ARRA 2009 Weekly Report for the Week Ending 3/13/2009, Employment & Training Administration (ETA)

Program Description (Account Title)	Total Appropriation	Total Obligations	Total Disbursements
Recovery Act Adult Employment and Training Activities	$500,000,000	$0	$0
Recovery Act Dislocated Worker State Grants	$1,250,000,000	$0	$0
Recovery Act Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Act Grants	$200,000,000	$0	$0
Recovery Act Youth Activities	$1,200,000,000	$0	$0
Recovery Act High Growth/Emerging Industry Training and Placement	$750,000,000	$0	$0
Recovery Act Youth Build	$50,000,000	$0	$0
Recovery Act Community Service Employment	$120,000,000	$0	$0
Recovery Act Grants to States (Not a direct appropriation. To be expended from the ESA account in the UTF)	$400,000,000	$0	$0
Program Administration	TBD	$0	$0
Training and Employment Service Recovery Act for Extension of NEGs for Health Insurance Coverage	$150,000,000	$0	$0
Payment to UTF, Recovery Act, for Extended Emergency Unemployment Compensation (Legislation specifies "such sums as may be necessary." This amount represents the current estimate based on latest economic assumptions)	$11,526,000,000
Federal Additional Unemployment Comp-Recovery Act (Legislation specifies "such sums as may be necessary." This amount represents the current estimate based on latest economic assumptions)	$6,258,000,000	$0	$0
ARRA Funds - Transfer to State UI Accounts from Employment Security Administration Account within the Unemployment Trust Fund. (Obligations and disbursements will be provided on a monthly basis)	$500,000,000	$0	$0

Short bulleted list of the major actions taken to date

Short bulleted list of the major planned actions

Members of the Georgia Regional Office participated in the WSB-TV/Georgia Department of Labor Career Expo on March 11, which was expected to draw 15,000. The Regional Administrator and key staff provided an update on ARRA in a workshop titled, "What does the ARRA do for me"?

Next week DOL will issue Notices of Obligation and Guidance for the Indian and Native American Youth Program component of the ARRA.

On March 12th, ETA conducted a briefing for the Senate Finance Committee on Unemployment Insurance provisions in the ARRA.

DOL will issue the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) guidance letter, extending the WOTC to cover unemployed veterans and disconnected youth.

On March 13th, ARRA leadership briefed the Senate Appropriations Committee staff on ARRA implementation.

Next week the Secretary will submit to OMB her plan for DOL usage of ARRA Administrative Funds.

ARRA leadership addressed state czars for ARRA implementation e at the White House.

Next week DOL will issue Notices of Obligation to the states for WIA Adult, Dislocated Worker, Youth, Wagner-Peyser, and Senior Community Service Employment Program Planning funds, notifying them that the funds are available and ready to be obligated by the states.