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Program Year 2023 WIOA and Employment Service allotments
Summary ETA gave states and outlying areas program year 2023 allotments for WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth activities, the Employment Service, and Workforce Information Grants. It explains fund requests, reporting, local allocation rules, and possible reallotment. Change 1 later added instructions for outlying areas seeking a single consolidated grant.
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Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
TEGL No. 15-22
Date issued
April 21, 2023
Status
Active
ETA lists this advisory as active and it prints an expiration date of Continuing. Change 1 adds consolidated-grant instructions without rescinding it.
Status last verified October 24, 2026
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CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION WIOA/Wagner-Peyser
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OWI
Washington, D.C. 20210 DATE
April 21, 2023
ADVISORY: TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 15-22
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
ALL STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
FROM: BRENT PARTON
Acting Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult, Dislocated Worker
and Youth Activities Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2023; PY
2023 Allotments for the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES)
Program; and PY 2023 Allotments of Workforce Information Grants to States
1. Purpose. To provide information to states and outlying areas on WIOA Title I Adult,
Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2023; final PY 2023
allotments for the Wagner-Peyser Act ES Program, as required by section 6(b)(5) of the
Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and the allotments of Workforce Information Grants to
States for PY 2023.
2. Action Requested. States must follow the requirements in this guidance to obtain the
federal funds needed to manage their programs.
3. Summary and Background.
a. Summary - This document provides grantees with guidance and information including:
• How to obtain the federal funds covered by the TEGL and financial reporting
requirements;
• The potential for reallotment of PY 2023 funds based on unobligated balances of PY
2022 funds in excess of 20 percent of their allotment at the end of PY 2022 (6/30/23);
• Requirements when calculating sub-state allocations to local areas and updated
Disadvantaged Youth and Adult data for use in PY 2023 and future WIOA Youth and
Adult within-state allocation formulas;
• Funds set aside for evaluations and program integrity;
• Salary caps at the Executive Level II;
• Waivers of the competition requirement for outlying areas and updated 2020 Census
data used in the outlying area allotments; and
• New authority for outlying areas to submit an application for a single consolidated
grant for Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth funds.
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None Continuing
b. Background - On December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Pub. L.
117-328, was signed into law (from this point forward, referred to as “the Act”). The Act
makes PY 2023 Youth Activities funds available for obligation on April 1, 2023, and
funds the WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker programs in two separate appropriations.
The first appropriations for the Adult and Dislocated Worker programs become available
for obligation on July 1, 2023; this portion is commonly referred to as “base” funds. The
second appropriations for the Adult and Dislocated Worker programs become available
for obligation on October 1, 2023; this portion is commonly referred to as “advance”
funds because they are provided in the appropriations act passed during the fiscal year
immediately before the fiscal year when the funds are available. For example, funds for
PY 2023 that will be made available on October 1, 2023, were appropriated during FY
2023, but not made available until FY 2024, and are called the FY 2024 “advance” funds.
See Attachment A for details.
The Act, Division H, Title I, secs. 106(b) and 107, allows the Secretary of Labor
(Secretary) to set aside up to 0.5 percent of each discretionary appropriation for activities
related to program integrity and 0.75 percent of most operating funds for evaluations. For
2023, as authorized by the Act, the Department has set aside $10,408,000 of the Training
and Employment Services (TES) and $2,556,500 of the State Unemployment Insurance
and Employment Services Operations (SUIESO) appropriations impacted in this TEGL
for these activities. ETA reserved these funds from the WIOA Adult, Youth, Dislocated
Worker, Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service, and Workforce Information Grant to
States program budgets. Any funds not utilized for these reserve activities will be
provided to the states.
ETA applied the reductions for evaluations and program integrity from the WIOA Adult
and Dislocated Worker programs only to the FY 2024 “advance” funding levels; “base”
funding is disseminated at the full amount appropriated in the Act.
The Act also specifies that the Secretary may reserve no more than 10 percent of the
Dislocated Worker National Reserve funds to provide technical assistance and carry out
additional activities related to the transition to WIOA. Additionally, salary caps are
imposed under the Act, Division H, Title I, sec. 105. The funds provided to grantees in
these allotments must not be used by a recipient or sub-recipient to pay the salary and
bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess of
Executive Level II. The rates of basic pay for the Executive Schedule are found at
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/. States also may
establish lower salary caps. See TEGL No. 5-06, “Implementing the Salary and Bonus
Limitations in Public Law 109-234.”
WIOA allotments for states are based on formula provisions contained in WIOA (see
Attachment B for WIOA and Wagner-Peyser Act formula descriptions). The Act waives
the competition requirement regarding funding to outlying areas (i.e., American Samoa,
Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the
United States Virgin Islands). For PY 2023, outlying area grant amounts are based on the
administrative formula determined by the Secretary that was used under the Workforce
Investment Act. Note, ETA used updated 2020 Census data to calculate the Adult, Youth,
and Workforce Information Grants outlying area allotments. The 2020 Island Areas
Censuses (IAC) operation was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the
enumeration was successful, the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the quality of the detailed
social, economic, and housing characteristic data for American Samoa, Guam, and the
U.S. Virgin Islands. Guidance is available at https://www2.census.gov/programs-
surveys/decennial/2020/technical-documentation/island-areas-tech-docs/2020-iac-
guidance.pdf. Palau’s data was obtained from the 2021 Statistical Yearbook of the
Republic of Palau available at https://www.palaugov.pw/wp-
content/uploads/2022/07/2021-Statistical-Yearbook.pdf.
Additionally, the Act allows outlying areas to submit a single application according to the
requirements established by the Secretary for a consolidated grant for Adult, Youth, and
Dislocated Worker funds. Subject to approval of the grant application and other reporting
requirements of the Secretary, the Act allows outlying areas receiving a consolidated grant
to use those funds interchangeably between Adult, Youth, and Dislocated Worker
programs or activities. If an outlying area is interested in consolidating its grants, it
should contact the appropriate ETA Regional Office. ETA will separately provide
outlying areas additional guidance regarding application and reporting requirements
associated with the option to consolidate funds.
WIOA specifically included the Republic of Palau as an outlying area, except during any
period for which the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education determine that a
Compact of Free Association is in effect and contains provisions for training and
education assistance prohibiting the assistance provided under WIOA. No such
determinations prohibiting assistance have been made (WIOA sec. 3(45)(B)). WIOA
updated the Compact of Free Association Amendments of 2003, Pub. L. 108-188
(December 17, 2003) so that the Republic of Palau remained eligible for WIOA Title I
funding. See 48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix). The National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018, Pub. L. 115-91 (December 12, 2017), Division A, Title XII, Subtitle F,
sec. 1259C(c) authorized WIOA Title I funding to Palau through FY 2024.
In addition to this TEGL, ETA will publish the allotments and descriptions of the
allotment formulas in the https://www.federalregister.gov/. In this Federal Register
notice, ETA will invite comments on the allotment formula for outlying areas.
4. WIOA PY 2023 Allotments. Please see Appendices I through VI for guidance and
Attachments A through K for formula descriptions and allotment tables.
5. Inquiries. Questions regarding these allotments may be directed to the appropriate Regional
Office. Information on allotments and planning requirements may also be found on the ETA
Web site at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta.
6. References.
• Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-328);
• The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, Pub. L. 115-91
(December 12, 2017), Division A, Title XII, Subtitle F, sec. 1259C(c);
• Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended (Title II of
Pub. L. 99-177;
• Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-123);
• Budget Control Act of 2011 (Pub. L. 112-25);
• Data for Persons Defined as Disadvantaged Youth and Adults (2016-2020)
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/budget/formula/disadvantagedyouthadults;
• Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Pub. L. 113-128);
• Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.);
• Compact of Free Association Amendments of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-188);
• TEGL No. 5-06, Implementing the Salary and Bonus Limitations in Public Law 109-
234;
• TEGL No. 20-19, Revised ETA-9130 Financial Report, Instructions, and Additional
Guidance; and
• Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Technical Memorandum No. S-22-13,
Program Year 2023 Areas of Substantial Unemployment under the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act, dated August 1, 2022.
7. Attachments.
• Appendix I – WIOA Youth Allotment Activities
• Appendix II – WIOA Adult Allotment Activities
• Appendix III – WIOA Dislocated Worker Allotment Activities
• Appendix IV – Wagner-Peyser Act ES Allotment Activities
• Appendix V – Workforce Information Grants Allotment Activities
• Appendix VI – Submission Requirements and Reporting
• Attachment A - Program Year 2023 Funding
• Attachment B - WIOA and Wagner-Peyser Statutory Formula Descriptions for State
Allotments
• Attachment C - WIOA Statutory and Discretionary Formulas for Sub State Allocations
• Attachment D - WIOA Youth Activities State Allotments, PY 2023 vs PY 2022
• Attachment E - WIOA Adult Activities State Allotments, PY 2023 vs PY 2022
• Attachment F - WIOA Adult Activities PY 2023 State Allotments, July 1 and October 1
Funding
• Attachment G - WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities State Allotments, PY 2023 vs PY
2022
• Attachment H - WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities PY 2023 Allotments, July 1 and
October 1 Funding
• Attachment I - Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser) Allotments, PY 2023 vs PY 2022
• Attachment J - Workforce Information Grants to State Allotments, PY 2023 vs PY 2022
• Attachment K – WIOA Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker Outlying Areas Funding,
PY 2023
Appendix I – WIOA Youth Allotment Activities
State WIOA Youth Activities Funds: Title I--Chapter 2--Youth Activities.
A. State Allotments. The appropriated level for PY 2023 for WIOA Youth Activities totals
$948,130,000. After reducing the appropriation by $3,629,000 for set asides authorized
by the Act and reserving $925,200 for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker (MSFW)
Youth, $943,575,800 is available for Youth Activities, which includes $14,153,637 for
Native American grantees, $927,098,608 for states, and $2,323,555 for outlying areas.
The WIOA Youth formula has a section in WIOA for a reservation for MSFW Youth if
the appropriation exceeds $925,000,000. Per WIOA 127(a)(1), ETA reserved 4 percent
($925,200) of the excess amount for MSFW Youth. Note that under WIOA the basis for
calculating the 1/4 of one percent reserved for outlying areas is based on the total
available for Youth Activities (after set asides authorized by the Act) after the MSFW
Youth and Native American reservations. The Native American reservation is calculated
on the total available for Youth Activities (after set asides authorized by the Act) after the
MSFW Youth reservation. Attachment D contains a breakdown of the WIOA Youth
Activities program allotments by state for PY 2023 and provides a comparison of these
allotments to PY 2022. Please note that the Department will provide information on the
Native American Youth allotments in a separate Training and Employment Guidance
Letter (TEGL).
Formula funds are allotted for PY 2023 Youth Activities among the states, in accordance
with WIOA formula requirements. For reference, the Department allots these funds to
the states based on the following data factors (summarized slightly):
1. The average number of unemployed individuals for Areas of Substantial
Unemployment (ASUs) for the 12-month period, July 2021 through June 2022, as
prepared by the states under the direction of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in
each state compared to the total number of unemployed individuals in ASUs in all
states;
2. The number of excess unemployed individuals or excess unemployed individuals in
ASUs (depending on which is higher) averages for the same 12-month period, July
2021 through June 2022, compared to the total excess individuals or ASU excess in all
states; and
3. The number of disadvantaged youth (age 16 to 21, excluding college students not in
the workforce and military) from special tabulations of data from the American
Community Survey (ACS) in each state compared to the total number of
disadvantaged youth in all states. The Census Bureau collected the data used in the
special tabulations for disadvantaged youth between January 1, 2016 and December
31, 2020.
Since the total amount available for states in PY 2023 is below the required $1 billion
threshold specified in WIOA sec. 127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(IV), which was also the case in PY
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2022, the Department did not apply the WIOA additional minimum provisions (see
Attachment B). Instead, the minimums of 90 percent of the prior year allotment
percentage and 0.25 percent state minimum floor apply, as required by WIOA. WIOA
also maintains that no state may receive an allotment that is more than 130 percent of the
allotment percentage for the state for the previous year.
B. PY 2023 Funding WIOA Agreement/Notice of Award (NOAs). Youth program funds
are available to states to use once the PY 2023 WIOA Annual Funding Agreement/NOA
is complete.
C. Sub-State Allocations. States must distribute WIOA Youth Activities funds among local
workforce areas (subject to reservation of the 15 percent limitation for statewide
workforce employment and training activities) in keeping with the provisions of WIOA
sec. 128 and their approved Unified or Combined WIOA State Plan. In allocating Youth
Activities funds to local areas for PY 2023, states may use either the allocation formula
described in WIOA sec.128(b)(2) or the discretionary allocation formula in WIOA sec.
128(b)(3), and ensure the state policy articulated in the approved State Plan remains
consistent with this guidance. Consistent with sec. 182(e) of WIOA, sub-state allocations
must be made available to local areas not later than 30 days after the date funds are made
available to the state or 7 days after the date the local plan for the area is approved,
whichever is later. See Attachment C for a description of sub-state allocation formulas.
1. Allocation Formula. Thirty-three and 1/3 percent of the total funds available for local
allocations are allocated based on each local area’s relative share of each data factor
listed below.
a. The relative number of unemployed individuals in Areas of Substantial
Unemployment (ASUs) in each local area, compared to the total number of
unemployed individuals in ASUs in all local areas in the state. For this factor,
the timeframe for comparison is the 12-month period, July 2021 to June 2022.
b. The relative excess number of unemployed individuals in each local area,
compared to the total excess number of unemployed individuals in all local
areas in the state. See the definition of “excess number” below which requires
a comparison of the excess unemployed in ASUs with excess unemployed in
all areas. For this factor, the timeframe for comparison is the 12-month
period, July 2021 to June 2022.
c. The relative number of disadvantaged youth (age 16 to 21, excluding college
students not in the workforce and military), in each local area, compared to
the total number of disadvantaged youth in all local areas in the state. The
number of disadvantaged youth comes from special tabulations of data from
the ACS prepared in accordance with the definition provided in WIOA. The
Census Bureau collected this data between January 1, 2016 and December 31,
2020.
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For purposes of identifying ASUs for the Youth Activities sub-state allocation
formula, states must use data made available by BLS (as described in Local Area
Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Technical Memorandum No. S-22-13).
The term “excess number” means, used with respect to the excess number of
unemployed individuals within a local area, the higher of (i) the number that
represents the number of unemployed individuals in excess of 4.5 percent of the
civilian labor force in the local area; or (ii) the number that represents the number of
unemployed individuals in excess of 4.5 percent of the civilian labor force in ASUs in
such local area.
In order to determine the number of disadvantaged youth for the sub-state Youth
formula, states must use the special tabulations of ACS data available at
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/budget/formula/disadvantagedyouthadults.
ETA obtained updated data for use in PY 2023, and will publish this information in a
forthcoming TEGL.
States must utilize a minimum percentage (or stop loss) to ensure that no local area
receives an allocation percentage that is less than 90 percent of the average allocation
percentage received by the local area for the previous two years. An allocation
percentage is the local area’s share or percentage of funds allocated to all local areas.
States must not use 90 percent of the average amount allocated to the local area for
the last two years. States must obtain amounts necessary to increase allocations to
local areas to comply with the minimum percentage requirement by proportionately
reducing the allocations to be made to other local areas.
States must not use a maximum percentage (or stop gain).
2. Discretionary Formula. Alternatively, a state may use a discretionary formula. When
using a discretionary formula, a state distributes a portion that is at least 70 percent of
the funds according to the allocation formula described in subparagraph C.1 of this
Appendix, and the remainder on the basis of a formula that incorporates additional
factors relating to:
a. excess youth poverty in urban, rural, and suburban areas; and
b. excess unemployment above the state average in urban, rural, and suburban
local areas.
Of the portion of funds distributed according to the allocation formula described in
subparagraph C.1, a state must not assign unequal percentages to the ASU, excess
unemployment, and disadvantaged data factors. These three data factors carry equal
weights and must not total less than 70 percent of the formula.
Of the remainder, states may determine the percentage to allocate to data factors
reflecting excess youth poverty and excess unemployment above the state average.
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States also have flexibility in choosing what data they want to use related to youth
poverty and excess unemployment above the state average. States may not reuse the
allocation formula data factors (ASU, excess unemployment, and disadvantaged
youth) to distribute the remainder. Using data factors such as high school dropout
rate may be an acceptable reflection of youth poverty, but the state must articulate
how such factors relate to youth poverty in the State Plan.
For the portion of funds distributed according to the allocation formula (which
represent at least 70 percent of the distributed funds), the state must employ the
minimum percentage (or stop loss), as described in subparagraph C.1 on the
allocation formula. The state may choose whether to apply the minimum percentage
to the remainder portion of funds that the state distributes according to the
discretionary formula (which represent not more than 30 percent of the distributed
funds).
The State Board must develop the discretionary formula, and the Secretary must
approve it as part of the State Plan.
D. Transfer of Funds. Local workforce areas do not have the authority to transfer funds to or
from the Youth Activities program.
E. Re-allotment of Funds. WIOA sec. 127(c) requires the Secretary of Labor to recapture
and reallot Youth Activities program formula funds based on state obligation levels at the
end of the first program year of use (ETA reallots in accordance with 20 CFR 683.135).
PY 2022 funds are only available for Federal obligation until the end of the program year,
and so the Secretary does not have authority to reobligate PY 2022 funds after the first
program year. Therefore, any reallotment of funds requires the use of PY 2023 funds. In
other words, recapture and reallotment of PY 2023 funds is based on obligation levels of
PY 2022 funds at the end of PY 2022.
1. The obligation threshold a state must meet to avoid recapture under WIOA sec.
127(c)(2) is 80 percent. The term obligation is defined at 2 CFR 200.71. The funds
that a state allocates to a local area are state obligations. WIOA requires states to
allocate at least 85 percent of Youth Activities funds to local areas. Therefore, by
making the required local allocations, the state has obligated more than 80 percent of
its PY 2022 funds and no further action is required regarding reallotment of PY 2023
funds.
2. States report the aggregate amount of allocations to the local areas on the Local
Youth ETA-9130 (B) financial reports, along with obligations by local areas of those
funds. Note that as part of ETA’s transition away from legacy systems, the new
Payment Management System (PMS) Financial Reporting System is going live for
ETA grant recipients submission of the quarterly ETA-9130 financial reports on April
3, 2023. PMS is operated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
which will conduct training for ETA grant recipients on the use of the new reporting
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system. Additional guidance and information on the access and use of the PMS
Financial Reporting System for the submission of future ETA-9130 quarterly
financial reports is provided in Training and Employment Notice (TEN) No. 16-22.
The PMS Financial Reporting System training sessions will be recorded and available
for future reference.
F. Small State Minimum Allotment States. WIOA sec. 129(a)(4)(B) allows a state that
receives a small state minimum allotment under WIOA sec. 127(b)(1) (relating to the
youth formula program) or 132(b)(1) (relating to the adult formula program) to submit a
request for approval to the Department to decrease the percentage of funds spent on out-
of-school youth (OSY) to not less than 50 percent in a local area. To determine if a state
receives a small state minimum allotment, review the PY 2023 columns in Attachments
D and E. States that meet the criteria for PY 2023 as a minimum allotment state are those
states that receive a PY 2023 WIOA Youth allotment of $2,317,747 or receive a PY 2023
WIOA Adult allotment of $2,201,794. If a state wishes to submit a small state OSY
exception request, they must submit the request for PY 2023 by September 30, 2023.
The request must be submitted to the appropriate ETA Regional Administrator and
contain the required justification outlined in the WIOA final rule at 20 CFR 681.410(b).
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Appendix II – WIOA Adult Allotment Activities
State Adult Employment and Training Activities Funds: Title I--Chapter 3--Adult and
Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities.
A. State Allotments. The total appropriated funds for Adult Activities in PY 2023 is
$885,649,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by $2,724,000 for set asides
authorized by the Act, $882,925,000 remains for Adult Activities, of which $880,717,687
is for states and $2,207,313 is for outlying areas. Attachment E shows the PY 2023
Adult Employment and Training Activities allotments and a state-by-state comparison of
the PY 2023 allotments to PY 2022 allotments.
The three formula data factors that the Department uses to distribute WIOA Adult
Activities funds among the states are the same as those used for the Youth Activities
formula, except that data is used for the number of disadvantaged adults (age 22 to 72,
excluding college students not in the workforce and military), rather than the number of
disadvantaged youth. Since the total amount available for the Adult Activities program
for states in PY 2023 is below the required $960 million threshold specified in WIOA
sec. 132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(IV), as was also the case in PY 2022, the WIOA additional
minimum provisions (See Attachment B) are not applicable. Instead, as required by
WIOA, the minimums of 90 percent of the prior year allotment percentage and 0.25
percent state minimum floor apply. Like for the Youth program, WIOA also provides
that no state may receive an allotment that is more than 130 percent of the previous year
allotment percentage for the state.
B. PY 2023 Funding WIOA Agreement/NOAs. For PY 2023, Congress appropriated funds
for this program in two portions: $173,649,000 is available for obligation on July 1, 2023
(PY 2023), and $712,000,000 is available for obligation on October 1, 2023 (FY 2024).
After reductions associated with evaluations and program integrity, the amount available
for Adult Activities on July 1, 2023 (PY 2023) is $173,649,000, and on October 1, 2023
(FY 2024) is $709,276,000. The Department prorated allotments to states and outlying
areas based on these total amounts and will issue two NOAs (subject to the state
submitting an approved State Plan under secs. 102 or 103 of WIOA). The first NOA
covers the period starting July 1, 2023, under the PY 2023 WIOA grant agreement, and
the other for October 1, 2023, also under the PY 2023 WIOA grant agreement (see
Attachment F).
C. Sub-State Allocations. States must distribute WIOA Adult Activities funds for PY 2023
allotments among local workforce areas (subject to reservation of the 15 percent
limitation for statewide employment and training activities) in accordance with the
provisions in WIOA section 133 and the approved State Plan. States must calculate the
up to 15 percent available for statewide activities on the total allotment for PY 2023. In
allocating WIOA Adult funds to local areas for PY 2023, states may use either the
allocation formula described in WIOA sec. 133(b)(2)(A) or the discretionary allocation
formula in WIOA sec. 133(b)(3). Also, states must ensure the state policy articulated in
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the approved WIOA Unified or Combined State Plan remains consistent with this
guidance. See Attachment C for a description of sub-state allocation formulas.
1. Allocation Formula. Thirty-three and 1/3 percent of the total funds available for local
allocations are allocated based on each local area’s relative share of each data factor
listed below.
1. The relative number of unemployed individuals in ASUs in each local area,
compared to the total number of unemployed individuals in ASUs in all local
areas in the state. For this factor, the timeframe for comparison is the 12-
month period, July 2021 to June 2022.
2. The relative excess number of unemployed individuals in each local area,
compared to the total excess number of unemployed individuals in all local
areas in the state. See the definition of “excess number” below which requires
a comparison of the excess unemployed in ASUs with excess unemployed in
all areas. For this factor, the timeframe for comparison is the 12-month
period, July 2021 to June 2022.
3. The relative number of disadvantaged adults (age 22 to 72, excluding college
students not in the workforce and military) in each local area, compared to the
total number of disadvantaged adults in all local areas in the state. The
Census Bureau collected the data used in the special tabulations for
disadvantaged adults between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2020.
For purposes of identifying ASUs for the Adult Activities sub-state allocation
formula, states should use data made available by BLS (as described in LAUS
Technical Memorandum No. S-22-13).
The term “excess number” means, used with respect to the excess number of
unemployed individuals within a local area, the higher of (i) the number that
represents the number of unemployed individuals in excess of 4.5 percent of the
civilian labor force in the local area; or (ii) the number that represents the number of
unemployed individuals in excess of 4.5 percent of the civilian labor force in ASUs in
such local area.
In order to determine the number of disadvantaged adults for the sub-state Adult
formula, states must use the special tabulations of ACS data available at
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/budget/formula/disadvantagedyouthadults.
ETA obtained updated data for use in PY 2023, and will publish this information in a
forthcoming TEGL.
States must utilize a minimum percentage (or stop loss) to ensure that no local area
receives an allocation percentage that is less than 90 percent of the average allocation
percentage of the local area for the previous two years. An allocation percentage is
the local area’s share or percentage of funds allocated to all local areas. States must
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not use 90 percent of the average amount allocated to the local area for the last two
years. States must obtain amounts necessary to increase allocations to local areas to
comply with the minimum percentage requirement by proportionately reducing the
allocations to be made to other local areas.
States must not use a maximum percentage (or stop gain).
In accordance with sec. 182(e) of WIOA, states must make sub-state allocations
available to local areas not later than 30 days after the date funds are made available
to the state, or 7 days after the date the local plan for the area is approved, whichever
is later.
2. Discretionary Formula. Alternatively, a state may use a discretionary formula. When
using a discretionary formula, a state distributes a portion that is at least 70 percent of
the funds according to the allocation formula described in subparagraph C.1 of this
Appendix, and the remainder on the basis of a formula that incorporates additional
factors related to:
1. excess poverty in urban, rural, and suburban areas, and
2. excess unemployment above the state average in urban, rural, and suburban
local areas.
Of the portion of funds distributed according to the allocation formula described in
subparagraph C.1, a state must not assign unequal percentages to the ASU, excess
unemployment, and disadvantaged data factors. These three data factors carry equal
weights and must total at least 70 percent of the formula.
Of the remainder, states may determine the percentage to allocate to data factors
reflecting excess poverty and excess unemployment above the state average.
States also have flexibility in choosing the data they want to use related to poverty
and excess unemployment above the state average. States may not reuse the
allocation formula data factors (ASU, excess unemployment, and disadvantaged
adults) to distribute the remainder. Using data factors not directly describing poverty
or excess unemployment may be acceptable, but the state must articulate how such
factors relate to the statutory requirements in the State Plan.
The discretionary formula must also employ a minimum percentage, as described in
subparagraph C.1 on the allocation formula. The minimum percentage may be
applied to the 70 percent (or greater) portion or to the entire allocation.
The State Board must develop the discretionary formula, and the Secretary must
approve it as part of the State Plan.
D. Transfers of Funds. WIOA sec. 133(b)(4) provides the authority for local workforce
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areas, with approval of the Governor, to transfer up to 100 percent of the Adult Activities
funds for expenditure on Dislocated Worker Activities, and up to 100 percent of
Dislocated Worker Activities funds for expenditure on Adult Activities.
E. Re-allotment of Funds. WIOA sec. 132(c) requires the Secretary of Labor to recapture
and reallot Adult Activities program formula funds based on state obligation levels at the
end of the first program year of use (ETA reallots in accordance with 20 CFR 683.135).
PY 2022 funds are only available for Federal obligation until the end of the program year,
and so the Secretary does not have authority to re-obligate PY 2022 funds after the first
program year. Therefore, any re-allotment of funds requires the use of PY 2023 funds.
In other words, re-allotment of PY 2023 funds is based on obligation levels of PY 2022
funds at the end of PY 2022.
1. The obligation threshold a State must meet to avoid recapture under WIOA sec.
132(c)(2) is 80 percent. The term obligation is defined at 2 CFR 200.71. The funds
that a state allocates to a local area are state obligations. WIOA requires states to
allocate at least 85 percent of Adult Activities funds to local areas. Therefore, by
making the required local allocations, the state has obligated more than 80 percent of
its PY 2022 funds and no further action is required regarding re-allotment of PY 2023
funds.
2. States report aggregate allocations to the local areas on the Local Adult ETA 9130
(D) financial reports, along with obligations by local areas of those funds. As noted
in Appendix I, as part of ETA’s transition away from legacy systems, the new PMS
Financial Reporting System is going live for ETA grant recipients submission of the
quarterly ETA-9130 financial reports on April 3, 2023. PMS is operated by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, which will conduct training for ETA
grant recipients on the use of the new reporting system. Additional guidance and
information on the access and use of the PMS Financial Reporting System for the
submission of future ETA-9130 quarterly financial reports is provided in TEN No.
16-22. The PMS Financial Reporting System training sessions will be recorded and
available for future reference.
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Appendix III – WIOA Dislocated Worker Allotment Activities
State Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Funds: Title I--Chapter 3--Adult and
Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities.
The amount appropriated for Dislocated Worker Activities in PY 2023 totals $1,421,412,000.
The total appropriation includes formula funds for the states, while the National Reserve is used
for National Dislocated Worker Grants, technical assistance and training, demonstration projects,
Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities, Community College Grants, and the outlying
areas’ Dislocated Worker allotments. After reducing the appropriated amount by $4,055,000 for
set asides authorized by the Act, a total of $1,417,357,000 remains available for Dislocated
Worker Activities. The amount available for outlying areas is $3,543,393, leaving $321,550,607
for the National Reserve and a total of $1,092,263,000 available for states.
A. State Allotments. Attachment G shows the PY 2023 Dislocated Worker Activities
allotments and a state-by-state comparison of the PY 2023 allotments to PY 2022
allotments.
WIOA prescribes different data factors for the federal allotment of Dislocated Worker
funds by the Department to the states, and for the sub-state allocation of Dislocated
Worker funds by the Governor within a state. The Department has allotted the PY 2023
Dislocated Worker program state allotments among the states in accordance with the
factors required by WIOA. For reference, the three data factors that the Department
considers in allocating these funds to the states are (summarized slightly):
1. The relative number of unemployed individuals in each state, compared to the total
number of unemployed individuals in all states. For this factor, the timeframe for
comparison is the 12-month period, October 2021 through September 2022.
2. The relative number of excess unemployed individuals in each state, compared to the
total excess number of unemployed individuals in all states. For this factor, the
timeframe for comparison is the 12-month period, October 2021 through September
2022. No comparison to ASU excess is performed for this data factor.
3. The relative number of individuals in each state who have been unemployed for 15
weeks or more, compared to the total number of individuals in all states who have
been unemployed for 15 weeks or more. For this factor, the timeframe for
comparison is the 12-month period, October 2021 through September 2022.
WIOA sec. 132(b)(2)(B)(iii)(I) requires the Dislocated Worker formula to adopt a 90
percent minimum of the prior year allotment percentage (stop loss). WIOA also provides
that no state may receive an allotment that is more than 130 percent of the allotment
percentage for the state for the previous year (stop gain) under section
132(b)(2)(B)(iii)(II).
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B. PY 2023 Funding WIOA Agreement/NOAs. For PY 2023, Congress appropriated funds
for this program in two portions for both formula funds and National Reserve funds. For
state formula funds, $235,553,000 is available for obligation on July 1, 2023 (PY 2023),
and $860,000,000 is available for obligation on October 1, 2023 (FY 2024). For the
National Reserve, which includes funds for the outlying areas, $125,859,000 is available
for obligation on July 1, 2023 (PY 2023), and $200,000,000 is available for obligation on
October 1, 2023 (FY 2024). After reductions associated with evaluations and program
integrity, the amount available for state formula funds on July 1, 2023 is $235,553,000
and on October 1, 2023 is $856,710,000. For the National Reserve, the amount available
on July 1, 2023 is $125,859,000 and on October 1, 2023 is $199,235,000. Allotments to
states and outlying areas are prorated based on the two amounts for formula funds and
National Reserve, respectively. ETA will issue allotments in two NOAs: one for July 1,
2023, under the PY 2023 WIOA grant agreement, and the other for October 1, 2023, also
under the PY 2023 WIOA grant agreement (see Attachment H).
C. Sub-State Allocations. States will distribute Dislocated Worker Activities funds for PY
2023 among local workforce areas (subject to the Governor’s reservation of up to 25
percent for statewide Rapid Response activities under WIOA sec. 133(a)(2) and the 15
percent limitation for statewide employment and training activities), in accordance with
the provisions in WIOA section 133 and the approved State Plan. States must calculate
up to 15 percent for statewide activities on the total allotment for PY 2023.
In allocating WIOA Dislocated Worker funds to local areas for PY 2023, states must
ensure the state policy articulated in the approved State Plan remains consistent with this
guidance. See Attachment C for a description of sub-state allocation formulas.
Governors continue to prescribe the Dislocated Worker formula for sub-state allocations.
Under WIOA, the data factors that must be included are:
• insured unemployment data,
• unemployment concentrations,
• plant closing and mass layoff data,
• declining industries data,
• farmer-rancher economic hardship data, and
• long-term unemployment data.
A state may assign zero weight to a factor only where the state is able to demonstrate it
does not have an appropriate data source to accurately reflect state needs for a given data
factor. For example, the Bureau of Labor Statistics no longer produces the plant closing
and mass layoff data, one of the six data factors WIOA requires. ETA recognizes that an
accurate source of such data is no longer available at the national level. Some states have
sub-state administrative data available and others do not. In order to assign a weight of
zero to a data factor, such as the plant closing and mass layoff data factor, the state must
include the following information in their WIOA Unified or Combined State Plan:
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• An inventory of available national or state-level data sources germane to the data
factor.
• A discussion of why the available data sources are inadequate for the purposes of
assigning a weight to a given data factor; and
• A description of how the Governor’s formula is appropriate to distribute funds
equitably throughout the state.
(Note that weighting a data factor at zero percent is not allowable under any other
circumstance.)
WIOA requires the use of a minimum percentage (or stop loss) (see WIOA sec.
133(b)(2)(B)(iii)). A local workforce area must receive an allocation percentage that is
no less than 90 percent of the average allocation percentage of the local area for the two
preceding years. In the event of a shortage of funds, states must obtain the amounts
necessary to increase the allocations to local areas to comply with this provision by
proportionately reducing the allocations to other local areas. The minimum percentage
methodology states use for Dislocated Worker funds is the same minimum percentage
methodology used in the sub-state Youth and Adult allocation formulas. States are not
required to use a maximum percentage (or stop gain) but may use one if desired.
D. Transfers of Funds. WIOA sec. 133(b)(4) provides the authority for local workforce
areas, with approval of the Governor, to transfer up to 100 percent of the Dislocated
Worker Activities funds for expenditure on Adult Activities, and up to 100 percent of
Adult Activities funds for expenditure on Dislocated Worker Activities.
E. Re-allotment of Funds. WIOA sec. 132(c) requires the Secretary of Labor to recapture
and reallot Dislocated Worker program formula funds based on state obligation levels at
the end of the first program year of use (ETA reallots in accordance with 20 CFR
683.135). PY 2022 funds are only available for Federal obligation until the end of the
program year, and so the Secretary does not have authority to re-obligate PY 2022 funds
after the first program year. Therefore, any re-allotment of funds requires the use of PY
2023 funds. In other words, the Department will reallot PY 2023 Dislocated Worker
formula funds among states during PY 2023 based on state obligations of PY 2022 funds
made during PY 2022. Likewise, obligation of PY 2023 funds will impact recapture and
reallotment of PY 2024 funding.
1. WIOA sec. 134(a)(2)(A)(ii) gives states the flexibility to use PY 2022 Rapid
Response funds that are not obligated by the end of PY 2022 for statewide activities.
Per WIOA sec. 132(c), states must still obligate 80 percent of their PY 2022
Dislocated Worker program formula funds, which includes Rapid Response funds, by
June 30, 2023 or potentially have PY 2023 funds recaptured and re-allotted to states
who have obligated 80 percent of their PY 2022 funds.
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2. The term obligation is defined at 2 CFR 200.71. The funds a state allocates to local
areas are state obligations. States report aggregate allocations to the local areas on
the Local Dislocated Worker ETA 9130 (F) financial reports, along with obligations
by local areas of those funds. As noted in Appendix I, as part of ETA’s transition
away from legacy systems, the new PMS Financial Reporting System is going live for
ETA grant recipients submission of the quarterly ETA-9130 financial reports on April
3, 2023. PMS is operated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
which will conduct training for ETA grant recipients on the use of the new reporting
system. Additional guidance and information on the access and use of the PMS
Financial Reporting System for the submission of future ETA-9130 quarterly
financial reports is provided in TEN No. 16-22. The PMS Financial Reporting
System training sessions will be recorded and available for future reference.
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Appendix IV – Wagner-Peyser Act ES Allotment Activities
Wagner-Peyser Act ES Final Allotments. The appropriated level for PY 2023 for grants for
the ES programs totals was $680,052,000. After reducing the appropriated amount by
$2,520,500 for set asides authorized by the Act, $677,531,500 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 2023 formula allotments on each state’s share of calendar year 2022
monthly averages of the Civilian Labor Force (CLF) and unemployment. The distribution of
Wagner-Peyser Act funds for PY 2023 includes $675,879,914 for states, as well as $1,651,586
for Guam and the United States Virgin Islands. Attachment I shows the distribution of PY 2023
ES formula amounts by state compared to PY 2022.
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.
To provide services such as outreach to Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers (MSFW), State
Monitor Advocate (SMA) responsibilities, and others, State Workforce Agencies (SWA) must
use Wagner-Peyser Act ES funding to provide employment services to MSFWs, as described at
20 CFR § 651, 653, 654, and 658. These services include, but are not limited to, outreach to
MSFWs, SMA responsibilities, clearance of job orders through the Agricultural Recruitment
System (ARS), and operation of the Employment Service and Employment-Related Law
Complaint System. Wagner-Peyser funds 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(a); (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); (3) ES
staff assigned to conduct preoccupancy housing inspections and field checks on ARS clearance
orders; and (4) trained Complaint System Representatives for ES offices and the SWA, as
described at § 658, Subpart E.
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Appendix V – Workforce Information Grants Allotment Activities
Workforce Information Grants (WIGs). Total funds for PY 2023 are $32,000,000. After
reducing the total by $36,000 for program integrity, $31,964,000 is available for Workforce
Information Grants. Funds are distributed to states by administrative formula with $176,714 for
Guam and the United States Virgin Islands. Guam and the United States Virgin Islands
allotment amounts are partially based on CLF data from the BLS Current Population Survey,
which was updated this year with data from the 2020 Census. The remaining funds are
distributed to the states with 40 percent distributed equally to all states, and 60 percent
distributed based on each state’s share of the CLF for the 12 months ending September 2022.
Attachment J contains the allotment amounts. Activities to be performed with money from
WIGS will be described in a TEGL published later this year.
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Appendix VI – Submission Requirements and Reporting
1. Submission Requirements. To achieve greater efficiency and as part of ETA’s ongoing
effort to streamline the mandatory grant award process, all states are required to submit an
electronically signed copy of an SF- 424, Application for Federal Assistance, through
Grants.gov for each WIOA funding stream under Funding Opportunity Numbers. As noted in
Section 3.b. Background of this TEGL, ETA will separately provide outlying areas additional
guidance regarding application and reporting requirements associated with the option to
consolidate funds. Outlying areas that do not choose to consolidate funds must follow the
steps identified herein for states.
• ETA-TEGL-15-22-YOUTH [CFDA 17.259]
• ETA-TEGL-15-22-ADULT [CFDA 17.258]
• ETA-TEGL-15-22-DW [CFDA 17.278]
An electronically submitted SF-424 through Grants.gov constitutes an official signed
document and must reflect the amount for each WIOA funding stream (Youth, Adult, and
Dislocated Worker). The closing date for receipt of each SF-424 is 30 days from the issue
date of this TEGL.
The PY 2023 “base” allotment of WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker funds will be awarded
during the period of availability beginning July 2023. The FY 2024 “advance” allotment will
be awarded in the period of availability starting October 2023. A copy of the executed PY
2023 WIOA Agreement will be available upon award of funds.
In addition, all states must submit an electronically signed SF-424, Application for Federal
Assistance, through Grants.gov for each Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES)
program under Funding Opportunity Numbers:
• ETA-TEGL-15-22-ES [CFDA 17.207]
• ETA-TEGL-15-22-WIG [CFDA 17.207]
States must follow the instructions in this TEGL to receive Workforce Information Grants to States
(WIGS) funding, including submission of SF-424s. Note that WIGS have specific grant
deliverable requirements not outlined in this document. A forthcoming TEGL will list these grant
deliverable requirements.
An electronically submitted SF-424 through Grants.gov constitutes an official signed
document and must reflect the amount for each ES program and WIGS. The closing date for
receipt of each ES program SF-424 is 30 days from the issue date of this TEGL. ETA will
award the ES program and WIGS funds in July 2023. A copy of the executed PY 2023 ES
Agreement will be available upon award of funds.
2. Grants.gov Submission Process. States must submit the SF-424, Application for Federal
Assistance, through Grants.gov. States needing to register with Grants.gov may do so here:
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/grantors/grantor-registration.html
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Registration is a one-time process, and states that already have a Grants.gov account do not
need to register again. To submit the required SF-424s, states must:
• Select the SEARCH GRANTS tab on the Grants.gov homepage.
• Under the section, BASIC SEARCH CRITERIA, states enter the Funding Opportunity
Number referenced above in Section 1 of this appendix for each WIOA funding stream
(i.e. “ETA-TEGL”).
• Select the link to the applicable Opportunity Number provided in the search results.
• Select the PACKAGE tab.
• Under the ACTIONS column, select APPLY.
Submitting the SF-424 through Grants.gov constitutes an electronically signed SF-424,
Application for Federal Assistance. For each funding stream, the Estimated Funding section
of the SF-424 (item #18) must reflect the exact amount of the designated state allotment,
referenced in the attachments to this TEGL. Additionally, Item #11 of the SF-424 must
include the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (CFDA) for the applicable
WIOA funding stream, which is referenced above in Section 1. Also, Item #15 of the SF424
must indicate the amount of Indirect Costs claimed by the recipient. Example: “Indirect
Costs for this award are estimated at $19,000.” (A dollar amount must be inserted even if it
is $0).
This submission process can be complicated and time-consuming. As such, the Department
strongly encourages states to initiate the process as soon as possible, in order to allow time to
resolve unanticipated technical problems.
As of April 4, 2022, the DUNS Number was replaced by a new, non-proprietary identifier
requested in and assigned by SAM.gov. This new identifier is being called the Unique Entity
Identifier (UEI), or the Entity ID. To learn more about SAM’s rollout of the UEI, please visit
the U.S. General Service Administration (GSA), Unique Entity Identifier Update webpage.
Before submitting, states must also ensure its registration with the System for Award
Management (SAM) is current. (SAM replaced the Central Contractor Registry.) States can
find instructions for registering with SAM at https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration.
An awardee must maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times
during which it has an active Federal award or an application under consideration. To remain
registered in the SAM database after the initial registration, states must review and update the
registration at least every 12 months from the date of initial registration. Failure to register
with SAM and maintain an active account will result in Grants.gov rejecting your submission.
For technical issues encountered during application submission, states may call 800-518-4726
or 606-545-5035 to speak to a Customer Support Representative, or email the email address
found in https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html. The Contact Center is open 24
hours a day, seven days a week, but closes on federal holidays.
States should e-mail all submission questions to Janice Sheelor, Grants Management
Specialist, at [email protected]. The email must reference the specific Funding
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Opportunity Number, and include a contact name, email address, and phone number.
3. Separate Grants. ETA has determined that it is necessary to de-couple programs that were
previously awarded under a single grant and execute them as individual awards as part of an
ongoing effort to improve data quality and fulfill reporting requirements to
USASpending.gov. Prior to PY 2023, the annual allotments for the three separate WIOA
programs were distributed under a single grant award using the “AA” program identifier.
Similarly, while the Wagner-Peyser ES Program grant and the Workforce Information Grants
were distributed under a single grant award using the “ES” program identifier. Starting in PY
2023, ETA will award a separate grant to states and outlying areas for each WIOA and ES
program, except for those outlying areas that request a WIOA consolidated grant.
For the WIOA programs, this will result in three separate grant awards as follows:
• WIOA Youth: PY 2023 Youth funding under program identifier “AY.”
• WIOA Adult: PY 2023 Adult and FY 2024 Advance Adult funding under program
identifier “AT.”
• WIOA Dislocated Worker: PY 2023 Dislocated Worker and FY 2024 Advance
Dislocated Worker funding under program identifier “AW.”
For the Employment Service programs, this will result in two separate grant awards as
follows:
• Wagner-Peyser ES Program: PY 2023 ES funding under program identifier “WP.”
• Workforce Information System Grants (WIGs): PY 2023 WIGs funding under program
identifier “WG.”
Note that this change does not impact the submission of the ETA 9130 financial reports since
grantees are required to currently submit a separate ETA 9130 for each program.
4. Reporting. For the WIOA formula programs, states are required to submit the seven
designated WIOA quarterly financial status reports covering funds received for each of the
programs (including separate reports for each of the fund year periods for the Adult and
Dislocated Worker Activities programs, July 1 funds and October 1 funds). These seven
WIOA quarterly financial reports cover financial data for statewide Youth, statewide Adult,
statewide Dislocated Worker, statewide Rapid Response (Dislocated Worker activities), local
Youth, local Adult, and local Dislocated Worker activities. The Department also requires
states to submit the designated financial reports each quarter for the ES program funds and the
WIGS funds.
Please refer to published ETA guidance and instructions on the ETA Advisory publication
page (https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/).
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5. Grant Award Descriptions.
WIOA Adult program
Purpose: The purpose of the WIOA Adult grants is to serve individuals and help employers
meet their workforce needs. The WIOA Adult program enables workers to obtain good
jobs by providing them with career services like job search assistance and training
opportunities.
Activities to be performed: WIOA specifies that most Adult program services will be
provided through the American Job Center network, also known as one-stop career centers.
Under the WIOA Adult program, eligible individuals can receive career services, which are
classified into two categories: basic and individualized services. While some job seekers
may only need self-service or other basic career services such as labor exchange services,
others may need more comprehensive services, such as individualized services, which
include career planning, and developing an individual employment plan outlining needs
and goals of the job seeker. Participants will also receive training services linked to job
opportunities in their communities. To promote customer choice and involvement in career
decisions, participants use an Individual Training Account to select an appropriate training
program from an eligible training provider list. WIOA also authorizes the provision of
supportive services (e.g. transportation and child care assistance) to enable an individual to
participate in the program.
Expected Outcomes: The WIOA Adult program outcomes are to ensure that individuals can
access and receive the employment and training services they are eligible for, so that they
may become employed or advance in employment. Grantees report performance measures of
these outcomes, including the percentage of people employed in the second and fourth
quarter after finishing the program, their earnings, and the percentage of people who
obtained a credential.
Intended beneficiaries: WIOA Adult funds must give priority to recipients of public
assistance, other low-income individuals, and individuals who are basic skills deficient.
Other categories include unemployed adults, dislocated workers, veterans, individuals with
barriers to employment, and any eligible population.
Subrecipient Activities: The grantees may subaward funds from the WIOA Adult
program to provide some of the individualized career services, training, as well as provide
supportive services.
WIOA Dislocated Worker program
Purpose: The purpose of the WIOA Dislocated Worker (DW) grants is to serve individuals
and help employers meet their workforce needs. When individuals become dislocated
workers because of job loss, mass layoffs, global trade dynamics or transitions in economic
sectors, the WIOA DW program provides services to assist them in reentering the
workforce.
Activities to be performed: WIOA specifies that most DW services will be provided
through the American Job Center network, also known as one-stop career centers. Under
the DW program, eligible individuals will receive career services, which are classified into
two categories: basic and individualized services. While some job seekers may only need
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self-service or other basic career services such as labor exchange services, others may need
more comprehensive services, such as individualized services, which include career
planning, and developing an individual employment plan outlining needs and goals of the
job seeker. Participants will also receive training services linked to job opportunities in
their communities. To promote customer choice and involvement in career decisions,
participants use an Individual Training Account to select an appropriate training program
from an eligible training provider list. WIOA also authorizes the provision of supportive
services (e.g. transportation and child care assistance) to enable an individual to participate
in the program.
Expected Outcomes: The WIOA Dislocated Worker program outcomes are to ensure that
individuals can access and receive the employment and training services they are eligible
for, so that they may become employed or advance in employment. Grantees report
performance measures of these outcomes, including the percentage of people employed in
the second and fourth quarter after finishing.
Intended beneficiaries: Individuals who lose their jobs because of layoffs, global trade
dynamics, or other economic transitions, such individuals who have received a notice of
termination or layoff from employment, including a separation notice from active military
services. Specific eligibility criteria are provided in WIOA sec 3(15).
Subrecipient Activities: The grantees may subaward funds from the DW program to
provide individualized career services, training, as well as provide supportive services.
WIOA Youth program
Purpose: The purpose of the WIOA Youth grants is to provide resources for local workforce
development areas to deliver comprehensive youth services that focus on assisting out-of-
school youth and in-school youth, with one or more barriers to employment, prepare for
employment and postsecondary education opportunities; attain educational and/or skills
training credentials; and secure employment with career/promotional opportunities.
Activities to be performed: WIOA specifies that states provide resources for local workforce
development areas to administer youth services. Local workforce development areas deliver
comprehensive youth services to out-of-school youth and in-school youth. Services
include: tutoring; alternative secondary school services; paid and unpaid work experiences,
which include: summer and year round employment opportunities, pre-apprenticeship
programs, internships and job shadowing, and on-the-job training; occupational skill training;
education offered concurrently with workforce preparation and training; leadership
development opportunities; supportive services; mentoring; follow-up services;
comprehensive guidance and counseling; financial literacy education; entrepreneurial skills
training; services that provide labor market and employment information; and postsecondary
education and training preparation activities.
Expected Outcomes: The WIOA Youth program outcomes are to provide activities that lead
to the attainment of a secondary school diploma or recognized post-secondary credential
and/or employment.
Intended beneficiaries: Youth, between the ages of 14 and 24, with one or more of the
following characteristics: low-income; basic skills deficient; English language learner; justice
system involvement; homeless; runaway; in foster care; pregnant or parenting; individual with
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a disability; or who requires additional assistance to complete an educational program.
Subrecipient Activities: Local workforce development agencies deliver comprehensive
services to out-of-school and in-school youth to prepare them for postsecondary education and
employment. Some of the types of service activities may include but are not limited to:
tutoring; paid and unpaid work experiences, occupational skill training, follow-up services;
and comprehensive guidance and counseling, and supportive services.
Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES)
Purpose: The purpose of the ES program is to bring together individuals looking for
employment and employers looking for job seekers. The program does this by providing a
variety of services, which are available to all individuals. The program provides job seekers
with career services, including labor exchange services, job search assistance, workforce
information, referrals to employment, and other assistance. Employers can use the ES to post
job orders and obtain qualified applicants.
Activities to be performed: The ES is a universal access program that provides services to
all individuals who need services. Allowable services include assessments of career interests,
career guidance when appropriate, job search workshops, and referral to jobs or training as
appropriate. Services offered to employers include referral of job seekers to job openings;
matching job requirements with applicants' experience, skills and other attributes; helping
with special recruitment needs; assisting employers with hard-to-fill job orders; assisting with
job restructuring; and helping employers assist laid-off workers. Training services are not
provided and not allowable under ES program.
Expected Outcomes: The ES program outcomes are to ensure that individuals are able to
access and receive the services they need to overcome barriers to employment and reenter the
workforce system as quickly as possible.
Intended beneficiaries: This is a universal access program that is available to all individuals
who are US citizens.
Subrecipient Activities: The grantees may subaward funds to conduct LMI research as well
as the provision of specific services such as assessments of career interests, career guidance,
job search workshops, referral to jobs or training as appropriate, and others.
Workforce Information Grants to States (WIGS) program
Purpose: The purpose of this grant is to develop and disseminate essential state and local
labor market information (LMI) for a range of customer groups: 1) job seekers; 2)
businesses/employers; 3) workforce and labor market intermediaries such as employment,
school, and career counselors, and case managers at American Job Centers, who help
individuals find a job or make career decisions, or engage businesses seeking skilled workers;
4) program and service planners at educational institutions and community-based
organizations; 5) policy makers, including state and local workforce development boards
(WDBs); 6) partners, such as economic development entities and human resource
professionals; and 7) other customers, including recipients of workforce development grants,
researchers, commercial data providers, and the media.
Activities to be performed: Grantees must populate and maintain a database (the Workforce
Information Database or WID), produce two types of public products (employment
projections and a statewide economic analysis report), and ensure LMI staff are adequately
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trained. ETA also encourages grantees to produce other reports and data in addition to those
required. Grantees have wide discretion in both the topics and presentation format. These
reports should include accurate data, actionable information, and resources that enable data
users to make informed decisions about the reemployment, work-based learning, training, and
career pathways strategies that lead to rapid reemployment and worker advancement along a
continuum of high-demand and higher wage jobs.
Expected Outcomes: By performing these duties users of LMI will have sufficient
information to make informed decisions regarding employment, careers, education, and
training.
Intended Beneficiaries: Job seekers, employers, staff in American Job Centers, state and
local WDBs, national/state/local policy makers, students, academic researchers, labor market
analysts, and other users of LMI.
Subrecipient Activities: A state may use WIGS funding to work with a subrecipient to
conduct a study or research an LMI topic when a state LMI office does not have sufficient
staffing or knowledge to conduct the work themselves.
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Attachment A
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128)*
PROGRAM YEAR 2023 FUNDING
PY 2023 WIOA funding is made available through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) dated December
29, 2022.** Pursuant to the Act, ETA reserved $10,408,000 of the funding appropriated for Training and Employment Services (TES)
from the Youth, Adult and Dislocated Worker programs for evaluations and program integrity activities before allotments to states
were calculated.
BASE (PY 2023) ADVANCE (FY 2024)
Funded in the Act, enacted December 29, 2022 but not made
Appropriated and made available on April 1 and July 1 through
available until October 1, 2023. The FY 2024 appropriation can
the Act, dated December 29, 2022.
enact rescissions or temporary reductions on these funds.
PY 2023 Allotments = Base (PY 2023) + Advance (FY 2024)
April 1, 2023
Release 100% of Program
Year 2023 Youth funds
PY 2023 Youth Allotments
July 1, 2023
Release approximately 20% of
Program Year 2023 Adult funds
October 1, 2023
Release approximately 80% of Program Year 2023 Adult funds or
when the FY 2024 appropriation passes.
PY 2023 Adult Allotments
July 1, 2023
Release approximately 22% of
Program Year 2023 Dislocated
Worker funds
October 1, 2023
Release approximately 78% of Program Year 2023 Dislocated
Worker funds or when the FY 2024 appropriation passes.
PY 2023 Dislocated Worker Allotments
FY 2024 Advance funds are available for obligations and expenditures on or after October 1, 2023.
Delays in issuing the FY 2024 Advance funds may occur if there is a no approved DOL (budget) appropriation.
* Authorizing legislation such as WIOA Public Law 113-128 establishes policies and funding limits for programs and agencies.
** Appropriations legislation gives Departments authority to obligate and expend federal funds related to the program
authorizations. Appropriations can further restrict the purpose, time, and amount of the program authorizations and through the
Anti-Deficiency Act, Departments are prohibited from overobligating or overspending an appropriation. Appropriations legislation
would include the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) enacted December 29, 2022.
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Attachment B
U. S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and Wagner-Peyser Act Statutory Formulas for State Allotments
State Allotment Formula Descriptions – FOR INFORMATION ONLY
WIOA Youth Activities
Formula:
1/3: State relative share of total unemployed in areas of substantial unemployment (ASU) (average 12 months ending 6/30)
1/3: State relative share of excess unemployed (average 12 months ending 6/30)
1/3: State relative share of disadvantaged youth (American Community Survey 2016-2020)
Minimums:
(a) If total amount available for States is $1 billion or less:
State allotment cannot be less than
(1) 90 percent of State relative share of prior year funding
(2) 0.25 percent of total available funds for States
(b) If total amount available for States exceeds $1 billion:
State allotment cannot be less than
(1) 90 percent of State relative share of prior year funding
(2) 2014 allotment amount (Not applicable for Adult minimum)
(3) 0.3 percent of first $1 billion plus 0.4 percent of amount over $1 billion
Maximum:
130% of State relative share of prior year funding
WIOA Adult Activities
Same as Youth Activities, except
(a) Formula uses disadvantaged ADULTS instead of YOUTH
(b) Threshold for selecting minimum provisions is $960 million instead of $1 billion
WIOA Dislocated Workers
Formula:
1/3: State relative share of total unemployed (average 12 months ending 09/30)
1/3: State relative share of excess unemployed (average 12 months ending 09/30)
1/3: State relative share of long-term unemployed (average 12 months ending 09/30)
Minimum: 90 percent of State relative share of prior year funding
Maximum: 130 percent of State relative share of prior year funding
Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser Act)
Formula for 97% of funds:
2/3: State relative share of civilian labor force (average 12 months ending 9/30 (preliminary) or 12/31 (final))
1/3: State relative share of total unemployment (average 12 months ending 9/30 (preliminary) or 12/31 (final))
Minimums:
(a) 90 percent of State relative share of prior year funding
(b) 0.28 percent of total available funds for States
Maximum: None
Distribution of 3% of funds:
(1) States with civilian labor force below 1 million and under the national median civilian labor force density receive an amount which,
when added to their share of the 97 percent portion, will result in an amount equal to 100 percent of their relative share of the prior
year funding.
(2) Remaining States losing in relative share receive a share of the remaining funds prorated based on the amount needed to achieve
100 percent of their relative share of prior year funding.
Formula Data Factor Definitions
WIOA Youth and Adults Programs
ASU: contiguous areas with unemployment rate of 6.5 percent or more
Excess unemployed: higher of:
(1) excess unemployed (unemployment in excess of 4.5 percent) in ASU's; or
(2) excess unemployed (unemployment in excess of 4.5 percent) in all areas
Disadvantaged adults: individuals, age 22-72, meeting (or member of family meeting):
Census poverty level or
70 percent of lower living standard income level (LLSIL).
Disadvantaged youth: individuals, age 16-21, meeting (or member of family meeting):
Census poverty level or
70 percent of lower living standard income level (LLSIL).
WIOA Dislocated Workers Program
Excess unemployed: unemployment in excess of 4.5 percent
Long-term unemployed: number unemployed 15 or more weeks
Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser) - Self-explanatory
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Attachment C
U. S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
FOR USE IN SUB-STATE ALLOCATION FORMULAS
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Statutory and Discretionary Formulas for Sub State Allocations
Sub-State Allocations Statutory Formula Descriptions
WIOA Youth Activities
Formula:
1/3: Local area relative share of total unemployed in areas of substantial unemployment (ASU) (average 12 months ending 6/30)
1/3: Local area relative share of excess unemployed (average 12 months ending 6/30)
1/3: Local area relative share of disadvantaged youth (American Community Survey 2016-2020)
Minimums:
A local area may not receive an allocation percentage that is less than 90 percent of the average allocation percentage of the past 2 years.
Maximum: Not allowed
WIOA Adult Activities
Same as Youth Activities, except
Formula uses disadvantaged ADULTS instead of YOUTH
WIOA Dislocated Workers
Formula:
Funds to local areas must be allocated based on a formula created by the Governor using the following 6 data factors:
• Insured unemployment data
• Unemployment concentrations
• Plant closing and mass layoff data
• Declining industries data
• Farmer-rancher economic hardship data
• Long-term unemployment data
The formula will use the most appropriate data available
Weighting a factor zero is not permitted unless a rational is presented in an approved State Plan.
Minimum:
A local area may not receive an allocation percentage that is less than 90 percent of the average allocation percentage of the past 2 years.
Maximum: Not required, but allowed
Sub-State Allocations Discretionary Formula Descriptions for Youth and Adult Activities
WIOA Youth Activities
Formula:
No less than 70 percent of the funds will be distributed as stated in the statutory formula;
1/3: Local area relative share of total unemployed in areas of substantial unemployment (ASU) (average 12 months ending 6/30)
1/3: Local area relative share of excess unemployed (average 12 months ending 6/30)
1/3: Local area relative share of disadvantaged youth (American Community Survey 2016-2020)
No more than 30 percent of the remaining funds will be distributed using additional data related to both:
(1) Excess youth poverty in urban, rural, and suburban local areas; and
(2) Excess unemployment above the State average in urban, rural, and suburban local areas
Minimums:
Statutory formula minimum must be applied to 70 percent or greater funds, or to the entire allocation.
Maximum: Not allowed
WIOA Adult Activities
Same as Youth Activities, except Formula uses disadvantaged ADULTS instead of YOUTH and EXCESS POVERTY instead of excess
YOUTH poverty
Formula Data Factor Definitions
WIOA Youth and Adults Programs
ASU: contiguous areas with unemployment rate of 6.5 percent or more
Excess unemployed: higher of:
(1) excess unemployed (unemployment in excess of 4.5 percent) in ASU's; or
(2) excess unemployed (unemployment in excess of 4.5 percent) in all areas
Disadvantaged adults: individuals, age 22-72, meeting (or member of family meeting):
Census poverty level or 70 percent of lower living standard income level (LLSIL).
Disadvantaged youth: individuals, age 16-21, meeting (or member of family meeting):
Census poverty level or 70 percent of lower living standard income level (LLSIL).
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Attachment C
WIOA Youth and Adult Sub-State Allocations:
Must be allocated to local areas per
Formula or Discretionary rules
States must choose one of
these allocation methods
Formula Allocation: Discretionary Allocation:
Must be equally split Ratio Split
≥ 70% ≤ 30%
Excess Disadvantaged
ASU
Unemployment Adult/Youth May be split at any ratio
Minimum percentage (stop loss) applies
Must be split in equal parts and must
total no less than 70% of total funding + using both factors but
no more than 30% of
total funding
Excess
Excess Disadvantaged Excess
ASU Unemployment
Unemployment Adult/Youth Youth/Poverty
above state average
Minimum percentage (stop loss) applies Minimum percentage (stop loss) may apply
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Attachment C
WIOA Dislocated Worker Sub-State Allocations:
Must be allocated to local areas per
Formula created by the Governor
States must use the following
six data factors using the most
appropriate data available
Insured Plant closing Farmer-rancher Long-term
Unemployment Declining
unemployment and mass layoff economic unemployment
concentrations industries data
data data hardship data data
Sum of the weights of the six data factors must add up to 100 percent
Minimum percentage (stop loss) applies
Maximum percentage (stop gain) not required but may apply
Weighting a factor zero is not permitted unless a rational is presented in an approved State Plan
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Attachment D
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
WIOA Youth Activities State Allotments
Comparison of PY 2023 Allotments vs PY 2022 Allotments
State PY 2022 PY 2023 Difference % Difference
Total $928,841,800 $943,575,800 $14,734,000 1.59%
Alabama 11,388,121 10,411,891 (976,230) -8.57%
Alaska 4,183,488 3,824,865 (358,623) -8.57%
Arizona 27,807,148 25,423,422 (2,383,726) -8.57%
Arkansas 5,881,616 5,543,794 (337,822) -5.74%
California 141,613,074 142,969,572 1,356,498 0.96%
Colorado 13,703,113 12,528,434 (1,174,679) -8.57%
Connecticut 10,925,731 12,065,981 1,140,250 10.44%
Delaware 2,350,947 2,959,957 609,010 25.90%
District of Columbia 4,221,055 3,859,211 (361,844) -8.57%
Florida 42,902,700 39,224,930 (3,677,770) -8.57%
Georgia 17,404,272 15,912,317 (1,491,955) -8.57%
Hawaii 3,855,827 3,760,088 (95,739) -2.48%
Idaho 2,580,180 2,358,998 (221,182) -8.57%
Illinois 39,986,105 43,578,256 3,592,151 8.98%
Indiana 15,415,332 14,093,876 (1,321,456) -8.57%
Iowa 5,512,351 5,652,031 139,680 2.53%
Kansas 4,977,764 4,551,053 (426,711) -8.57%
Kentucky 12,022,727 12,961,971 939,244 7.81%
Louisiana 15,380,021 14,121,001 (1,259,020) -8.19%
Maine 2,578,709 2,821,164 242,455 9.40%
Maryland 13,647,037 18,022,572 4,375,535 32.06%
Massachusetts 19,376,968 21,018,238 1,641,270 8.47%
Michigan 33,787,421 34,408,717 621,296 1.84%
Minnesota 10,497,536 9,597,650 (899,886) -8.57%
Mississippi 10,463,206 9,566,263 (896,943) -8.57%
Missouri 10,182,689 11,203,397 1,020,708 10.02%
Montana 2,281,555 2,317,747 36,192 1.59%
Nebraska 2,924,329 2,673,645 (250,684) -8.57%
Nevada 11,823,134 10,809,613 (1,013,521) -8.57%
New Hampshire 2,669,419 2,440,587 (228,832) -8.57%
New Jersey 26,917,413 26,580,977 (336,436) -1.25%
New Mexico 7,789,461 8,661,716 872,255 11.20%
New York 68,508,072 71,279,759 2,771,687 4.05%
North Carolina 22,179,701 24,201,171 2,021,470 9.11%
North Dakota 2,281,555 2,317,747 36,192 1.59%
Ohio 37,495,574 34,281,322 (3,214,252) -8.57%
Oklahoma 7,521,576 6,876,800 (644,776) -8.57%
Oregon 10,396,634 9,505,398 (891,236) -8.57%
Pennsylvania 38,433,440 42,912,756 4,479,316 11.65%
Puerto Rico 23,575,954 21,554,940 (2,021,014) -8.57%
Rhode Island 3,633,400 3,321,932 (311,468) -8.57%
South Carolina 8,818,543 9,325,293 506,750 5.75%
South Dakota 2,281,555 2,317,747 36,192 1.59%
Tennessee 14,787,821 14,138,571 (649,250) -4.39%
Texas 73,435,799 91,789,734 18,353,935 24.99%
Utah 3,842,315 3,512,938 (329,377) -8.57%
Vermont 2,281,555 2,317,747 36,192 1.59%
Virginia 15,915,259 14,550,947 (1,364,312) -8.57%
Washington 20,928,382 19,134,328 (1,794,054) -8.57%
West Virginia 6,015,297 5,499,645 (515,652) -8.57%
Wisconsin 10,957,464 10,018,152 (939,312) -8.57%
Wyoming 2,281,555 2,317,747 36,192 1.59%
State Total 912,621,900 927,098,608 14,476,708 1.59%
American Samoa 244,726 322,923 78,197 31.95%
Guam 830,674 886,216 55,542 6.69%
Northern Marianas 453,848 414,942 (38,906) -8.57%
Palau 75,000 75,000 0 0.00%
Virgin Islands 683,025 624,474 (58,551) -8.57%
Outlying Areas Total 2,287,273 2,323,555 36,282 1.59%
Native Americans 13,932,627 14,153,637 221,010 1.59%
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Attachment E
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
WIOA Adult Activities State Allotments
Comparison of PY 2023 Allotments vs PY 2022 Allotments
State PY 2022 PY 2023 Difference % Difference
Total $867,625,000 $882,925,000 $15,300,000 1.76%
Alabama 11,031,823 10,103,726 (928,097) -8.41%
Alaska 3,923,005 3,592,966 (330,039) -8.41%
Arizona 26,301,024 24,088,343 (2,212,681) -8.41%
Arkansas 5,680,370 5,361,433 (318,937) -5.61%
California 136,107,910 137,974,143 1,866,233 1.37%
Colorado 12,435,718 11,389,512 (1,046,206) -8.41%
Connecticut 9,952,310 10,953,250 1,000,940 10.06%
Delaware 2,254,630 2,853,613 598,983 26.57%
District of Columbia 3,820,554 3,499,134 (321,420) -8.41%
Florida 43,812,497 40,126,592 (3,685,905) -8.41%
Georgia 16,678,811 15,275,638 (1,403,173) -8.41%
Hawaii 3,656,552 3,803,223 146,671 4.01%
Idaho 2,309,760 2,201,794 (107,966) -4.67%
Illinois 37,628,657 41,284,587 3,655,930 9.72%
Indiana 14,145,314 12,955,282 (1,190,032) -8.41%
Iowa 4,015,782 4,080,702 64,920 1.62%
Kansas 4,215,743 3,861,076 (354,667) -8.41%
Kentucky 11,923,641 12,635,450 711,809 5.97%
Louisiana 14,842,227 13,875,218 (967,009) -6.52%
Maine 2,452,358 2,591,045 138,687 5.66%
Maryland 13,150,215 17,396,744 4,246,529 32.29%
Massachusetts 16,456,845 18,040,385 1,583,540 9.62%
Michigan 31,085,117 31,989,992 904,875 2.91%
Minnesota 8,866,650 8,120,707 (745,943) -8.41%
Mississippi 10,013,878 9,171,420 (842,458) -8.41%
Missouri 9,425,238 10,386,320 961,082 10.20%
Montana 2,163,640 2,201,794 38,154 1.76%
Nebraska 2,237,848 2,201,794 (36,054) -1.61%
Nevada 11,527,452 10,557,658 (969,794) -8.41%
New Hampshire 2,531,459 2,318,490 (212,969) -8.41%
New Jersey 26,373,115 25,950,239 (422,876) -1.60%
New Mexico 7,526,365 8,347,447 821,082 10.91%
New York 66,720,730 69,333,637 2,612,907 3.92%
North Carolina 21,080,103 22,972,996 1,892,893 8.98%
North Dakota 2,163,640 2,201,794 38,154 1.76%
Ohio 34,884,358 31,949,569 (2,934,789) -8.41%
Oklahoma 7,114,498 6,515,962 (598,536) -8.41%
Oregon 10,110,571 9,259,978 (850,593) -8.41%
Pennsylvania 35,455,175 39,877,363 4,422,188 12.47%
Puerto Rico 24,441,918 22,385,642 (2,056,276) -8.41%
Rhode Island 3,135,173 2,871,414 (263,759) -8.41%
South Carolina 8,493,087 9,001,080 507,993 5.98%
South Dakota 2,163,640 2,201,794 38,154 1.76%
Tennessee 14,440,407 13,853,614 (586,793) -4.06%
Texas 69,525,372 86,292,577 16,767,205 24.12%
Utah 2,988,412 2,737,000 (251,412) -8.41%
Vermont 2,163,640 2,201,794 38,154 1.76%
Virginia 14,854,061 13,604,402 (1,249,659) -8.41%
Washington 19,695,933 18,038,932 (1,657,001) -8.41%
West Virginia 5,876,607 5,382,213 (494,394) -8.41%
Wisconsin 9,438,464 8,644,415 (794,049) -8.41%
Wyoming 2,163,640 2,201,794 38,154 1.76%
State Total 865,455,937 880,717,687 15,261,750 1.76%
American Samoa 231,650 306,253 74,603 32.21%
Guam 786,288 840,469 54,181 6.89%
Northern Marianas 429,597 393,455 (36,142) -8.41%
Palau 75,000 75,000 0 0.00%
Virgin Islands 646,528 592,136 (54,392) -8.41%
Outlying Areas Total 2,169,063 2,207,313 38,250 1.76%
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Attachment F
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
WIOA Adult Activities
PY 2023 State Allotments
State Total 7/1/2023 10/1/2023
Total $882,925,000 $173,649,000 $709,276,000
Alabama 10,103,726 1,987,147 8,116,579
Alaska 3,592,966 706,645 2,886,321
Arizona 24,088,343 4,737,567 19,350,776
Arkansas 5,361,433 1,054,458 4,306,975
California 137,974,143 27,136,022 110,838,121
Colorado 11,389,512 2,240,029 9,149,483
Connecticut 10,953,250 2,154,227 8,799,023
Delaware 2,853,613 561,233 2,292,380
District of Columbia 3,499,134 688,191 2,810,943
Florida 40,126,592 7,891,885 32,234,707
Georgia 15,275,638 3,004,331 12,271,307
Hawaii 3,803,223 747,998 3,055,225
Idaho 2,201,794 433,037 1,768,757
Illinois 41,284,587 8,119,634 33,164,953
Indiana 12,955,282 2,547,976 10,407,306
Iowa 4,080,702 802,571 3,278,131
Kansas 3,861,076 759,376 3,101,700
Kentucky 12,635,450 2,485,073 10,150,377
Louisiana 13,875,218 2,728,904 11,146,314
Maine 2,591,045 509,593 2,081,452
Maryland 17,396,744 3,421,499 13,975,245
Massachusetts 18,040,385 3,548,087 14,492,298
Michigan 31,989,992 6,291,622 25,698,370
Minnesota 8,120,707 1,597,138 6,523,569
Mississippi 9,171,420 1,803,786 7,367,634
Missouri 10,386,320 2,042,726 8,343,594
Montana 2,201,794 433,037 1,768,757
Nebraska 2,201,794 433,037 1,768,757
Nevada 10,557,658 2,076,424 8,481,234
New Hampshire 2,318,490 455,988 1,862,502
New Jersey 25,950,239 5,103,755 20,846,484
New Mexico 8,347,447 1,641,732 6,705,715
New York 69,333,637 13,636,172 55,697,465
North Carolina 22,972,996 4,518,207 18,454,789
North Dakota 2,201,794 433,037 1,768,757
Ohio 31,949,569 6,283,672 25,665,897
Oklahoma 6,515,962 1,281,525 5,234,437
Oregon 9,259,978 1,821,203 7,438,775
Pennsylvania 39,877,363 7,842,868 32,034,495
Puerto Rico 22,385,642 4,402,689 17,982,953
Rhode Island 2,871,414 564,734 2,306,680
South Carolina 9,001,080 1,770,285 7,230,795
South Dakota 2,201,794 433,037 1,768,757
Tennessee 13,853,614 2,724,655 11,128,959
Texas 86,292,577 16,971,566 69,321,011
Utah 2,737,000 538,299 2,198,701
Vermont 2,201,794 433,037 1,768,757
Virginia 13,604,402 2,675,642 10,928,760
Washington 18,038,932 3,547,801 14,491,131
West Virginia 5,382,213 1,058,545 4,323,668
Wisconsin 8,644,415 1,700,138 6,944,277
Wyoming 2,201,794 433,037 1,768,757
State Total 880,717,687 173,214,877 707,502,810
American Samoa 306,253 60,232 246,021
Guam 840,469 165,299 675,170
Northern Marianas 393,455 77,383 316,072
Palau 75,000 14,751 60,249
Virgin Islands 592,136 116,458 475,678
Outlying Areas Total 2,207,313 434,123 1,773,190
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Attachment G
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities State Allotments
Comparison of PY 2023 Allotments vs PY 2022 Allotments
State PY 2022 PY 2023 Difference % Difference
Total $1,371,910,000 $1,417,357,000 $45,447,000 3.31%
Alabama 14,354,136 13,164,128 (1,190,008) -8.29%
Alaska 6,952,482 6,376,097 (576,385) -8.29%
Arizona 32,882,281 30,156,226 (2,726,055) -8.29%
Arkansas 5,004,071 4,589,216 (414,855) -8.29%
California 172,716,686 158,397,875 (14,318,811) -8.29%
Colorado 15,998,009 14,671,719 (1,326,290) -8.29%
Connecticut 13,434,048 12,320,319 (1,113,729) -8.29%
Delaware 2,792,814 2,561,280 (231,534) -8.29%
District of Columbia 9,172,120 12,150,262 2,978,142 32.47%
Florida 46,716,550 42,843,586 (3,872,964) -8.29%
Georgia 30,438,974 27,915,478 (2,523,496) -8.29%
Hawaii 2,787,961 2,556,829 (231,132) -8.29%
Idaho 1,847,221 2,007,847 160,626 8.70%
Illinois 46,778,485 61,967,225 15,188,740 32.47%
Indiana 13,628,787 12,498,913 (1,129,874) -8.29%
Iowa 4,497,235 4,124,399 (372,836) -8.29%
Kansas 4,139,435 3,796,262 (343,173) -8.29%
Kentucky 13,250,923 12,152,376 (1,098,547) -8.29%
Louisiana 16,817,514 15,423,284 (1,394,230) -8.29%
Maine 2,242,181 2,056,296 (185,885) -8.29%
Maryland 17,212,091 15,785,149 (1,426,942) -8.29%
Massachusetts 22,669,765 20,790,363 (1,879,402) -8.29%
Michigan 31,292,714 28,698,440 (2,594,274) -8.29%
Minnesota 9,426,224 8,644,757 (781,467) -8.29%
Mississippi 13,933,482 12,778,348 (1,155,134) -8.29%
Missouri 10,956,060 10,047,765 (908,295) -8.29%
Montana 1,596,891 1,464,503 (132,388) -8.29%
Nebraska 2,006,552 1,840,202 (166,350) -8.29%
Nevada 14,994,671 19,863,366 4,868,695 32.47%
New Hampshire 2,118,850 1,943,190 (175,660) -8.29%
New Jersey 36,473,636 33,449,845 (3,023,791) -8.29%
New Mexico 14,928,088 19,466,660 4,538,572 30.40%
New York 82,585,211 108,043,045 25,457,834 30.83%
North Carolina 23,457,549 21,512,837 (1,944,712) -8.29%
North Dakota 813,070 745,664 (67,406) -8.29%
Ohio 30,695,154 28,150,420 (2,544,734) -8.29%
Oklahoma 6,139,713 5,630,710 (509,003) -8.29%
Oregon 10,443,575 9,577,767 (865,808) -8.29%
Pennsylvania 42,934,413 55,648,335 12,713,922 29.61%
Puerto Rico 62,908,530 83,334,615 20,426,085 32.47%
Rhode Island 3,552,454 3,257,943 (294,511) -8.29%
South Carolina 11,779,701 10,803,123 (976,578) -8.29%
South Dakota 1,322,041 1,212,439 (109,602) -8.29%
Tennessee 14,429,101 13,232,879 (1,196,222) -8.29%
Texas 83,358,322 76,447,629 (6,910,693) -8.29%
Utah 3,518,216 3,226,544 (291,672) -8.29%
Vermont 1,005,465 922,108 (83,357) -8.29%
Virginia 14,152,452 12,979,165 (1,173,287) -8.29%
Washington 22,254,509 20,409,533 (1,844,976) -8.29%
West Virginia 10,610,160 9,730,541 (879,619) -8.29%
Wisconsin 10,874,839 9,973,277 (901,562) -8.29%
Wyoming 1,005,588 922,221 (83,367) -8.29%
State Total 1,071,901,000 1,092,263,000 20,362,000 1.90%
American Samoa 366,291 491,627 125,336 34.22%
Guam 1,243,297 1,349,203 105,906 8.52%
Northern Marianas 679,289 631,612 (47,677) -7.02%
Palau 118,592 120,397 1,805 1.52%
Virgin Islands 1,022,306 950,554 (71,752) -7.02%
Outlying Areas Total 3,429,775 3,543,393 113,618 3.31%
National Reserve 296,579,225 321,550,607 24,971,382 8.42%
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Attachment H
U. S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
WIOA Dislocated Worker Activities
PY 2023 State Allotments
State Total 7/1/2023 10/1/2023
Total $1,417,357,000 $361,412,000 $1,055,945,000
Alabama 13,164,128 2,838,922 10,325,206
Alaska 6,376,097 1,375,043 5,001,054
Arizona 30,156,226 6,503,369 23,652,857
Arkansas 4,589,216 989,692 3,599,524
California 158,397,875 34,159,443 124,238,432
Colorado 14,671,719 3,164,043 11,507,676
Connecticut 12,320,319 2,656,950 9,663,369
Delaware 2,561,280 552,355 2,008,925
District of Columbia 12,150,262 2,620,276 9,529,986
Florida 42,843,586 9,239,474 33,604,112
Georgia 27,915,478 6,020,139 21,895,339
Hawaii 2,556,829 551,395 2,005,434
Idaho 2,007,847 433,004 1,574,843
Illinois 61,967,225 13,363,600 48,603,625
Indiana 12,498,913 2,695,465 9,803,448
Iowa 4,124,399 889,451 3,234,948
Kansas 3,796,262 818,686 2,977,576
Kentucky 12,152,376 2,620,732 9,531,644
Louisiana 15,423,284 3,326,123 12,097,161
Maine 2,056,296 443,452 1,612,844
Maryland 15,785,149 3,404,161 12,380,988
Massachusetts 20,790,363 4,483,565 16,306,798
Michigan 28,698,440 6,188,989 22,509,451
Minnesota 8,644,757 1,864,293 6,780,464
Mississippi 12,778,348 2,755,727 10,022,621
Missouri 10,047,765 2,166,860 7,880,905
Montana 1,464,503 315,829 1,148,674
Nebraska 1,840,202 396,850 1,443,352
Nevada 19,863,366 4,283,653 15,579,713
New Hampshire 1,943,190 419,060 1,524,130
New Jersey 33,449,845 7,213,658 26,236,187
New Mexico 19,466,660 4,198,101 15,268,559
New York 108,043,045 23,300,124 84,742,921
North Carolina 21,512,837 4,639,371 16,873,466
North Dakota 745,664 160,807 584,857
Ohio 28,150,420 6,070,805 22,079,615
Oklahoma 5,630,710 1,214,296 4,416,414
Oregon 9,577,767 2,065,502 7,512,265
Pennsylvania 55,648,335 12,000,894 43,647,441
Puerto Rico 83,334,615 17,971,605 65,363,010
Rhode Island 3,257,943 702,595 2,555,348
South Carolina 10,803,123 2,329,758 8,473,365
South Dakota 1,212,439 261,470 950,969
Tennessee 13,232,879 2,853,749 10,379,130
Texas 76,447,629 16,486,385 59,961,244
Utah 3,226,544 695,823 2,530,721
Vermont 922,108 198,858 723,250
Virginia 12,979,165 2,799,034 10,180,131
Washington 20,409,533 4,401,437 16,008,096
West Virginia 9,730,541 2,098,449 7,632,092
Wisconsin 9,973,277 2,150,796 7,822,481
Wyoming 922,221 198,882 723,339
State Total 1,092,263,000 235,553,000 856,710,000
American Samoa 491,627 190,332 301,295
Guam 1,349,203 522,339 826,864
Northern Marianas 631,612 244,526 387,086
Palau 120,397 46,611 73,786
Virgin Islands 950,554 368,004 582,550
Outlying Areas Total 3,543,393 1,371,812 2,171,581
National Reserve Total 321,550,607 124,487,188 197,063,419
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Attachment I
U. S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser)
PY 2023 vs PY 2022 Allotments
State PY 2022 PY 2023 Difference % Difference
Total $672,277,000 $677,531,500 $5,254,500 0.78%
Alabama 8,132,935 8,157,290 24,355 0.30%
Alaska 7,307,972 7,365,091 57,119 0.78%
Arizona 14,420,924 14,367,195 (53,729) -0.37%
Arkansas 4,980,892 5,068,542 87,650 1.76%
California 82,214,927 81,499,358 (715,569) -0.87%
Colorado 12,535,126 12,513,087 (22,039) -0.18%
Connecticut 7,441,172 7,546,077 104,905 1.41%
Delaware 1,900,099 2,041,275 141,176 7.43%
District of Columbia 1,918,142 1,924,337 6,195 0.32%
Florida 38,879,016 38,791,016 (88,000) -0.23%
Georgia 18,713,831 18,884,035 170,204 0.91%
Hawaii 2,851,951 2,811,112 (40,839) -1.43%
Idaho 6,088,841 6,136,431 47,590 0.78%
Illinois 26,228,600 26,805,431 576,831 2.20%
Indiana 12,199,107 12,198,042 (1,065) -0.01%
Iowa 5,922,601 6,083,922 161,321 2.72%
Kansas 5,369,400 5,370,575 1,175 0.02%
Kentucky 7,699,960 8,028,686 328,726 4.27%
Louisiana 8,565,336 8,511,466 (53,870) -0.63%
Maine 3,620,977 3,649,278 28,301 0.78%
Maryland 12,301,343 12,638,485 337,142 2.74%
Massachusetts 14,909,252 14,841,028 (68,224) -0.46%
Michigan 19,223,218 19,625,843 402,625 2.09%
Minnesota 10,949,342 10,868,056 (81,286) -0.74%
Mississippi 5,216,683 5,186,386 (30,297) -0.58%
Missouri 11,234,763 11,219,804 (14,959) -0.13%
Montana 4,975,831 5,014,722 38,891 0.78%
Nebraska 4,580,711 4,489,626 (91,085) -1.99%
Nevada 6,837,890 6,814,792 (23,098) -0.34%
New Hampshire 2,612,731 2,625,284 12,553 0.48%
New Jersey 18,696,713 18,623,063 (73,650) -0.39%
New Mexico 5,583,759 5,627,402 43,643 0.78%
New York 40,021,771 39,960,265 (61,506) -0.15%
North Carolina 18,987,978 19,548,712 560,734 2.95%
North Dakota 5,066,886 5,106,489 39,603 0.78%
Ohio 22,422,864 22,892,147 469,283 2.09%
Oklahoma 6,664,893 6,825,929 161,036 2.42%
Oregon 8,219,250 8,641,616 422,366 5.14%
Pennsylvania 25,780,925 25,998,063 217,138 0.84%
Puerto Rico 5,922,930 5,882,119 (40,811) -0.69%
Rhode Island 2,226,894 2,217,710 (9,184) -0.41%
South Carolina 8,758,024 8,820,458 62,434 0.71%
South Dakota 4,682,968 4,719,570 36,602 0.78%
Tennessee 12,337,195 12,583,460 246,265 2.00%
Texas 56,597,052 57,724,443 1,127,391 1.99%
Utah 5,574,504 5,704,059 129,555 2.32%
Vermont 2,193,768 2,210,914 17,146 0.78%
Virginia 15,417,551 15,516,383 98,832 0.64%
Washington 15,464,004 15,860,228 396,224 2.56%
West Virginia 5,360,119 5,402,014 41,895 0.78%
Wisconsin 11,191,329 11,276,927 85,598 0.76%
Wyoming 3,633,273 3,661,671 28,398 0.78%
State Total 670,638,223 675,879,914 5,241,691 0.78%
Guam 314,574 317,033 2,459 0.78%
Virgin Islands 1,324,203 1,334,553 10,350 0.78%
Outlying Areas Total 1,638,777 1,651,586 12,809 0.78%
Attachment J
U. S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Workforce Information Grants to States
PY 2023 vs PY 2022 Allotments
State PY 2022 PY 2023 Difference % Difference
Total $31,956,000 $31,964,000 $8,000 0.03%
Alabama 506,864 507,924 1,060 0.21%
Alaska 285,764 286,168 404 0.14%
Arizona 669,420 657,611 (11,809) -1.76%
Arkansas 404,322 400,348 (3,974) -0.98%
California 2,470,599 2,464,249 (6,350) -0.26%
Colorado 619,163 616,964 (2,199) -0.36%
Connecticut 455,646 462,764 7,118 1.56%
Delaware 301,848 302,193 345 0.11%
District of Columbia 292,570 288,891 (3,679) -1.26%
Florida 1,461,300 1,469,215 7,915 0.54%
Georgia 851,132 852,260 1,128 0.13%
Hawaii 320,990 322,411 1,421 0.44%
Idaho 350,918 353,672 2,754 0.78%
Illinois 973,900 987,543 13,643 1.40%
Indiana 637,447 632,989 (4,458) -0.70%
Iowa 438,745 440,864 2,119 0.48%
Kansas 422,438 417,786 (4,652) -1.10%
Kentucky 478,220 482,524 4,304 0.90%
Louisiana 488,417 485,663 (2,754) -0.56%
Maine 324,031 322,796 (1,235) -0.38%
Maryland 612,523 614,643 2,120 0.35%
Massachusetts 681,313 678,587 (2,726) -0.40%
Michigan 804,659 803,595 (1,064) -0.13%
Minnesota 601,540 599,354 (2,186) -0.36%
Mississippi 394,407 390,181 (4,226) -1.07%
Missouri 606,182 599,314 (6,868) -1.13%
Montana 307,706 309,540 1,834 0.60%
Nebraska 364,735 367,117 2,382 0.65%
Nevada 426,010 420,134 (5,876) -1.38%
New Hampshire 333,085 332,764 (321) -0.10%
New Jersey 765,235 782,350 17,115 2.24%
New Mexico 356,841 353,848 (2,993) -0.84%
New York 1,339,210 1,336,973 (2,237) -0.17%
North Carolina 835,128 831,353 (3,775) -0.45%
North Dakota 291,967 291,755 (212) -0.07%
Ohio 913,859 911,075 (2,784) -0.30%
Oklahoma 463,701 460,596 (3,105) -0.67%
Oregon 498,069 497,674 (395) -0.08%
Pennsylvania 985,407 986,238 831 0.08%
Puerto Rico 369,856 383,058 13,202 3.57%
Rhode Island 308,165 310,763 2,598 0.84%
South Carolina 525,780 520,463 (5,317) -1.01%
South Dakota 299,791 299,427 (364) -0.12%
Tennessee 636,477 634,898 (1,579) -0.25%
Texas 1,907,849 1,918,307 10,458 0.55%
Utah 439,232 443,356 4,124 0.94%
Vermont 281,711 283,068 1,357 0.48%
Virginia 745,168 744,227 (941) -0.13%
Washington 704,841 707,273 2,432 0.35%
West Virginia 337,779 336,359 (1,420) -0.42%
Wisconsin 608,147 606,138 (2,009) -0.33%
Wyoming 279,199 278,023 (1,176) -0.42%
State Total 31,779,306 31,787,286 7,980 0.03%
Guam 93,031 97,657 4,626 4.97%
Virgin Islands 83,663 79,057 (4,606) -5.51%
Outlying Areas Total 176,694 176,714 20 0.01%
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Attachment K
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
WIOA Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker Outlying Areas Funding
PY 2023
Youth Adult Dislocated Worker Total
PY (April) PY (July) FY (October) PY (July) FY (October) PY (Apr/July) FY (October)
American Samoa 322,923 60,232 246,021 190,332 301,295 573,487 547,316
Guam 886,216 165,299 675,170 522,339 826,864 1,573,854 1,502,034
Northern Marianas 414,942 77,383 316,072 244,526 387,086 736,851 703,158
Palau 75,000 14,751 60,249 46,611 73,786 136,362 134,035
Virgin Islands 624,474 116,458 475,678 368,004 582,550 1,108,936 1,058,228
Outlying Areas Total 2,323,555 434,123 1,773,190 1,371,812 2,171,581 4,129,490 3,944,771
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