Updated list of significant local and bilingual employment service offices for PY 1997

Subject: Instructions for Submission of State Plans under Title II and Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act for Program Years (PY) 1996 and 1997; and PY 1997 Wagner-Peyser Act Program Planning Guidelines.

Purpose: To provide notice of the omission of Harligen, Texas, from the list of Significant Local Offices and Bilingual Offices, PY 1997, and to issue an updated listing of these offices.

Background and Information: The Significant Local Offices and Bilingual Offices, PY 1997 list (Enclosure B, Section VI, Table 4) provides data which indicates the local offices where Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers comprise 10 percent or more of the total new or renewal applications.

Action Required: State Liaisons are requested to replace the Table 4 attached to TEGL 4-95, Ch. 3 with the attached updated Table 4.

To: All State JTPA Liaisons; All State Worker Adjustment Liaisons; All State Wagner-Peyser Administering Agencies.

From: Robert S. Kenyon, Acting Administrator for Regional Management.

Contact: Direct questions to Dorrie Russell at (202) 219-5174 ext. 156.

Attachment 1, Table 4:

Table 4
SIGNIFICANT LOCAL OFFICES AND BILINGUAL OFFICES, PY 1997

REGION I
Connecticut: Hartford
Massachusetts: Fitchburg; Holyoke*; Lawrence; Lowell*; Springfield*

REGION II
New Jersey: Hammonton; Vineland/Bridgeton
New York: Albion; Batavia/Elba; Hudson; Kingston; Lockport; Middleton/Pine Island*; Newark; Riverhead
Puerto Rico: Aguadilla*; Arecibo/Manati*; Caguas/Cayey*; Guayama*; Humacao/Fajardo*; Mayaguez/San German*; Ponce/Coamo*; Bayamon

REGION III
Delaware: Dover*
Maryland: Chestertown*; Crisfield*; Hagerstown*
Pennsylvania: Gettsburg*; Chambersburg*
Virginia: Exmore*; Winchester
West Virginia: Martinsburg

REGION IV
Florida: Apollo Beach*; Apopka*; Belle Glade*; Bradenton*; Fort Pierce*; Homestead*; Immokalee*; Naples*; Plant City*; Quincy*; Sebring*; Wauchula*; Winter Haven*
Georgia: Americus*; Bainbridge*; Cordele*; Douglas*; Moultrie/Camille*; Tifton*; Vidalia*
North Carolina: Clinton; Dunn*; Elizabethtown; Hendersonville*; Kenansville*; Kinston*; Mt. Olive; Washington; Wilson*; Smithfield*; New Bern
South Carolina: Aiken*; Beaufort*; Charleston*; Spartanburg*; Sumter*; Kingstree*

REGION V
Illinois: Danville*; Kankakee*; Murphysboro/Cobden*; Peoria*
Michigan: Adrian*; Bay City*; Bear Lake*; Greenville*; Hartford*; Sparta*; Traverse City*
Minnesota: Crookston*; East Grand Forks*; Fergus Falls*; Moorhead*; Owatonna*; Willmar*
Ohio: Bowling Green/Genoa*; Fremont*
Wisconsin: Beaver Dam*; Wautoma*

REGION VI
New Mexico: Deming*; Las Cruces*
Texas: Brownsville*; Canutillo; Carrizo Springs; Crystal City*; Del Rio*; Eagle Pass*; Edinburg*; Fabens; Floydada-Sub. Office*; Harligen*; Hereford; Laredo; Lamesa; McAllen*; Muleshoe-Sub. Office; Pecos; Plainview*; Raymondville*; Uvalde*; Weslaco*

REGION VII
None

REGION VIII
Colorado: Brighton*; Delta*; Greeley*; Lamar*; Rocky Ford*; Monte Vista
Montana: Sidney*
North Dakota: Grafton*
Utah: Brigham City*

REGION IX
Arizona: Coolidge*; Douglas*; Wilcox*; Yuma*; Maryvale
California: Blythe*; Chico; Colusa*; Delano*; El Centro*; Fresno (West)*; Gilroy; Greenfield*; Hanford*; Hollister*; Huron*; Indio*; Lakeport*; Lamont*; Los Baños*; Madera*; Marysville*; Mendota*; Merced*; Modesto; Oceanside*; Oroville*; Oxnard*; Porterville*; Salinas*; Sanger*; Santa Maria*; Stockton; Turlock*; Ukiah*; Visalia*; Wasco*; Watsonville*

REGION X
Idaho: Bonner’s Ferry*; Burley*; Canyon County*; Emmett*; Payette*; Rexburg*; Twin Falls*; Mountain Home
Oregon: Madras*; Milton-Freewater*; Woodburn*; Hood River; Ontario; The Dalles
Washington: Bellingham*; Columbia Gorge*; Moses Lake*; Mount Vernon*; Okanogan*; Sunnyside*; Tri Cities*; Walla Walla*; Wenatchee*; Yakima*

*Bilingual Offices