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Department of Labor
The FY09 omnibus awards $15.3 billion to the Department of Labor, a 4.1 percent increase over the previous fiscal year.
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) received $9.4 billion, a 4.8 percent increase from FY08. About $2.97 billion supports grants to states for training and employment services. These state grants are divided between $862 million for adult training, $924 for youth activities, and $1.18 billion for training dislocated workers. Of the $489 million appropriated for federal training and employment service programs, $283 million is allocated for the dislocated workers assistance national reserve.
State unemployment insurance and employment services received $3.69 billion through the Unemployment Trust Fund in the Employment Security Administration Account, an 8.1 percent increase.
The Job Corps program, assisting 16 to 24 year olds with vocational and academic training, received $1.68 billion in FY09 - a 4.6 increase from FY08 - with $1.54 billion going towards operations and $115 million for the construction, rehab, or acquisition of Job Corps Centers. The funds allow the existing 122 Job Corps centers to continue, as well as opening centers in Florida and Wisconsin in FY09, and the preparation of centers to open in Iowa and New Hampshire in FY10 and Wyoming in FY11.