Notice2024-12701
Employment and Training Administration Program Year 2024 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Section 167, National Farmworker Jobs Program Preliminary State Allotments
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Published
June 11, 2024
Effective
July 1, 2024
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Labor DepartmentEmployment and Training Administration
Abstract
This Notice announces preliminary planning estimates for the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Career Services and Training grants for Program Year (PY) 2024. This Notice also explains the allotment process that ETA will follow in the event that it does not award funds to any grantee in a particular state in the PY 2024 competition.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49234-49237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12701]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Employment and Training Administration Program Year 2024
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Section 167, National
Farmworker Jobs Program Preliminary State Allotments
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces preliminary planning estimates for the
National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Career Services and Training
grants for Program Year (PY) 2024. This Notice also explains the
allotment process that ETA will follow in the event that it does not
award funds to any grantee in a particular state in the PY 2024
competition.
DATES: The PY 2024 NFJP allotments become effective for the grant
period that begins July 1, 2024. Written comments on this notice are
invited and must be received on June 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments are accepted via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4a040c001a0a2e2526642d253c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c688808c9686a2a9aae8a1a9b0">[email protected]</span></a>. Please
enter ``PY24 National Farmworker Jobs Program State Allotments Public
Comment'' in the subject line of the email.
Comments: The Department will retain all comments on this notice
and will release them upon request via email to any member of the
public. The Department will make copies of this notice available, upon
request, in large print, Braille, and electronic file. The Department
also will consider providing the notice in other formats upon request.
To obtain the notice in an alternative format, contact the Department
using the information provided above. The Department will retain all
comments received without making any changes to the comments, including
any personal information provided. The Department therefore cautions
commenters not to include their personal information such as Social
Security Numbers, personal addresses, telephone numbers, and email
addresses in their comments; this information would be released with
the comment if the comments are requested.
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It is the commenter's responsibility to safeguard his or her
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Rietzke, Chief, Division of
National Programs, Tools and Technical Assistance, Office of Workforce
Investment, at 202-693-3980. (This is not a toll-free number.) If you
are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-
1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published pursuant to Section
182(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Prompt
Allotment of Funds.
I. Background
The Department has announced the availability of funding for NFJP
grants through the PY 2024 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). In
distributing funds, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
calculates allotments for NFJP Career Services and Training grantees
through an administrative formula. This notice provides preliminary
planning estimates for the NFJP Career Services and Training grants.
The allotments are based on the funds appropriated in the Further
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, Public Law 118-47 (from this
point forward will be referred to as the ``the Act'').
PY 2024 funding levels, to use for planning purposes, are based on
the full-year funding levels for this program in PY 2023 as indicated
in Federal Register notice 88 FR 31279, May 16, 2023, pro-rated based
on the availability of funding for NFJP formula grants in PY 2024. In
PY 2024, Congress has provided $90,134,000 for formula grants (of which
$90,048,000 is available for formula grants after setting aside $86,000
for program integrity). While Congress appropriated the same amount for
formula grants in PY 2023 and PY 2024, ETA is setting aside less
funding in PY 2024 for program integrity. Accordingly, as noted above
and explained further below, ETA is calculating state allotment amounts
by pro-rating the PY 2024 allotment amounts based on the results of the
PY 2023 formula and the updated availability of formula funding after
set-asides in PY 2024.
In the competition for NFJP Career Services and Training grants, if
the Department does not receive any competitive applications from
eligible applicants for a state, the Department does not plan to reopen
the competition to seek prospective applicants to provide services in a
state. In determining a course of action for a given state, the
Department will follow the procedures described in the Funding
Opportunity Announcement for the competition. For any state where the
Department determines it will not award an NFJP grant under the PY 2024
competition, it will instead redistribute the state's funds among the
grants awarded to other state service areas, distributing funds
proportionally based on the NFJP allotment formula results for PY 2024.
As background, the PY 2024 appropriation also provides $6,591,000
for migrant and seasonal farmworker housing (of which $6,585,000 was
allotted after $6,000 was set aside for program integrity and of which
not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), and another
$671,000 was set aside for discretionary purposes. The Housing grant
allotments are distributed as a result of a competition and are not the
subject of this Notice.
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 prorated method for allotments
for the implementation year starting in PY 2024.
<bullet> Section IV describes minimum funding provisions to address
State service areas that would receive less than $60,000.
<bullet> Section V provides preliminary state allotments for PY
2024.
II. Description of Data Files and Allotment Formula
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>.
Like the PY 23 appropriation, the PY 24 appropriation includes the
language expanding eligibility to 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. Because the PY 2024 allotments will be prorated
based on the results of the PY 2023 formula, the PY 2024 allotment
results continue to reflect modifications to the formula related to
this expansion. ETA will subsequently revise relevant guidance
regarding the definition of ``low-income individual'' as needed if the
same expansion of eligibility is not included in subsequent
appropriations.
III. Description of the Prorated Method for Allotments
The Department will use a prorated method for PY 2024 allotments.
For PY 2024, each state service area will receive a prorated allotment,
which is based on their PY 2023 allotment percentage, as applied to the
PY 2024 formula funds available. ETA anticipates updating data and
reimplementing a staged stop loss/stop gain in PY 2026. ETA will
explain its approach to calculating allotments in PY 2026 in a
subsequent notice at a later date.
IV. Minimum Funding Provisions
A state service area which 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
service area. The Department has determined that funding below $60,000
is insufficient for sustaining an independently administered program.
V. Program Year 2024 Preliminary State Allotments
The planning estimates set forth in the Table appended to this
notice reflect the distribution resulting from the prorated methodology
described above.
For purposes of illustrating the effects of using the prorated
methodology, columns 2 and 3 show the state allotments for PY 2023
(which incorporated an 85 percent stop loss) and prorated method for PY
2024. The dollar difference between PY 2023 and PY 2024 allotments is
shown in column 4. The percent difference is reported in column 5.
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U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, National Farmworker Jobs Program--Career
Services and Training Grants
[Program year 2024 preliminary state allotments]
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PY 2024
PY 2023 85% Prorated no
State stop loss/ stop loss/stop $ Difference % Difference
150% stop gain gain
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Total........................................... $90,032,000 $90,048,000 $16,000 0.02
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Alabama......................................... 800,937 801,079 142 0.02
Alaska.......................................... .............. .............. .............. 0.00
Arizona......................................... 2,634,816 2,635,284 468 0.02
Arkansas........................................ 1,305,806 1,306,038 232 0.02
California...................................... 23,902,460 23,906,708 4,248 0.02
Colorado........................................ 1,819,486 1,819,809 323 0.02
Connecticut..................................... 548,535 548,632 97 0.02
Delaware........................................ 169,171 169,201 30 0.02
Dist of Columbia................................ .............. .............. .............. 0.00
Florida......................................... 3,266,891 3,267,472 581 0.02
Georgia......................................... 1,812,785 1,813,107 322 0.02
Hawaii.......................................... 247,248 247,292 44 0.02
Idaho........................................... 2,401,585 2,402,012 427 0.02
Illinois........................................ 2,001,796 2,002,152 356 0.02
Indiana......................................... 1,345,052 1,345,291 239 0.02
Iowa............................................ 1,922,448 1,922,790 342 0.02
Kansas.......................................... 1,360,695 1,360,937 242 0.02
Kentucky........................................ 864,671 864,825 154 0.02
Louisiana....................................... 856,431 856,583 152 0.02
Maine........................................... 446,523 446,602 79 0.02
Maryland........................................ 570,199 570,300 101 0.02
Massachusetts................................... 561,137 561,237 100 0.02
Michigan........................................ 2,269,118 2,269,521 403 0.02
Minnesota....................................... 1,721,315 1,721,621 306 0.02
Mississippi..................................... 953,815 953,985 170 0.02
Missouri........................................ 1,334,410 1,334,647 237 0.02
Montana......................................... 765,413 765,549 136 0.02
Nebraska........................................ 1,364,634 1,364,877 243 0.02
Nevada.......................................... 245,041 245,085 44 0.02
New Hampshire................................... 159,717 159,745 28 0.02
New Jersey...................................... 842,456 842,606 150 0.02
New Mexico...................................... 1,168,559 1,168,767 208 0.02
New York........................................ 2,373,732 2,374,154 422 0.02
North Carolina.................................. 2,179,435 2,179,822 387 0.02
North Dakota.................................... 805,556 805,699 143 0.02
Ohio............................................ 1,572,744 1,573,024 280 0.02
Oklahoma........................................ 958,308 958,478 170 0.02
Oregon.......................................... 2,415,002 2,415,431 429 0.02
Pennsylvania.................................... 1,928,391 1,928,734 343 0.02
Puerto Rico..................................... 2,112,901 2,113,276 375 0.02
Rhode Island.................................... 70,975 70,988 13 0.02
South Carolina.................................. 718,772 718,900 128 0.02
South Dakota.................................... 728,488 728,617 129 0.02
Tennessee....................................... 686,894 687,016 122 0.02
Texas........................................... 4,788,352 4,789,203 851 0.02
Utah............................................ 715,651 715,778 127 0.02
Vermont......................................... 224,029 224,069 40 0.02
Virginia........................................ 811,392 811,536 144 0.02
Washington...................................... 4,935,737 4,936,614 877 0.02
West Virginia................................... 119,307 119,328 21 0.02
Wisconsin....................................... 1,881,174 1,881,508 334 0.02
Wyoming......................................... 342,010 342,071 61 0.02
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Jos[eacute] Javier Rodr[iacute]guez,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2024-12701 Filed 6-10-24; 8:45 am]
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