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ETA Advisory File Text

18 Appendix IV Wagner-Peyser Act ES Allotment Activities Wagner-Peyser Act ES Final Allotments. The appropriated level for PY 2025 for grants for the ES programs totals was 675 052 000. After reducing the appropriated amount by 7 266 000 for set asides authorized by the Act 667 786 000 is available for ES programs. After determining the funding for Guam and the United States Virgin Islands ETA calculates allotments to states using the formula set forth at section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act 29 U.S.C. 49e . ETA based PY 2025 formula allotments on each state s share of calendar year 2024 monthly averages of the Civilian Labor Force CLF and unemployment. The distribution of Wagner-Peyser Act funds for PY 2025 includes 666 158 170 for states as well as 1 627 830 for Guam and the United States Virgin Islands. Attachment I shows the distribution of PY 2025 ES formula amounts by state compared to PY 2024. Section 7 a of the Wagner-Peyser Act 49 U.S.C. 49f a authorizes states to use 90 percent of the funds allotted to a state for labor exchange services and other career services such as job search and placement services to job seekers appropriate recruitment services for employers program evaluations developing and providing labor market and occupational information developing management information systems and administering the work test for unemployment insurance claimants. Section 7 b of the Wagner-Peyser Act 49 U.S.C. 49f b states that 10 percent of the funds allotted to a state must be reserved for use by the Governor to provide performance incentives for public employment service offices and programs provide services for groups with special needs and provide for the extra costs of exemplary models for delivering services of the type described in section 7 a and models for enhancing professional development and career advancement opportunities of state agency staff. State Workforce Agencies SWAs must use Wagner-Peyser Act ES funding to provide employment services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers MSFW as described at 20 CFR 651 653 654 and 658. These services include but are not limited to outreach to MSFWs State Monitor Advocate SMA responsibilities clearance of job orders through the Agricultural Recruitment System ARS and operation of the Employment Service and Employment-Related Law Complaint System. SWAs must budget to ensure they have sufficient funds to support the following ES staffing requirements 1 an adequate number of outreach staff as described in the approved Agricultural Outreach Plan and ES regulations at 653.107 2 a full-time SMA unless the SWA has approval from the Regional Administrator for less than full-time SMA devotion and ES staff assigned to the SMA to assist the SMA to fulfil the SMA s responsibilities as necessary under 653.108 d and e 3 ES staff assigned to conduct preoccupancy housing inspections and field checks on ARS clearance orders as described at 653 Subpart F and 4 trained Complaint System Representatives for ES offices and the SWA as described at 658 Subpart E.