart:
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Amount of
State award
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1. Arizona.............................................. $1,724,063
2. Delaware............................................. 967,758
3. Illinois............................................. 3,000,000
4. Iowa................................................. 1,190,729
5. Massachusetts........................................ 1,752,678
6. Missouri............................................. 1,922,350
7. Oregon............................................... 1,781,694
8. Tennessee............................................ 2,096,895
9. Virginia............................................. 1,917,021
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Dated: April 24, 2007.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
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