American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided funding for the workforce investment system to offer training and employment services to workers who are facing unprecedented challenges to retool their skills and establish themselves in viable career pathways.

Due to the nature of the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker and Wagner-Peyser Employment Service formula-funded programs, the Department of Labor has not yet isolated the number of participants in each of these programs that are attributable to Recovery Act funds.

On a monthly basis, states report on the number of participants served under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs, National Emergency Grants (NEGs), and the Wagner-Peyser Employment Service program.

	Current Month	Program to Date¹
Total number of participants	60,567	372,898
Total number of participants in summer employment*	9,768	328,150
Total number of INA participants²	749	3,227

Percentage in summer employment	16.1%	88.0%
Percentage male	45.4%	48.6%
Percentage female	53.0%	50.1%
Percentage Hispanic/Latino	27.4%	25.0%
Percentage American Indian or Alaska Native	2.2%	2.0%
Percentage Asian	1.7%	1.8%
Percentage Black or African-American	39.3%	43.9%
Percentage Hawaiian Native or Other Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.6%
Percentage White	40.1%	38.2%
Percentage in-school	47.0%	62.5%
Percentage out-of-school	52.0%	37.0%

	Current Month	Program to Date¹
Total number of participants	694,460	3,629,052
Percentage receiving career guidance	18.7%	24.5%
Percentage receiving job search activities	54.7%	67.7%
Percentage referred to WIA services	16.5%	23.2%

	Current Month	Program to Date¹
Total number of participants	11,455	12,279
Percentage in training	55.9%	62.8%
Percentage receiving supportive services	33.4%	36.6%
¹ Count of all participants who were served since May 1, 2009 ² Source: Indian and Native American (INA) Monthly Youth Report; all percentages are calculated to include INA Youth ³ Twelve states reporting *Increases in the Program-to-Date and Current Month counts of Youth Participants in Summer Employment are due to state adjustments for prior months.
Source: State Monthly Reports, as of 3/31/10