TEGL_21-20_Attachment_7.pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

Attachment VII FY 2021 Actual Funding Guidance and Funding Levels The funding authorized for foreign labor certification state grants in the Consolidated Appropriation Act 2021 was allocated to the SWAs as described below 1 Base Allocation 14 167 000 With limited exceptions a base allocation was allocated to each SWA equivalent to its grant award for FY 2020. The exceptions are comprised of SWAs meeting each of the following criteria a.the SWA processed an annual average of less than five total H-2A job orders annually during the three most recently completed fiscal years b.the SWA processed an annual average of less than five total H-2B job orders annually during the three most recently completed fiscal years and c.less than five total housing units were identified on H-2A job orders processed by the SWA during FY 2020. In circumstances where a SWA s actual workload met all three of these aforementioned factors the SWA was allocated 5 000 to support the costs associated with processing this minimal level of foreign labor certification workload. The SWAs meeting these criteria were the District of Columbia Guam Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 2 Supplemental Allocation 6 115 000 In addition to its base allocation each SWA except those meeting the criteria described above was allocated a supplemental allocation. Each SWA s supplemental allocation was determined in the following manner a.One-third of the available funding was based on each SWA s proportion of the estimated total national housing inspection workload. This was defined as the total number of housing units identified on H-2A job orders processed during FY 2020 and located in the jurisdiction of the SWA divided by the total number of housing units identified on H-2A job orders processed during FY 2020 by all SWAs. b.Two-thirds of the available funding was based on each SWA s share of the total national workload associated with reviewing and posting H-2A and H-2B job orders during the three most recent fiscal years FY 2018 2020 . VII-1 Seventy percent of this two-thirds amount was allocated based on each SWA s share of the total H-2A job orders processed during the three most recently completed fiscal years FY 2018 2020 . For example if SWA 1 processed five percent of the total national H-2A job orders processed during the three most recent fiscal years then SWA 1 would receive five percent of the funding allocated on the basis of H-2A job orders. Because SWA reviews of H-2A job orders have significantly more complex regulatory requirements than SWA reviews of H-2B job orders a higher percentage of the available resources were allocated on the basis of H-2A job orders than on H-2B job orders. The remaining thirty percent of the two-thirds amount was allocated based on each SWA s share of the total H-2B job orders processed during the three most recently completed fiscal years FY 2018 2020 . For example if SWA 1 processed five percent of the total H-2B job orders processed during the three most recent fiscal years then SWA 1 would receive five percent of the funding allocated on the basis of H-2B job orders. 3 Total Grant Allocation The combined total of each SWA s base allocation and supplemental allocation comprises the SWA s total FY 2021 grant award. 4 Data Sources The data sources used to support the allocation of supplemental funding for SWAs are available in the OFLC disclosure data published at www.dol.gov agencies eta foreign-labor performance. Housing unit data was derived from the Form ETA-790A Addendum B. Because the collection of housing unit data was first implemented in October 2019 workload information derived using this information is only available for one completed fiscal year FY 2020 . Information on the number of job orders processed by each SWA however is available for multiple prior fiscal years. Therefore data from the three most recently completed fiscal years was used for the workload factors associated with job orders in order to more accurately reflect long-term trends. VII-2 FY 2021 Funding Level 20 282 000 The funding amount below must be indicated on the SF-424 and SF-424A for FY 2021 Base Allocation Supplemental Allocation Total FY 2021 Grant Total 14 167 000 6 115 000 20 282 000 Alabama 122 000 41 640 163 640 Alaska 76 145 13 080 89 225 Arizona 160 587 92 097 252 684 Arkansas 100 230 118 758 218 988 California 1 500 000 423 695 1 923 695 CNMI 65 500 6 620 72 120 Colorado 241 500 167 160 408 660 Connecticut 250 000 29 264 279 264 Delaware 65 000 11 092 76 092 District of Columbia 5 000 0 5 000 Florida 470 000 386 005 856 005 Georgia 480 000 211 762 691 762 Guam 5 000 0 5 000 Hawaii 60 000 3 902 63 902 Idaho 400 000 227 405 627 405 Illinois 300 000 74 588 374 588 Indiana 92 361 61 718 154 079 Iowa 207 185 86 565 293 750 Kansas 110 010 63 485 173 495 Kentucky 300 000 316 260 616 260 Louisiana 255 000 308 295 563 295 Maine 265 000 63 624 328 624 Maryland 433 424 56 288 489 712 Massachusetts 755 000 79 775 834 775 Michigan 320 000 155 628 475 628 Minnesota 130 000 71 991 201 991 Mississippi 165 000 91 748 256 748 Missouri 150 558 67 678 218 236 Montana 278 811 106 964 385 775 Nebraska 100 000 71 511 171 511 Nevada 115 000 183 605 298 605 New Hampshire 53 625 20 517 74 142 New Jersey 400 000 61 331 461 331 New Mexico 70 000 20 887 90 887 New York 1 400 000 231 147 1 631 147 North Carolina 483 800 507 041 990 841 North Dakota 186 000 154 357 340 357 Ohio 275 000 93 787 368 787 Oklahoma 96 500 52 266 148 766 Oregon 315 000 52 660 367 660 Pennsylvania 400 000 107 323 507 323 Puerto Rico 5 000 0 5 000 Rhode Island 76 145 5 908 82 053 VII-3 South Carolina 209 000 85 154 294 154 South Dakota 100 000 86 733 186 733 Tennessee 220 251 142 605 362 856 Texas 450 000 327 994 777 994 Utah 120 000 109 849 229 849 Vermont 130 000 28 488 158 488 Virgin Islands 5 000 0 5 000 Virginia 424 931 152 861 577 792 Washington 400 000 172 579 572 579 West Virginia 50 000 7 593 57 593 Wisconsin 150 000 40 084 190 084 Wyoming 88 437 61 633 150 070 Online Wage Library 80 000 0 80 000 VII-4