TEN 17-24.pdf

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TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT NOTICE NO. 17-24 DATE December 30 2024 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WASHINGTON D.C. 20210 TO STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES ALL STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS FROM JOS JAVIER RODR GUEZ Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Planning Estimate for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act WIOA Youth Adult and Dislocated Worker Program Allotments for Program Year PY 2025 1.Purpose. To transmit to states and outlying areas the impact of updated data on WIOA Title I Youth Adult and Dislocated Worker program allotments for PY 2025. 2.Action Requested. The Department of Labor Department is requesting that states use these allotment estimates to plan for PY 2025 activities. States can actively review their obligations and expenditures on in-person and virtual service delivery as areas around the country have been responding to the changing economy and labor market. States should consider ways to adjust spending to provide the services that are needed most by jobseekers and employers and ensure that Title I funds are used to assist jobseekers find and retain employment with employers offering quality jobs. 3.Summary and Background. a.Summary For planning purposes the Employment and Training Administration ETA is providing estimated allotment levels for the WIOA Youth Adult and Dislocated Worker programs to show the impact of updated unemployment data on state allotments for PY 2025. The table is not meant to predict each state s allotment. ETA based the estimated allotment levels provided in this Training and Employment Notice TEN on PY 2024 appropriated funding levels which will be adjusted when the Fiscal Year FY 2025 full-year appropriation is enacted and reserves are made for evaluations and program integrity. b.Background Every year ETA calculates allotments based on statutory formulas that require ETA to adjust funding from one state relative to another based on factors that change year to year such as relative share of unemployment. The attached table shows how changes from last year in relative share of unemployment and other factors change the relative share of allotments for state planning purposes. ETA will publish final amounts available for state grants in its annual allotment guidance once Congress enacts a full-year appropriation for FY 2025 and after the Department determines set asides for evaluations and program integrity. 2 The funding levels in this guidance letter can provide states with a general idea of how their funding may change in PY 2025. To date Congress enacted the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2025 P.L. 118-83 and the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2024 P.L. 118-47 . 4. Planning Estimates. a. Methodology - To provide states with estimated PY 2025 funding levels to use for planning purposes ETA 1 used the data that ETA will use to calculate the actual PY 2025 allotments and 2 estimated funding for the WIOA Adult Dislocated Worker and Youth programs based on the full-year funding levels for these programs in PY 2024 as indicated in Training and Employment Guidance Letter TEGL 12-23. See Allotments TEGL 12-23 for further descriptions of the funding levels used as well as descriptions of the WIOA Youth Adult and Dislocated Worker formulas and data factors. ETA used the following funding levels to prepare allotment estimates for PY 2025 WIOA Youth Activities total 927 587 911 for states and 2 324 782 for outlying areas. WIOA Adult Activities total 881 089 755 for states and 2 208 245 for outlying areas and WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities total 1 092 713 000 for states and 3 483 930 for outlying areas. ETA used the following data in the WIOA Adult and Youth formulas The average number of unemployed individuals for Areas of Substantial Unemployment ASUs for the 12-month period July 2023 through June 2024. The number of excess unemployed individuals or excess unemployed individuals in ASUs depending on which is higher averages for the same 12-month period as used for ASU unemployed data and The number of disadvantaged Youth or for the Adult formula the number of disadvantaged Adults based on special tabulations of data from the Census Bureau s American Community Survey ACS collected between January 1 2016 and December 31 2020. ETA used the following data in the WIOA Dislocated Worker State formula The number of unemployed averaged for the 12-month period October 2023 through September 2024 The number of excess unemployed averaged for the 12-month period October 2023 through September 2024 and The number of long-term unemployed averaged for the 12-month period October 2023 through September 2024. 3 b. Final Allotment Levels - ETA will issue the final PY 2025 allotment levels for WIOA Title I Youth Adult Dislocated Worker Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service and Workforce Information Grant programs to states based on the full-year appropriation for FY 2025 and after making decisions on the set aside amounts. 5. Inquiries. Please direct questions regarding these estimated full-year allotments to the appropriate Regional Office. 6. References. Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2025 P.L. 118-83 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2024 P.L. 118-47 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act P.L. 113-128 as amended and TEGL No. 12-23 May 8 2024 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act WIOA Adult Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities Program Allotments for Program Year PY 2024 PY 2024 Allotments for the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service ES Program and PY 2024 Allotments of Workforce Information Grants to States and Outlying Areas. 7. Attachment. Planning Estimate PY 2025 WIOA Youth Adult and Dislocated Worker State Allotments Attachment I U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Planning Estimate PY 2025 WIOA Youth Adult and Dislocated Worker State Allotments THESE AMOUNTS ARE NOT THE FINAL AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR PY 2025 State WIOA Youth A ctivities WIOA Adult A ctivities WIOA Dislocated Workers Total Total 944 073 800 883 298 000 1 393 572 000 3 220 943 800 Alabama 8 438 083 8 187 476 11 103 868 27 729 427 Alaska 3 099 776 2 911 532 5 288 900 11 300 208 Arizona 20 785 827 19 519 800 25 484 180 65 789 807 Arkansas 6 246 637 6 023 959 4 069 973 16 340 569 California 169 826 361 163 327 865 206 059 775 539 214 001 Colorado 11 122 204 10 150 365 12 681 408 33 953 977 Connecticut 10 205 887 9 185 042 10 625 762 30 016 691 Delaware 3 173 006 3 056 458 2 265 397 8 494 861 District of Columbia 4 078 434 3 682 959 10 881 752 18 643 145 Florida 36 324 292 38 612 347 37 296 386 112 233 025 Georgia 15 693 097 14 979 566 24 041 947 54 714 610 Hawaii 3 047 279 3 081 912 2 280 725 8 409 916 Idaho 3 076 971 2 863 541 2 350 148 8 290 660 Illinois 51 922 953 49 162 477 76 454 188 177 539 618 Indiana 16 142 276 14 202 049 11 117 346 41 461 671 Iowa 4 769 806 3 306 765 4 827 535 12 904 106 Kansas 4 203 300 3 128 792 4 826 870 12 158 962 Kentucky 16 838 153 16 298 926 10 536 197 43 673 276 Louisiana 14 049 409 13 799 796 13 180 725 41 029 930 Maine 2 318 970 2 202 724 1 824 872 6 346 566 Maryland 14 605 988 14 097 316 13 483 628 42 186 932 Massachusetts 17 033 758 14 618 885 17 874 320 49 526 963 Michigan 30 831 944 28 711 063 24 972 186 84 515 193 Minnesota 7 778 200 6 580 552 7 690 751 22 049 503 Mississippi 7 752 763 7 431 989 10 725 943 25 910 695 Missouri 11 635 315 10 789 067 8 823 715 31 248 097 Montana 2 318 970 2 202 724 1 292 062 5 813 756 Nebraska 2 798 768 2 202 724 1 644 649 6 646 141 Nevada 13 884 743 13 618 324 23 249 713 50 752 780 New Hampshire 2 318 970 2 202 724 1 720 461 6 242 155 New Jersey 31 116 157 30 374 607 41 960 312 103 451 076 New Mexico 7 019 693 6 764 288 16 057 143 29 841 124 New York 65 072 750 63 417 237 91 570 848 220 060 835 North Carolina 24 386 523 23 187 042 18 941 373 66 514 938 North Dakota 2 318 970 2 202 724 963 145 5 484 839 Ohio 35 520 422 32 930 175 24 512 213 92 962 810 Oklahoma 7 285 402 6 679 702 5 022 163 18 987 267 Oregon 11 127 185 10 838 751 8 471 633 30 437 569 Pennsylvania 38 999 336 36 309 352 47 035 219 122 343 907 Puerto Rico 17 468 717 18 140 030 97 541 669 133 150 416 Rhode Island 2 942 919 2 476 181 2 808 237 8 227 337 South Carolina 10 192 504 9 817 186 9 470 111 29 479 801 South Dakota 2 318 970 2 202 724 1 043 517 5 565 211 Tennessee 13 244 809 12 987 570 11 650 271 37 882 650 Texas 86 745 358 81 726 266 67 404 463 235 876 087 Utah 4 226 755 3 108 154 3 776 612 11 111 521 Vermont 2 318 970 2 202 724 806 686 5 328 380 Virginia 11 792 488 11 024 221 11 530 718 34 347 427 Washington 20 515 641 19 668 623 25 677 297 65 861 561 West Virginia 5 322 738 5 239 168 8 120 130 18 682 036 Wisconsin 9 010 494 7 450 587 8 854 754 25 315 835 Wyoming 2 318 970 2 202 724 819 104 5 340 798 State Total 927 587 911 881 089 755 1 092 713 000 2 901 390 666 American Samoa 340 067 322 452 508 730 1 171 249 Guam 933 266 884 923 1 396 136 3 214 325 Northern Marianas 435 808 413 234 651 956 1 500 998 Palau 75 000 75 000 118 327 268 327 Virgin Islands 540 641 512 636 808 781 1 862 058 Outlying Areas Total 2 324 782 2 208 245 3 483 930 8 016 957 Native Americans 14 161 107 0 0 14 161 107 National Reserve 0 0 297 375 070 297 375 070 The amounts provided in this table can be used to get a general idea of the funding that could be available to each state if funding levels for these programs are exactly the same as announced in PY 2024 see TEGL 12-23 . In this table the total dollars estimated to be available for PY 2025 were distributed among states according to the updated data factors for PY 2025. A number of decisions that have yet to be made could impact the final amounts obligated to each state. I-1