New York State Allocation Formula for the WIOA Adult and Youth Programs

Allocation Factor / Weight Assigned in Formula / Data Sources
Unemployed in Areas of Substantial Unemployment (6.5%)1 / 33.3% / Local Area Unemployment Statistics,
NYSDOL, annual data
Excess Unemployed (4.5%)2 / 33.3% / Local Area Unemployment Statistics,
NYSDOL, annual data
Economically Disadvantaged Adults (Adult formula only)3 / 33.3% / American Community Survey, 2006-2010
Economically Disadvantaged Youth (Youth formula only)4 / 33.3% / American Community Survey, 2006-2010

1 Number of unemployed persons in areas with an unemployment rate of 6.5 percent or more.

2 Number of unemployed in excess of 4.5 percent of the civilian labor force (in the WDB or in the areas of substantial unemployment within the WDB, whichever is higher).

3 An adult aged 22-72 whose income, or whose family income, was below poverty or below 70 percent of the lower living standard income level.

4 A youth aged 16-21 whose income, or whose family income, was below poverty or below 70 percent of the lower living standard income level.

New York State Allocation Formula for the WIOA Dislocated Worker Program

Allocation Factor / Weight Assigned in Formula / Data Sources
Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries / Combined Weight5
92% / Unemployment Insurance data, most recent year, New York State Department of Labor
Long Term Unemployed / US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and NYSDOL, most recent Calendar Year
Unemployed in Areas of Substantial Unemployment (6.5%)1 / 2% / Local Area Unemployment Statistics,
NYSDOL, annual data
Unemployed under the Mass Layoff Statistics program2 / 2% / Mass Layoff Statistics,
NYSDOL, 2-year data
Change in Employment in Industries with Job Losses in Past Five Years3 / 2% / Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages,
NYSDOL, 5-year data
Farms with Net Losses4 / 2% / Number of Farms with Sales of $10,000 or more, with expenses in excess of sales, 2012
Census of Agriculture

1 Represents unemployment concentrations.

2 Defined as 50 or more UI claimants from a single firm within a five week period.

3 Represents declining industries data. Defined as the number of jobs lost during the most recent five-year period in industries that lost jobs. The number of jobs lost is determined by employment reports of employers as filed with the New York State Department of Labor under the Unemployment Insurance program (QCEW data).

4 Represents farmer-rancher economic hardship data.

5 The factors for Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries and Long Term Unemployed have a combined weight of 92 percent. They are, in effect, self-weighted in proportion to the total number of UI beneficiaries and long term unemployed.

Prepared by: Division of Research and Statistics, NYS Dept. of Labor