Description
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2020 provides funding to states for employment and training activities. The program aims to help dislocated workers find new employment and provide training to enhance their skills. The funding is allocated based on a formula that takes into account the number of unemployed individuals, excess unemployment, and disadvantaged youth and adults in each state. The program also provides funding for outlying areas, including American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin Islands.
Some key points to consider:
* The total appropriated funds for Adult Activities in PY 2020 is $854,649,000.
* The total appropriated funds for Youth Activities in PY 2020 is $913,130,000.
* The total appropriated funds for Dislocated Worker Activities in PY 2020 is $1,322,493,000.
* States must distribute WIOA Adult and Youth Activities funds among local workforce areas, subject to reservation of the 15 percent limitation for statewide employment and training activities.
* States may use either the allocation formula or a discretionary formula to distribute funds to local areas.
* The program requires states to allocate at least 85 percent of Youth Activities funds and 85 percent of Adult Activities funds to local areas.