American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided funding for the workforce investment system to offer training and employment services to workers who are facing unprecedented challenges to retool their skills and establish themselves in viable career pathways.

Due to the nature of the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker and Wagner-Peyser Employment Service formula-funded programs, the Department of Labor has not yet isolated the number of participants in each of these programs that are attributable to Recovery Act funds.

On a monthly basis, states report on the number of participants served under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs, National Emergency Grants (NEGs), and the Wagner-Peyser Employment Service program.

	Current Month	Program to Date¹
Total number of participants	82,481	459,527
Total number of participants in summer employment	45,089	402,057
Total number of INA participants²	873	1482

Percentage in summer employment	54.7%	87.5%
Percentage male	47.7%	49.3%
Percentage female	51.8%	50.5%
Percentage Hispanic/Latino	18.0%	23.3%
Percentage American Indian or Alaska Native	28.5%	11.9%
Percentage Asian	1.7%	1.7%
Percentage Black or African-American	30.7%	39.3%
Percentage Hawaiian Native or Other Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.5%
Percentage White	30.1%	34.8%
Percentage in-school	56.4%	62.2%
Percentage out-of-school	43.3%	0.37621946

	Current Month	Program to Date¹
Total number of participants	692,071	5,635,215
Percentage receiving career guidance	53.9%	26.3%
Percentage receiving job search activities	27.8%	67.3%
Percentage referred to WIA services	4.2%	22.0%

	Current Month	Program to Date¹
Total number of participants	21,552	25,618
Percentage in training	47.8%	57.2%
Percentage receiving supportive services	28.3%	31.3%
¹ Count of all participants who were served since May 1, 2009 ³ Twenty states reporting
Source: State Monthly reports, as of 09/01/10