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	77,268	363,460
Total number of participants in summer employment	19,727	317924
Total number of INA participants²	796	3244

Percentage in summer employment	25.5%	87.5%
Percentage male	46.0%	48.9%
Percentage female	52.3%	50.1%
Percentage Hispanic/Latino	27.5%	24.2%
Percentage American Indian or Alaska Native	2.0%	2.0%
Percentage Asian	1.5%	1.8%
Percentage Black or African-American	41.2%	44.3%
Percentage Hawaiian Native or Other Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.6%
Percentage White	37.7%	38.2%
Percentage in-school	47.1%	62.4%
Percentage out-of-school	50.2%	36.0%

	Current Month	Program to Date¹
Total number of participants	710,192	2,967,270
Percentage receiving career guidance	19.5%	23.8%
Percentage receiving job search activities	55.9%	66.4%
Percentage referred to WIA services	17.7%	25.9%

	Current Month	Program to Date¹
Total number of participants	8,245	8,644
Percentage in training	32.7%	52.7%
Percentage receiving supportive services	30.2%	37.4%
¹ Count of all participants who were served since May 1, 2009 ² Source: Indian and Native American (INA) Monthly Youth Report; all percentages are calculated to include INA Youth ³ Twelve states reporting
Source: State Monthly Reports, as of 1/29/10