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[Federal Register: October 29, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 209)]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

Final Fiscal Year 1999 Welfare-to-Work Planning Estimates for State Formula Grants

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the final Welfare-to-Work (WtW) planning estimates for State formula grants for Fiscal Year (FY) 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For programmatic issues, contact Ms. Stephanie Curtis, Office of Welfare-to-Work, Room C-4524, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-219-0024. For funding issues, contact Ms. Sherryl Bailey, Office of the Comptroller, Room C-5307, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-219- 5774. (These are not toll-free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Labor (DOL) is announcing the final WtW State formula grant planning estimates for FY 99. These planning estimates are based on the appropriations for DOL for FY 99. Attached is a listing of the final FY 99 State formula grant planning estimates and the final FY 98estimates.

The Attachment shows the FY 99 WtW planning estimates for the States totaling $1,029,750,000, which is that portion of the appropriation earmarked for State formula grants. For all States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam and the District of Columbia, the WtW planning estimates were determined by the statutory formula contained in Section 403(a)(5)(A)(v) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(A)(v)). This formula weights the following data elements equally:

--The percentage represented by the number of individuals in the State whose income is less than the poverty line divided by the number of such individuals in the United States; and, --The percentage represented by the number of adults who are recipients of assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) divided by the number of adults in the United States who are recipients of assistance under TANF.

For each State, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, the planning estimate is not less than 0.25 percent of the available amount for the FY pursuant to section 403(a)(5)(A)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(A)(iii)).

This is the same formula which was used in the previous FY.

Signed at Washington, DC, the 21st day of October, 1998. Raymond L. Bramucci, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.

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