Attachment C

WAGNER-PEYSER RESOURCES DISTRIBUTION
For period 7/1/00 – 6/30/01
(Program Year 2000)

The method used to allocate these positions is as follows:

90%	Need for Services
55%	Unemployment
10%	Economically Disadvantaged
10%	Public Assistance Recipients
10%	Employer Need
5%	Geographic Access Factor

1. Unemployment (55%)

   Because the vast majority of those who require employment services are out of work, the volume of unemployment in an SDA is one of the best indicators of need. This factor was obtained by dividing the number of unemployed in each SDA by the State Total of unemployed persons.

2. Economically Disadvantaged (10%)

   Another indicator of need is the number of residents in an area who are economically disadvantaged. The economically disadvantaged include many of those with social barriers to employment, increasing the likelihood they will require the assistance of a public agency in securing employment. (The data used for this factor was provided by the U.S. Department of Labor.) This factor was obtained by dividing the number of “economically disadvantaged” individuals in each SDA by the State Total of such person.)

3. Public Assistance Recipients (10%)

   The population receiving public assistance in an area is another indicator of the need for employment services. Services to these individuals may result in their removal from the welfare rolls. The factor representing this component is simply the number of recipients in each SDA as a percentage of all recipients statewide.

4. Employer Need (10%)

   Employer clients represent a vital part of the Job Services and labor exchange equation; their needs must be taken into consideration to ensure that the Division of Employment Services (DOES) offices have staff available to solicit job orders and fill employer job openings. Employer needs are measured by the SDA's percentage of all orders received statewide for jobs over three days in duration.

5. Geographic Access Factor (5.0%)

   Since DOES (Job Service) is mandated to serve all job seekers, it must ensure that no group is denied access to services because of their place of residence. While it would be inappropriate because of population consensus to insist on an even geographic distribution of offices over the State, this factor must be given a degree of consideration to make services available to those who reside in rural areas. The factor was computed by comparing the square miles contained in each SDA as a percentage of the State's total area.

6. Productivity (10%)

   Despite the requisites of each SDA's need, services will not be equally effective in all areas. In order to ensure that additional resources are available to SDAs where Job Service has a high productivity, and to encourage the optimal utilization of staff, a productivity factor has been included. Productivity was measured by the number of people placed in jobs per unit of total staff. Job Service staff productivity in each SDA was expressed as a percentage of the State average. This percentage was then applied against the staff allocation for the same year.

7. Hold Harmless

   The “hold harmless” provision means that no SDA will receive less than 90% of its proportion of the previous year's allocation. In other words, in an area that now constitutes an SDA which received 6% Wagner-Peyser resources the year before, it would receive no less than 4.5% in the coming year. “Hold harmless” minimizes the disruption which would occur by drastically altering previous staffing levels.

Anyone wishing to comment on either the method or actual distribution of Wagner-Peyser resources should write to:

Ms. Fredda Peritz
Director, Division of Employment Services (DOES)
New York State Department of Labor
Building 12, Room 576
State Office Building Campus
Albany, New York 12240