Budget Violence: Dismantling DOL Education and Training Programs
Put the Ineffective Department of Labor Job-Training Programs on the Chopping Block Posted February 15th, 2011 at 6:28pm
Compared to President Obama’s fiscal year 2011 budget request, the plan is to cut $2.8 billion from programs that, according to a January 2011 report by the U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO), have little evidence of effectiveness. . .
Employment and training programs, not just WIA programs that do not have scientifically rigorous evidence of effectiveness should be put on the budget chopping block.
March 2 NEW YORK – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke on “Challenges for State and Local Governments” before the Citizens Budget Commission Annual Dinner
Challenges for State and Local Governments – FRB Chairman Ben Bernanke – 03-02-2011
TITLE VIII–LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
(1) for grants to States for adult employment and training activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment and training activities, $2,969,449,000 [ $0 ] as follows:
(A) $861,540,000 [ $0 ] for adult employment and training activities, of which $149,540,000 [ $0 ] shall be available for the period July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011, and of which $712,000,000 [ $0 ] shall be available for the period October 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011;
(B) $924,069,000 [ $0 ] for youth activities, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011; and
(C) $1,183,840,000 [ $0 ] for dislocated worker employment and training activities, of which $323,840,000 [ $0 ] shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and of which $860,000,000 [ $0 ] shall be available for the period October 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011:
(2) for federally administered programs, $470,038,000 [ $167,538,000 ] as follows:
(A) $229,160,000 [ $29,160,000 ] for the dislocated workers assistance national reserve, of which $29,160,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and of which $200,000,000 [ $0 ] shall be available for the period October 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011: Provided, That funds provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA may be used to provide assistance to a State for State-wide or local use in order to address cases where there have been worker dislocations across multiple sectors or across multiple local areas and such workers remain dislocated; coordinate the State workforce development plan with emerging economic development needs; and train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided further, That funds provided to carry out section 171(d) of the WIA may be used for demonstration projects that provide assistance to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: Provided further, That none of the funds shall be obligated to carry out section 173(e) of the WIA;
(B) $52,758,000 for Native American programs, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011;
(C) $84,620,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker programs under section 167 of the WIA, including $78,410,000 for formula grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for employment and training services), $5,700,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), and $510,000 for other discretionary purposes, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or related regulation, the Department of Labor shall take no action limiting the number or proportion of eligible participants receiving related assistance services or discouraging grantees from providing such services;
(D) $1,000,000 for carrying out the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011; and
(E) $102,500,000 [ $0 ] for YouthBuild activities as described in section 173A of the WIA, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011: Provided, That for program year 2010 and each program year thereafter, the YouthBuild program may serve an individual who has dropped out of high school and re-enrolled in an alternative school, if that re-enrollment is part of a sequential service strategy;
(3) for national activities, $389,043,000, [ $54,161,000 ] as follows:
(A) $93,450,000 [ $44,561,000 ] for Pilots, Demonstrations, and Research, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, of which $30,000,000 shall be for Transitional Jobs activities, and shall not be subject to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA, and that up to 10 percent of the amount available for Transitional Jobs activities may be used for evaluation of such projects or transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services and/or the Department of Justice for support of Transitional Jobs activities; and of which $5,500,000 shall be for competitive grants to address the employment and training needs of young parents, and shall not be subject to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA; and of which $48,889,000 [ $0 ] shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading `Training and Employment Services’ in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funding provided to carry out such projects shall not be subject to the requirements of sections 171(b)(2)(B) and 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA, the joint funding requirements of sections 171(b)(2)(A) and 171(c)(4)(A) of the WIA, or any time limit requirements of sections 171(b)(2)(C) and 171(c)(4)(B) of the WIA;
(B) $108,493,000 [ $0 ] for ex-offender activities, under the authority of section 171 of the WIA and section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 2007, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, notwithstanding the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA, of which $15,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to provide Transitional Job activities for ex-offenders;
(C) $9,600,000 for Evaluation, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011;
(D) $40,000,000 [ $0 ] for activities that prepare workers for careers in energy efficiency and renewable energy as described in section 171(e)(1)(B) of the WIA, under the authority of section 171 of the WIA, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and which shall not be subject to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D);
(E) $125,000,000 [ $0 ] for Career Pathways Innovation Fund, under the authority of section 171 of the WIA, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, of which not less than $65,000,000 shall be dedicated to activities that prepare workers for careers in the health care sector, and which shall not be subject to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D); and
(F) $12,500,000 [ $0 ] for the Workforce Data Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 171(c)(2) of the WIA, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and which shall not be subject to the requirements of section 171(c)(4)(D).
community service employment for older americans
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (`OAA’) NOTE: Moved to HHS
George Miller 4.25 lifetime, 36 yrs. service : http://www.conservative.org/ratings/ratingsarchive/2010/2010HouseRatings.htm
PL 105-220 Workforce Investment Act of 1998
One Stop Career Services
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