Notice2022-10895
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Program Year (PY) 2022 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Section 167, National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Grantee Allotments
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Published
May 20, 2022
Effective
July 1, 2022
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Labor DepartmentEmployment and Training Administration
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This Notice announces allotments for Program Year (PY) 2022 for the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 98 (Friday, May 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30996-30998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10895]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Program Year (PY)
2022 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Section 167,
National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Grantee Allotments
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces allotments for Program Year (PY) 2022
for the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP).
DATES: The PY 2022 NFJP allotments become effective for the grant
period that begins July 1, 2022. Written comments on this notice are
invited and must be received on June 3, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Comments are accepted via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#256b636f7565414a490b424a53"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0b454d415b4b6f6467256c647d">[email protected]</span></a>. Please
enter ``PY22 National Farmworker Jobs Program Grantee Allotments Public
Comment'' in the subject line of the email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Rietzke, Division Chief of
National Programs, Tools, and Technical Assistance, (202) 693-3912,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ecbe858998968789c2bf98899a8982ac888380c28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f7a59e92838d9c92d9a48392819299b793989bd9909881">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published pursuant to Section
182(d) of the WIOA, Prompt Allotment of Funds.
I. Background
The Department is announcing final PY 2022 allotments for the NFJP.
This notice provides information on the amount of funds available
during PY 2022 to state service areas awarded through the PY 2020
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the NFJP Career Services and
Training and Housing Grants. The allotments are based on the funds
appropriated in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, Public Law
117-103 (from this point forward will be referred to as the ``the
Act'').
In appropriating these funds, Congress provided $88,283,000 for
formula grants (of which $88,160,000 was allotted after $123,000 was
set aside for program integrity), $6,456,000 for migrant and seasonal
farmworker housing (of which $6,447,000 was allotted after $9,000 was
set aside for program integrity and of which not less than 70 percent
shall be for permanent housing), and another $657,000 was set aside for
discretionary purposes. The Housing grant allotments are distributed as
a result of a competition and according to language in the
appropriations law requiring that of the total amount available, not
less than 70 percent shall be allocated to permanent housing
activities, leaving not more than 30 percent to temporary housing
activities.
This Notice includes the following sections:
<bullet> Section II of this notice provides a discussion of the
data used to populate the formula.
<bullet> Section III describes the hold-harmless provision for the
implementation year.
<bullet> Section IV describes minimum funding provisions to address
State service areas that would receive less than $60,000.
<bullet> Section V describes the application of the formula and the
hold-harmless provision using preliminary planning estimates for PY
2022.
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II. Description of Data Files and Allotment Formula
As with all state planning estimates since 1999, the PY 2022
estimates are based on four data sources: (1) State-level, 2017 hired
farm labor expenditure data from the United States Department of
Agriculture's (USDA) Census of Agriculture (COA); (2) regional-level,
2017 average hourly earnings data from the USDA's Farm Labor Survey;
(3) regional-level, 2010-2018 demographic data from the ETA's National
Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS); and, (4) 2015-2019 (5-year file)
data from the United States Census Bureau's American Community Survey
(ACS).
The formula's original methodology is described in the Federal
Register notice (64 FR 27390, May 19, 1999). In PY 2018, ETA
incorporated two modifications to the allotment formula to provide more
accurate estimates of each state service area's relative share of
persons eligible for the program. The formula also used updated data
from each of the four data files serving as the basis of the formula
since 1999. The revised formula methodology is described in the Federal
Register notice (83 FR 32151, July 11, 2018). In PY 2021, ETA
incorporated two modifications to the allotment formula. These
modifications are described in Federal Register notice (86 FR 32063,
June 16, 2021). The Federal Register notices are accessible at <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/">https://www.federalregister.gov/</a>.
The Department will continue to apply the modifications that were
incorporated in the PY 2021 allotments to the PY 2022 allotments,
including the expansion to include farmworkers who are in families with
total family incomes at or below 150 percent of the poverty line rather
than the higher of the poverty line or 70 percent of the lower living
standard income level. ETA will subsequently revise the PY 2023
guidance regarding the definition of ``low-income individual,'' as
needed if the same provision is not included in subsequent
appropriations.
III. Description of the Hold-Harmless Provision
ETA will continue the hold-harmless provision as instituted in PY
2018. The hold-harmless provision provides for a stop loss/stop gain
limit to transition to the use of the updated data. This approach is
based on a state service area's previous year's allotment percentage,
which is its relative share of the total formula allotments. The stop
gain provision provides that no state service area will receive an
amount that is more than 150 percent of their previous year's allotment
percentage. The staged transition of the hold-harmless provision is as
follows:
(1) In PY 2021, each state service area received an amount equal to
at least 95 percent of their PY 2020 allotment percentage, as applied
to the PY 2021 formula funds available.
(2) In PY 2022, each state service area will receive an amount
equal to at least 90 percent of their PY 2021 allotment percentage, as
applied to the PY 2022 formula funds available.
(3) In PY 2023, each state service area will receive an amount
equal to at least 85 percent of their PY 2022 allotment percentage, as
applied to the PY 2023 formula funds available.
In PY 2024, since the Department has a responsibility to use the
most current and reliable data available, amounts for the new awards
will be based on updated data from the sources described in Section II,
pending their availability. At that time, the Department will determine
whether the changes to state allotments are significant enough to
warrant another hold-harmless provision. Otherwise, allotments to each
state service area will be for an amount resulting from a direct
allotment of the proposed funding formula without adjustment.
IV. Minimum Funding Provisions
A state area that would receive less than $60,000 by application of
the formula will, at the option of the DOL, receive no allotment or, if
practical, be combined with another adjacent state area. Funding below
$60,000 is deemed insufficient for sustaining an independently
administered program. However, if practical, a state jurisdiction that
would receive less than $60,000 may be combined with another adjacent
state area.
V. Program Year 2022 Preliminary State Allotments
The state allotments set forth in the Table appended to this notice
reflect the distribution resulting from the allotment formula described
above. For PY 2021, $86,946,000 was appropriated for career services
and training grants, $6,256,000 was appropriated for housing grants,
and $557,000 was retained for Training and Technical Assistance.
For PY 2022, the funding level provided for in the Act for the
migrant and seasonal farmworker program is $95,396,000. Congress
provided $88,283,000 for formula grants (of which $88,160,000 was
allotted after $123,000 was set aside for program integrity),
$6,456,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker housing (of which
$6,447,000 was allotted after $9,000 was set aside for program
integrity and of which not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent
housing), and another $657,000 was set aside for discretionary
purposes.
For purposes of illustrating the effects of the updates to the
allotment formula, columns 2 and 3 show the state allotments with the
application of the 95 percent hold-harmless for PY 2021 and 90 percent
hold-harmless for PY 2022. The dollar difference between PY 2022 and PY
2021 allotments is shown in column 4. The percent difference is
reported in column 5.
Angela Hanks,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training, Labor.
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, National Farmworker Jobs Program--Career
Services and Training Grants
[PY 2022 Impact to allotments to states with Stop Loss/Stop Gain]
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PY 2021 95% PY 2022 90%
State StopLoss/ 150% StopLoss/ 150% $ Difference % Difference
StopGain StopGain
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Total........................................... $86,946,000 $88,160,000 $1,214,000 1.40
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Alabama......................................... 776,866 776,212 (654) -0.08
Alaska.......................................... .............. .............. .............. 0.00
Arizona......................................... 2,459,822 2,553,478 93,656 3.81
Arkansas........................................ 1,193,276 1,265,495 72,219 6.05
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California...................................... 22,613,160 23,164,574 551,414 2.44
Colorado........................................ 1,662,689 1,763,318 100,629 6.05
Connecticut..................................... 501,264 531,602 30,338 6.05
Delaware........................................ 154,593 163,949 9,356 6.05
Dist of Columbia................................ .............. .............. .............. 0.00
Florida......................................... 3,647,531 3,328,614 (318,917) -8.74
Georgia......................................... 1,656,566 1,756,823 100,257 6.05
Hawaii.......................................... 312,122 284,832 (27,290) -8.74
Idaho........................................... 2,194,625 2,327,447 132,822 6.05
Illinois........................................ 1,829,288 1,939,999 110,711 6.05
Indiana......................................... 1,229,140 1,303,529 74,389 6.05
Iowa............................................ 1,756,778 1,863,100 106,322 6.05
Kansas.......................................... 1,243,435 1,318,690 75,255 6.05
Kentucky........................................ 1,011,993 923,511 (88,482) -8.74
Louisiana....................................... 782,626 829,992 47,366 6.05
Maine........................................... 408,044 432,739 24,695 6.05
Maryland........................................ 521,061 552,597 31,536 6.05
Massachusetts................................... 512,780 543,815 31,035 6.05
Michigan........................................ 2,073,573 2,199,069 125,496 6.05
Minnesota....................................... 1,579,601 1,668,177 88,576 5.61
Mississippi..................................... 995,074 924,370 (70,704) -7.11
Missouri........................................ 1,219,415 1,293,215 73,800 6.05
Montana......................................... 699,452 741,784 42,332 6.05
Nebraska........................................ 1,255,552 1,322,506 66,954 5.33
Nevada.......................................... 223,924 237,476 13,552 6.05
New Hampshire................................... 145,953 154,787 8,834 6.05
New Jersey...................................... 769,856 816,449 46,593 6.05
New Mexico...................................... 1,067,856 1,132,485 64,629 6.05
New York........................................ 2,169,172 2,300,453 131,281 6.05
North Carolina.................................. 2,556,903 2,333,344 (223,559) -8.74
North Dakota.................................... 802,462 780,688 (21,774) -2.71
Ohio............................................ 1,437,210 1,524,192 86,982 6.05
Oklahoma........................................ 976,292 928,725 (47,567) -4.87
Oregon.......................................... 2,371,922 2,340,449 (31,473) -1.33
Pennsylvania.................................... 1,762,208 1,868,860 106,652 6.05
Puerto Rico..................................... 2,346,090 2,140,963 (205,127) -8.74
Rhode Island.................................... 64,858 68,784 3,926 6.05
South Carolina.................................. 786,239 717,495 (68,744) -8.74
South Dakota.................................... 665,710 706,000 40,290 6.05
Tennessee....................................... 867,124 791,308 (75,816) -8.74
Texas........................................... 5,118,941 4,671,373 (447,568) -8.74
Utah............................................ 653,979 693,559 39,580 6.05
Vermont......................................... 204,723 217,113 12,390 6.05
Virginia........................................ 971,653 886,698 (84,955) -8.74
Washington...................................... 4,510,391 4,783,367 272,976 6.05
West Virginia................................... 150,612 137,443 (13,169) -8.74
Wisconsin....................................... 1,719,060 1,823,100 104,040 6.05
Wyoming......................................... 312,536 331,452 18,916 6.05
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[FR Doc. 2022-10895 Filed 5-19-22; 8:45 am]
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