Congress Appropriates $2,500,000 to Reduce the Processing Backlog for WOTC Determinations Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL 13-19) Change-1
The selected states and corresponding funding amounts for these awards are as follows:
- $100,000 · Alaska · Delaware · Idaho · Wyoming
- $200,000 · Connecticut · Kansas · North Carolina · Virginia
- $325,000 · California · Indiana · New Jersey · New York
On March 19, 2020, Assistant Secretary John Pallasch, with the United States Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration, released the following directive.
Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 13-19 – Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Funding Allotments for the Fiscal Year 2020. The purpose of the TEGL is to convey the WOTC Fiscal Year 2020 funding allotments, including the remaining balance to states, and application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWA).
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit is authorized until December 31, 2020. The U.S. Departments of Labor and Treasury jointly administer WOTC. The Department of Treasury, through the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), administers all tax-related provisions and requirements of the Federal tax credit. The Department of Labor, through the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), awards grants to states for the administration of WOTC.
ETA has available grant funds totaling $18,485,000 for normal WOTC operations in FY 2020. The Department awarded $2,626,719 under the first Continuing Resolution (P.L. 116-59 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019) and awarded $1,464,012 under the second Continuing Resolution (P.L. 116-69 — Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019). Therefore, the remaining balance to the states is $14,394,269. Attachment I to the TEGL identifies the remaining balance amounts to each state.
The TEGL has been added to the ETA Advisory database and is now available at
https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=3600
https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL/TEGL_13-19_Change-1_acc.pdf
