Panel agrees to carryover obligated workforce funds, trims new RWIP allocation to $5 million

Panel agrees to carryover obligated workforce funds, trims new RWIP allocation to $5 million

Committee members for the Appropriations - Government Operations Division discussed carryover authority for previously appropriated one-time workforce funds and signaled they would reduce a proposed new allocation for the Regional Workforce Impact Program (RWIP) from $10,000,000 to $5,000,000.

The discussion focused on one-time workforce appropriations from the prior session, which the committee heard totaled about $28,500,000 and included line items such as $24,000,000 for workforce talent attraction, $12,500,000 for workforce investment program grants (also referenced as RWIP), $2,000,000 for technical skills training grants and $2,000,000 for New Americans workforce development and training grants. Committee staff estimated that roughly $12,000,000 of that prior one-time funding would remain unspent at the end of the current biennium and…