[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 59 (Thursday, March 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17184-17188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06748]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA); Lower Living Standard
Income Level (LLSIL)
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Title I of WIA (Pub. L. 105-220) requires the U.S. Secretary
of Labor (Secretary) to update and publish the LLSIL tables annually,
for uses described in the law (including determining eligibility for
youth programs). WIA defines ``low income individual'' to include
individuals who received income during a six-month period that does not
exceed the higher level of the poverty line or 70 percent of the LLSIL.
This issuance provides the Secretary's annual LLSIL for 2014, and also
provides a reference to the 2014 Health and Human Services ``Poverty
Guidelines.''
DATES: This notice is effective immediately.
For Further Information or Questions on the LLSIL: Please contact
Samuel Wright, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room C-4526, Washington,
DC 20210; Telephone: 202-693-2870; Fax: 202-693-3015 (neither telephone
or fax are toll-free numbers); Email address: [email protected].
Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone
number above via Text Telephone (TTY/TDD) by calling the toll-free
Federal Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD).
For Further Information or Questions on Federal Youth Employment
Programs: Please contact Jennifer Kemp, U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Room N-4464, Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-693-3377; Fax: 202-
693-3110 (neither telephone or fax are toll-free numbers); Email:
[email protected]. Individuals with hearing or speech impairments
may access the telephone number above via TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of WIA is to provide employment
assistance through statewide and local workforce investment programs
that increase the employment opportunities, retention, and earnings of
participants. WIA programs are intended to increase the occupational
skills of participants and the quality of the workforce, thereby
reducing welfare dependency and enhancing the productivity and
competitiveness of the Nation's workforce.
LLSIL is used for several purposes under WIA. WIA Section 101(25)
defines the term ``low income individual'' for eligibility purposes,
and Sections 127(b)(2)(C) and
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132(b)(1)(B)(v)(IV) define ``disadvantaged youth'' and ``disadvantaged
adult'' in terms of the poverty line or LLSIL for State formula
allotments. The governor and State/local workforce investment boards
(WIBs) use the LLSIL for determining eligibility for youth and adults
for certain services. ETA encourages governors and State/local WIBs to
consult the WIA regulations and the preamble to the WIA Final Rule (65
FR 49294, August 11, 2000) for more specific guidance in applying the
LLSIL to program requirements. The U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) published the 2014 poverty-level guidelines in the
Federal Register on January 22, 2014 (Volume 79, Number 14), pp. 3593-
3594 (available at http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/14poverty.cfm). ETA
provides a hyperlink to the 2014 LLSIL Federal Register and updated
LLSIL tables on its Web site at http://www.doleta.gov/llsil/2014/.
WIA Section 101(24) defines LLSIL as ``that income level (adjusted
for regional, metropolitan, urban and rural differences and family
size) determined annually by the Secretary [of Labor] based on the most
recent lower living family budget issued by the Secretary.'' The
Secretary issued the most recent lower living family budget in fall
1981. The four-person urban family budget estimates, previously
published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), provided the
basis for the Secretary to determine the LLSIL. BLS terminated the
four-person family budget series in 1982, after publication of the fall
1981 estimates. Currently, BLS provides data which ETA uses to develop
the LLSIL tables, shown in the Appendices to this Federal Register
notice.
ETA published the 2013 updates to the LLSIL in the Federal Register
of March 19, 2013, at Vol. 78, No. 53, pp. 16871-16875. This notice
updates the LLSIL to reflect cost-of-living increases for 2014, by
calculating the percentage change in the most recent 2013 Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for an area, and applying
this calculation to each of the March 19, 2013 LLSIL figures. The
updated figures for a four-person family are listed in Appendix A,
Table 1 by region for both metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas.
Numbers in all Appendix tables are rounded up to the nearest dollar.
Since program eligibility for low-income individuals, ``disadvantaged
adults'' and ``disadvantaged youth'' may be determined by family income
at 70 percent of the LLSIL, pursuant to WIA Sections 101(25),
127(b)(2)(C), and 132(b)(1)(B)(v)(IV), respectively, those figures are
listed as well.
I. Jurisdictions
Jurisdictions included in the various regions, based generally on
the Census Regions defined by the U.S. Department of Commerce, are as
follows:
A. Northeast
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virgin Islands
B. Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
C. South
Alabama
American Samoa
Arkansas
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Northern Marianas
Oklahoma
Palau
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
Kentucky
Louisiana
Marshall Islands
Maryland
Micronesia
Mississippi
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
D. West
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Additionally, separate figures have been provided for Alaska, Hawaii,
and Guam as indicated in Appendix B, Table 2.
For Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam, the year 2014 figures were updated
from the 2013 Regional indexes provided by BLS. Data on 23 selected
Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) are also available. These are
based on annual and semiannual CPI-U changes for a 12-month period
ending in December 2013. The updated LLSIL figures for these MSAs and
70 percent of LLSIL are reported in Appendix C, Table 3.
Appendix D, Table 4 lists each of the various figures at 70 percent
of the updated 2013 LLSIL for family sizes of one to six persons.
Tables 1-3 only list the LLSIL for a family of four, but Table 4 can be
used to separately determine the LLSIL for family incomes between one
and six persons. For families larger than six persons, add the income
level difference between the six-person and the five-person family
income levels for each additional person in the family. Where the
poverty level for a particular family size is greater than the
corresponding 70 percent of the LLSIL figure, the figure is italicized.
Appendix E, Table 5, shows 100 percent of the LLSIL for family
sizes of one to six, and is used to determine self-sufficiency as noted
at 20 CFR 663.230 of WIA regulation, and Section 134(d)(3)(A)(ii) of
WIA. Modified Microsoft Excel tables for both Appendix E, Table 5 (with
the area names) and Appendix D, Table 4, with the area names, and the
shaded areas where the poverty level is greater than the corresponding
70 percent of the LLSIL figure, is available on the ETA LLSIL Web site
at http://www.doleta.gov/llsil/2014/.
II. Use of These Data
Governors should designate the appropriate LLSILs for use within
the State from Appendices A, B, or C, containing Tables 1 through 3.
Appendices D and E, contain Tables 4 and 5, which adjust a family of
four figure for larger and smaller families, may be used with any LLSIL
designated area. The governor's designation may be provided by
disseminating information on MSAs and metropolitan and non-metropolitan
areas within the State or it may involve further calculations. For
example, the State of New Jersey has at least four LLSIL figures
(Northeast metropolitan area, Northeast non-metropolitan area, and the
New York and Philadelphia MSAs). An area may have more than one LLSIL
area
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designation, if a workforce investment area has more than one LLSIL
area designation, the governor may determine which is to be used.
Under 20 CFR 661.110, a State's policies and measures for the
workforce investment system shall be accepted by the Secretary to the
extent that they are consistent with WIA and WIA regulations.
III. Disclaimer on Statistical Uses
Publication of the LLSIL is solely for WIA statutory and regulatory
requirements. BLS has terminated the four-person urban family budget
estimates series and has not revised the lower living family budget
since 1981, and has no plans to do so. The CPI-U adjustments used to
update LLSIL for this publication are not precisely comparable, (most
notably because certain tax items were included in the 1981 LLSIL, but
are not in the CPI-U). Thus, figures in this notice should not be used
for any statistical purposes, and are valid only for those purposes
under WIA as defined in the law and regulations.
Appendix A
Table 1--Lower Living Standard Income Level \1\ (for a Family of Four
Persons) by Region
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2014
Region \2\ Adjusted 70 percent
LLSIL LLSIL
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Northeast:
Metro....................................... $41,787 $29,251
Non-Metro \3\............................... 41,374 28,962
Midwest:
Metro....................................... 36,720 25,704
Non-Metro................................... 35,711 24,998
South:
Metro....................................... 38,293 26,805
Non-Metro................................... 35,077 24,554
West:
Metro....................................... 42,378 29,665
Non-Metro \4\............................... 41,849 29,294
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\1\ For ease of use, these figures are rounded to the next highest
dollar.
\2\ Metropolitan area measures were calculated from the weighted average
CPI-U's for city size classes A and B/C. Non-metropolitan area
measures were calculated from the CPI-U's for city size class D.
\3\ Non-metropolitan area percent changes for the Northeast region are
no longer available. The Non-metropolitan percent change was
calculated using the U.S. average CPI-U for city size class D.
\4\ Non-metropolitan area percent changes for the West region are based
on unpublished BLS data.
Appendix B
Table 2--Lower Living Standard Income Level \1\ (for a Family of Four
Persons), for Alaska, Hawaii and Guam
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2014
Region \2\ Adjusted 70 Percent
LLSIL LLSIL
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Alaska:
Metro....................................... $47,851 $33,496
Non-Metro................................... 50,100 35,070
Hawaii, Guam:
Metro....................................... 51,552 36,086
Non-Metro................................... 53,485 37,440
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\1\ For ease of use, these figures are rounded to the next highest
dollar.
\2\ Non-Metropolitan percent changes for Alaska, Hawaii and Guam were
calculated from the CPI-U's for all urban consumers for city size
class D in the Western Region. Generally the non-metro areas LLSIL is
lower than the LLSIL in metro areas. This year the non-metro area
LLSIL incomes were larger because the change in CPI-U was smaller in
the metro areas compared to the change in CPI-U in the non-metro areas
of Alaska, Hawaii and Guam.
Appendix C
Table 3--Lower Living Standard Income Level \1\ (for a Family of Four
Persons), for 23 Selected MSAs
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2014
Metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) Adjusted 70 Percent
LLSIL LLSIL
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Anchorage, AK................................. $49,048 $34,333
Atlanta, GA................................... 33,801 23,660
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA/NH/ME/CT........... 44,629 31,241
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL/IN/WI................ 37,829 26,481
Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH/KY/IN................. 35,824 25,077
Cleveland-Akron, OH........................... 37,425 26,198
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX.......................... 34,005 23,804
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO.................... 37,771 26,440
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................... 35,239 24,668
Honolulu, HI.................................. 52,479 36,735
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX................ 33,265 23,285
Kansas City, MO/KS............................ 34,638 24,247
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA....... 42,151 29,506
Milwaukee-Racine, WI.......................... 36,055 25,238
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN/WI................... 36,142 25,300
New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY/NJ/CT/PA. 44,387 31,071
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA/NJ/ 40,170 28,119
DE/MD........................................
Pittsburgh, PA................................ 43,968 30,778
St. Louis, MO/IL.............................. 34,011 23,808
San Diego, CA................................. 45,635 31,945
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA............ 43,714 30,600
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA.................. 44,351 31,046
Washington-Baltimore, DC/MD/VA/WV \2\......... 45,279 31,695
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\1\ For ease of use, these figures are rounded to the next highest
dollar.
\2\ Baltimore and Washington are calculated as a single metropolitan
statistical area.
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Appendix D
Table 4: 70 Percent of Updated 2014 Lower Living Standard Income Level
(LLSIL), by Family Size
To use the 70 percent LLSIL value, where it is stipulated for
the WIA programs, begin by locating the region or metropolitan area
where the program applicant resides. These are listed in Tables 1, 2
and 3. After locating the appropriate region or metropolitan
statistical area, find the 70 percent LLSIL amount for that
location. The 70 percent LLSIL figures are listed in the last column
to the right on each of the three tables. These figures apply to a
family of four. Larger and smaller family eligibility is based on a
percentage of the family of four. To determine eligibility for other
size families consult Table 4 and the instructions below.
To use Table 4, locate the 70 percent LLSIL value that applies
to the individual's region or metropolitan area from Tables 1, 2 or
3. Find the same number in the ``family of four'' column of Table 4.
Move left or right across that row to the size that corresponds to
the individual's family unit. That figure is the maximum household
income the individual is permitted in order to qualify as
economically disadvantaged under the WIA.
Where the HHS poverty level for a particular family size is
greater than the corresponding LLSIL figure, the LLSIL figure is
italicized. Individuals from these family sizes may consult the 2014
HHS poverty guidelines found on the Health and Human Services Web
site at http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/14poverty.cfm to find the higher
eligibility standard. Individuals from Alaska and Hawaii should
consult the HHS guidelines for the generally higher poverty levels
that apply in their States.
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Family of one Family of two Family of three Family of four Family of five Family of six
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$8,390 $13,745 $18,865 $23,285 $27,481 $32,138
8,519 13,962 19,172 23,660 27,923 32,653
8,574 14,051 19,286 23,804 28,095 32,853
8,577 14,052 19,288 23,808 28,097 32,856
8,729 14,308 19,646 24,247 28,614 33,465
8,846 14,492 19,890 24,554 28,976 33,886
8,883 14,554 19,984 24,668 29,109 34,040
9,006 14,752 20,252 24,998 29,505 34,504
9,030 14,801 20,318 25,077 29,595 34,609
9,086 14,893 20,446 25,238 29,785 34,832
9,111 14,931 20,498 25,300 29,860 34,919
9,254 15,170 20,821 25,704 30,332 35,479
9,433 15,464 21,223 26,198 30,918 36,154
9,523 15,605 21,422 26,440 31,201 36,491
9,533 15,630 21,449 26,481 31,252 36,551
9,654 15,819 21,712 26,805 31,637 37,001
10,129 16,594 22,780 28,119 33,187 38,807
10,428 17,094 23,466 28,962 34,181 39,967
10,534 17,265 23,695 29,251 34,522 40,369
10,548 17,286 23,733 29,294 34,573 40,435
10,623 17,408 23,901 29,506 34,818 40,724
10,680 17,502 24,030 29,665 35,005 40,943
11,022 18,060 24,787 30,600 36,111 42,234
11,086 18,166 24,936 30,778 36,324 42,478
11,184 18,319 25,151 31,046 36,638 42,846
11,187 18,336 25,168 31,071 36,664 42,885
11,249 18,435 25,312 31,241 36,869 43,114
11,415 18,707 25,677 31,695 37,407 43,748
11,506 18,849 25,880 31,945 37,699 44,090
12,064 19,764 27,137 33,496 39,529 46,232
12,366 20,264 27,814 34,333 40,520 47,381
12,631 20,692 28,410 35,070 41,385 48,396
12,998 21,293 29,236 36,086 42,585 49,806
13,230 21,675 29,756 36,735 43,349 50,702
13,483 22,095 30,329 37,440 44,181 51,669
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Appendix E
Table 5: Updated 2014 LLSIL (100 percent), by Family Size
To use the LLSIL to determine the minimum level for establishing
self-sufficiency criteria at the State or local level, begin by
locating the metropolitan area or region from Table 1, 2 or 3 and
then find the 2014 adjusted LLSIL amount for that location. These
figures apply to a family of four. Locate the corresponding number
in the family of four in the column below. Move left or right across
that row to the individual's family unit. That figure is the minimum
figure that States must set for determining whether employment leads
to self-sufficiency under WIA programs.
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Family of one Family of two Family of three Family of four Family of five Family of six
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$11,985 $19,635 $26,949 $33,265 $39,258 $45,911
12,170 19,945 27,389 33,801 39,890 46,647
12,249 20,073 27,552 34,005 40,136 46,933
12,253 20,074 27,555 34,011 40,139 46,937
12,470 20,440 28,065 34,638 40,878 47,807
12,637 20,703 28,415 35,077 41,394 48,409
12,691 20,792 28,549 35,239 41,585 48,629
12,866 21,074 28,931 35,711 42,150 49,291
12,900 21,144 29,026 35,824 42,278 49,442
12,980 21,275 29,208 36,055 42,550 49,760
13,016 21,329 29,283 36,142 42,657 49,885
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13,221 21,671 29,745 36,720 43,331 50,684
13,476 22,091 30,318 37,425 44,169 51,648
13,604 22,292 30,603 37,771 44,572 52,130
13,619 22,328 30,641 37,829 44,646 52,215
13,792 22,598 31,017 38,293 45,196 52,858
14,469 23,706 32,542 40,170 47,411 55,439
14,898 24,420 33,523 41,374 48,830 57,096
15,049 24,664 33,850 41,787 49,317 57,670
15,068 24,694 33,905 41,849 49,390 57,764
15,176 24,869 34,144 42,151 49,740 58,177
15,258 25,003 34,329 42,378 50,008 58,490
15,745 25,800 35,410 43,714 51,588 60,335
15,836 25,951 35,622 43,968 51,891 60,683
15,976 26,170 35,930 44,351 52,340 61,208
15,982 26,195 35,955 44,387 52,377 61,265
16,070 26,336 36,160 44,629 52,670 61,591
16,307 26,724 36,682 45,279 53,439 62,497
16,438 26,927 36,971 45,635 53,855 62,986
17,235 28,235 38,767 47,851 56,470 66,046
17,666 28,949 39,734 49,048 57,886 67,688
18,044 29,560 40,585 50,100 59,121 69,138
18,569 30,419 41,765 51,552 60,836 71,152
18,900 30,965 42,508 52,479 61,928 72,431
19,261 31,564 43,327 53,485 63,116 73,813
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Eric Seleznow,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration.
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