allocation of funds

allocation of funds Sec. 103. (a) (1) Eighty percent of the amount available for this title in any fiscal year shall be allotted in accordance with the pro-visions of this subsection. (2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (4)— (A) 50 percent of the amount allotted under this subsection shall be allotted on the basis of the manpower allotment of the State in the fiscal year prior to the year for which the determination is made compared to the manpower allotment for all States in that year; (B) 37½ percent of the amount allotted under this subsection shall lie allotted on the basis of the relative number of unemployed persons within the State as compared to such numbers in all States; (C) 12½ percent of the amount allotted under this subsection shall be allotted on the basis of the relative number of adults in families with an annual income below the low-income level within the State compared to such total numbers in all States; (D) Not less than $2,000,000 shall be allotted among Guam, I he Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and (he Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, in accordance with their respective needs. (4) The sum allotted to each Slate shall be allotted by the Secretary among areas within the State on an equitable basis based upon the factors set forth in paragraph (2). (5) No prime sponsor shall be allocated an amount which is in excess of 150 percent of the amount received by the area served by that prime sponsor in the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the determination was made except that if the amount so allocated is less than 50 percent of the amount to which such prime sponsor is entitled under paragraph (2) in the fiscal year for which a determination was made, then such allocation shall lie increased to 50 percent of the amount of such entitlement. (b) Not more than 5 percent of the amount available for this title shall be available to the Secretary to encourage, after consultation with and receiving recommendations from the Governor’ of the appropriate State, voluntary combinations formed under section 102 com (c) Five percent of the funds available under title I shall be available only for grants under section 112 except that such grants shall not increase the fluids available in any prime sponsor’s urea by more than 20 percent of the amount allocated to such prime sponsor under subsection (a). (d) One percent of I he amount allocated under subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary to be allocated in (he same manner as provided under subsection (a) to State prime sponsors for the costs incurred in carrying out the provisions of section 107(a)(2)(B). If any State does not need the amount allocated under this subsection for any fiscal year, that amount shall be available for State services tinder section 106, (e) Four percent of the amounts available for this title shall be available to each State in the same proportion as that State’s allocation under subsection (a) for State services under section 106. (f) The remainder of the funds shall be available in the Secretary’s discretion, in exercising his discretion the Secretary shall first utilize, such funds to provide each prime sponsor with an amount for any fiscal year equal to 90 percent of such area’s manpower allotment in the preceding fiscal year. The remainder shall be distributed in the Secretary’s discretion among areas served by prime sponsors (or where, a prime sponsors plan has not been approved an area served 87 Stat. 843 by the Secretary under his authority in section 110). In exercising Ins discretion the Secretary shall take into account the need for continued funding of programs of demonstrated effectiveness. (g) Grants made to prime sponsors designated under section 102 (a) (5) shall be from funds not allocated under subsection (a). (h) As soon as practicable after funds are appropriated to carry out this Act for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register the allotments made pursuant to this section. Allotments under this section shall be based on the latest satisfactory data and estimates available. (i) The Secretary is authorized to make such reallocations under this title as he deems appropriate of the unobligated amount of any allotment pursuant to subsection (a) to the extent that the Secretary determines that it will not lie required for the period for which such allotment is available. Allotted amounts may not be reallocated for any reason before the expiration of the ninth month of the fiscal year for which such funds were allotted and thereafter may be reallocated only if the Secretary has provided thirty days’ advance notice to the prime sponsor for such area, and to the Governor of the State of the proposed reallocation, during which period of time the prime sponsor and the Governor may submit comments to the Secretary. After considering any comments submitted during such period of time, the Secretary shall notify the Governor and affected prime sponsors of any decision to reallocate funds and shall publish any such decision in the Federal Register. Priority shall be given in real locating such funds to other areas within the same State.