The Central Massachusetts Regional Employment Board is receiving approximately $4.3 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Most of the ARRA training funds available will be used through the Individual Training Account (ITA) contracting process and a youth employment program. Customer demand for ITAs remains very strong.
As part of its strategic planning process, the CMREB utilized additional Labor Market Information (LMI) to identify regional areas of industrial growth and decline, ability of skilled workforce to meet industry demand, availability of training and education, and capacity of educational institutions to provide training and education to meet this demand.
Of the total $4,360,656, the program allotments are as follows: $762,226 for ITAs ($208,472 for low-income adults and $553,754 for dislocated workers); $220,000 for adult education ($90,000 for WIA adults and $130,000 for dislocated workers); $40, 426 ($16,936 for WIA adult and $23,490 for Dislocated Worker Services) for support services. Support services include items needed for customers to complete a training program, such as books, uniforms, test fees, tools. $327,836 for Wagner/Peyser Reemployment Services; $187,887 for Wagner/Peyser Employment Services 90%, (this funding is retained at the State level for State employees that work at the three Career Centers and for the purchase of computers for new ARRA hires.) Wagner/Peyser 10% for capacity building activities at the CMREB is $20,876. Funding for the ARRA Summer Youth program totals $1,952,478. This includes $1,499,909 for direct program implementation, $257,321 for Career Center and local WIB planning, monitoring and evaluation, and $195,248 for administration, financial oversight, and record keeping, including the costs charged by the city to all federal and state grants when applicable.
ARRA Funding Allocations: Adult $784,090 Dislocated Worker $1,087,489 Re-employment $327, 836 Wagner/Peyser ES 90% $187,887 10% $20,876 Youth $1,952,478 TOTAL $4,360,656
Program
Grant Allocation
$ Expended
$ Obligated
$ Balance*
#'s Served
ARRA Dislocated Worker
1,087,489
351,442
371,148
364,899
214
ARRA Adult
784,090
101,076
128,936
554,078
80
ARRA Youth
1,952,478
1,214,492
434,200
303,786
538
* Balance column includes planned expenditures in salaries, fringe, operating costs, occupational training contracts, support service funds and city fees for remainder of year.
