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August 2003
 Workforce Investment Act: Potential Effects of
Alternative Formulas on State Allocations
A GAO Report
About $3.3 billion in funds were allocated to
states in fiscal year 2003 for Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker
employment and training programs under the Workforce Investment
Act (WIA) of 1998. The formulas used to distribute these funds are
generally the same as those used to distribute funds under the Job
Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of 1982, although WIA target
populations and program goals differ from those of JTPA. In
anticipation of the reauthorization of WIA, you asked us to assess
current and proposed formulas for allocating funds to states for
these programs and identify potential alternative allocation
formulas. We identified various issues with the current funding
formulas in our April 2003 report. 
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