692 Sub-State resource distribution

Sub-State Resource Distribution

[27 Pa.B. 2199]

   Under 20 CFR 652.4, the Department of Labor and Industry (Department) is making public the following sub-State resource distributions. These distributions are for activities under the Wagner-Peyser Act as amended by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and are for the Program Year 1997 (July 1, 1997--June 30, 1998). Under section 4 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, the Governor has designated the Department as the State agency vested with all powers necessary to cooperate with the United States Employment Service in the operation of the public Employment Service System.

   The basic purpose of the Employment Service System is to improve the functioning of the Nation's labor markets by bringing together individuals who are seeking employment and employers who are seeking workers. The Bureau of Employment Services and Training and the Office of Job Center Field Operations in the Department administer a labor exchange system which has the capacity:

   1.  To assist job seekers in finding employment.

   2.  To assist employers in filing jobs.

   3.  To facilitate the match between job seekers and employers.

   4.  To participate in a system for clearing labor between the states, including the use of standardized classification systems issued by the Secretary under JTPA section 462(c)(3).

   5.  To meet the work test requirements of the State Unemployment Compensation system.

   The sub-State resource distributions are for activities funded under section 7(a) of the Wagner-Peyser Act. Section 7(a) authorizes 90% of the sums allocated to each state to be used to support the basic labor exchange service.

   The distributions are listed by the 28 Pennsylvania Service Delivery Areas. The monetary figures represent planned cost for personal salaries and personal benefits of Job Service/Job Center personnel delivering Wagner-Peyser section 7(a) direct services within each Service Delivery Area (SDA).

   The following formula was utilized in producing the sub-State resource distribution: 60% based on the civilian labor force within the SDA; 30% based on the number of unemployed within the SDA; 5% based on the number of noncollege bound public and private high school graduates; and 5% based on the number of public and nonpublic high school dropouts (ages 21 and under).

   The funding formula reflects Pennsylvania's Employment and Training Plan, the joint goals of the Job Training Partnership and Wagner-Peyser Acts Programs and the funding methodology from the Federal government.

   Interested parties wishing to comment on the sub-State resource distribution must do so in writing by the close of business on June 16, 1997. Comments should be forwarded to: John C. Vogel, Director, Bureau of Employment Services and Training, 12th Floor, Labor and Industry Building, Seventh and Forster Streets, Harrisburg, PA 17121.

SDA	Name	Counties Served	Sub-State
No.			Resource
			Distribution
1	Erie Area Job Training Partnership	Erie (including city of Erie)	$435,409
2	Northwest PA Training Partnership Consortium, Inc.	Clarion, Crawford, Forest, Venango, Warren	$352,544
3	City of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	$500,881
4	Allegheny County Department of Federal Programs	Allegheny	$1,353,524
5	Job Training for Beaver County, Inc.	Beaver	$253,767
6	Tri-County Private Industry Council, Inc.	Armstrong, Butler, Indiana	$492,516
7	PIC of Westmoreland, Fayette, Inc.	Fayette, Westmoreland	$767,087
8	Washington/Greene County Job Training Agency	Greene, Washington	$359,346
9	North Central PA Regional Planning & Development Commission	Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, McKean, Potter	$369,491
10	Southern Alleghenies Planning & Development Commission	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon, Somerset	$743,014
11	Mid-State Employment and Training Consortium	Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Mifflin, Snyder, Union	$693,691
13	Northern Tier Regional Planning & Development Commission	Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming	$275,905
14	Scranton-Lackawanna Human Development Agency, Inc.	Lackawanna	$330,866
15	Pocono Counties Service Delivery Area	Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	$405,572
16	Luzerne County Human Resources Development Department	Luzerne, Schuylkill	$761,768
17	Philadelphia Private Industry Council	Philadelphia	$2,351,682
18	Bucks County Office of Employment and Training	Bucks	$854,945
19	Montgomery County Training and Employment Program	Montgomery	$992,243
20	Delaware County Office of Employment and Training	Delaware	$776,886
21	Chester County Office of Employment and Training	Chester	$548,422
22	Private Industry Council of Lehigh Valley, Inc.	Lehigh, Northampton	$806,941
23	Berks County Employment and Training Office	Berks	$507,300
24	Susquehanna Employment and Training Corporation	Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Lebanon, Perry	$931,306
25	Lancaster Employment and Training Agency	Lancaster	$622,388
26	York County Office of Employment and Training	York	$534,437
27	Franklin/Adams Employment & Training Consortium	Adams, Franklin	$304,700
28	West Central Job Partnership Private Industry Council of Mercer and Lawrence Counties	Lawrence, Mercer	$289,829
29	Northumberland/Montour Training Services, Inc.	Montour, Northumberland	$170,942

JOHNNY J. BUTLER,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-692. Filed for public inspection May 2, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]