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	50,647	379,172
Total number of participants in summer employment	801	4,827
Total number of INA participants²	850	4,026

Percentage in summer employment	10.2%	85.7%
Percentage male	44.8%	48.6%
Percentage female	53.2%	50.0%
Percentage Hispanic/Latino	27.7%	25.4%
Percentage American Indian or Alaska Native	2.2%	2.0%
Percentage Asian	2.0%	1.8%
Percentage Black or African-American	37.2%	43.4%
Percentage Hawaiian Native or Other Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.6%
Percentage White	41.7%	38.0%
Percentage in-school	50.7%	61.9%
Percentage out-of-school	47.7%	36.7%

	Current Month	Program to Date¹
Total number of participants	717,308	4,305,689
Percentage receiving career guidance	19.8%	25.0%
Percentage receiving job search activities	55.4%	68.0%
Percentage referred to WIA services	16.9%	23.3%

	Current Month	Program to Date¹
Total number of participants	14,889	16,065
Percentage in training	50.9%	56.7%
Percentage receiving supportive services	29.1%	32.5%
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
Source: State Monthly reports, as of 05/31/10