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LEO explains enhancement-grants process and staffing counts to appropriations subcommittee
Summary
LEO officials told the House appropriations subcommittee how legislatively sponsored enhancement grants are executed via work projects, the department's federal-match mechanics, and provided corrected staffing totals: 2,180 authorized FTEs with 2,067 filled and approximately 113 vacancies.
The Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor and Economic Opportunity how legislatively sponsored enhancement grants are managed, how federal-match requirements are met and how the department accounts for FTEs.
Gregory Rivett, LEO chief administrative officer, said enhancement grants (one-time, legislatively sponsored grants) are placed into work projects when grantees need additional time to execute multiyear activities. He said LEO placed more than 151 one-time grants into a work project in FY 2024 (100% fully executed; 28% of funds dispersed) and that in FY 2025 the department received 207 one-time grants with about 48% fully executed and 86% of legislative sponsor packets received. Rivett said LEO posts a March…
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