WIA Funding Update

The House and Senate have started negotiations on their final Fiscal Year 2012 Labor-HHS Appropriations bill.   One of the key decisions is whether to accept the House proposal to cut funding for Workforce Investment Act programs by roughly 75 percent by changing the funding cycle from a program year to a fiscal year basis. The Senate bill did not make any changes to the WIA funding cycle and maintains level funding for WIA formula programs.

Under the House Draft Bill, beginning:

* April 1, 2012, it would reduce WIA Youth Activities by 78 percent;

* July 1, 2012, it would reduce WIA Adult Employment and Training by 73 percent;

* July 1, 2012, it would reduce Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities by 94 percent; and

* July 1, 2012, it would reduce Dislocated Workers National Reserves by 81 percent.