WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT - Department of Commerce
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT - Department of Commerce
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT - Department of Commerce
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2000 ANNUAL REPORT<br />
2<br />
Program Year (PY) 2000 In Brief<br />
With almost $29 million in federal expenditures for PY<br />
2000 program activities, the spending was distributed<br />
fairly evenly between the three programs. The<br />
highest percentage was expended for the Adult<br />
program with $9.9 million dollars, with $9.6 million<br />
utilized for Dislocated Workers (including Rapid<br />
Response activities) and $9.3 million for the Youth<br />
program. Each Local Area was granted authority to<br />
determine the allocation <strong>of</strong> services based on the<br />
needs <strong>of</strong> that area.<br />
32%<br />
33%<br />
35%<br />
Program Federal<br />
Expenditures<br />
Adults<br />
Youth<br />
Dislocated<br />
Workers<br />
Adults<br />
Youth<br />
Dislocated<br />
Workers<br />
27%<br />
42%<br />
31%<br />
Participants<br />
Served<br />
The Dislocated Worker program served the highest<br />
percentage <strong>of</strong> participants, followed by Adults and<br />
Youth, respectively. The trend over the past five<br />
years in North Carolina industries reflects a steady<br />
decrease in Manufacturing employment and<br />
increase in Services employment. During PY 2000,<br />
the Dislocated Worker Unit received 161 WARN<br />
notices <strong>of</strong> facility closures or lay<strong>of</strong>fs affecting 26,706<br />
employees.<br />
The average expended per Youth served was $2,593 vs. an Adult average <strong>of</strong> $2,410 and Dislocated<br />
Worker average <strong>of</strong> $1,751. The Youth program's higher expenditure per participant is due partly to<br />
the year-round comprehensive service delivery approach.<br />
In the Adult program, individuals who received only core and intensive services had a 6.4% higher<br />
entered employment rate than for those who received training services. However, the employment<br />
retention rate was 4.6% higher for those who received training services as opposed to those who<br />
did not. Even more significant was the six-month earnings change. Those who received training<br />
services had a $4,003 earnings gain, almost double the $2,067 achieved by those who received<br />
only core and intensive services.<br />
The Dislocated Worker program outcomes for the entered employment rate, employment retention<br />
rate and earnings replacement rate exceeded the negotiated performance level for both those<br />
receiving training services and those receiving only core and intensive services. However, the<br />
individuals who received only core and intensive services had higher outcome percentages than<br />
those who received training services on all three measures aforementioned.
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