WIOA Dislocated Worker Formula Grants — CFDA 17.278

Dislocated-worker obligations at $3.26 billion

USAspending.gov records $3,264,052,686.93 ($3,264,052,687 rounded) in obligations under CFDA 17.278. One hundred sixty-one awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $20.3 million per award — far larger than a typical local training grant and consistent with statewide formula awards. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical per-worker training cost.

The assistance-listing title is WIOA DISLOCATED WORKER FORMULA GRANTS. CFDA 17.278 is the identifier. Wagner-Peyser, WIOA youth, and adult listings are separate CFDA numbers and are not mixed into the $3.26 billion. Combining those codes would invent a combined workforce total this packet does not contain.

54 recipients across 52 states

Fifty-four recipients share 161 awards, or about 3.0 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $3.26 billion evenly would assign about $60.4 million per recipient. That pattern matches a formula portfolio in which a state workforce agency holds several award years. The packet does not list the 54. Recipient count is the organizational headcount, not a census of dislocated workers or local boards.

Fifty-two states in the geographic count show nationwide coding in the USAspending state field. Formula dollars still vary by layoff and labor-force rules that are not in this packet. The state count does not flatten those differences. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table.

Award count is not a worker count

Among workforce listings, 17.278 is a sparse, high-dollar file: 161 rows against 54 recipients. Annual formula awards can sit as a few large records even while many local boards serve participants. Award count is therefore a weak proxy for “number of dislocated workers.” Recipients (54) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (161) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report enrollments, placements, or layoff events. Citing 161 as workers would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, states.

Obligations versus WIOA outlays

The $3.26 billion is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against WIOA Dislocated Worker awards — are not in the packet. A state can show a large obligation stock while local boards draw on a program-year calendar. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total. A remaining-balance question is an outlay question this extract does not answer.

Use CFDA 17.278 to size this dislocated-worker listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as a placements dashboard. Those series live elsewhere. This page reports the obligation book tagged 17.278.

What the 17.278 tables omit

The WIOA Dislocated Worker Formula Grants hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a participant census, not a layoff log, and not a ranking of placement rates. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $3,264,052,686.93. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 161 award rows.

Place-of-performance on 52 states is a coding field. A statewide recipient coded to one cell can dominate geography while boards sit in many counties. Read the program page before treating those cells as equal shares.

Where the 17.278 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 17.278 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other labor listings. For 17.278 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 17.278’s 161 awards spread $3,264,052,686.93 across 54 recipients and 52 states. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 3.0 award records per recipient and about $20.3 million per award are the structure story on this listing. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

CFDA 17.278 is indexed at $3,264,052,686.93 in obligations, 161 awards, 54 recipients, and 52 states on USAspending.gov. WIOA Dislocated Worker Formula Grants should be cited on that CFDA row alone. The $3.26 billion figure sizes the listing in the assistance file. It does not convert obligations into outlays, and it does not convert award count into a service, patient, student, or project census.

Readers who need the overlay tables should start on the program page for CFDA 17.278, then rank the listing on the all-programs index. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other listings; they do not replace the $3,264,052,686.93 obligation stock. Keep the four facts together when quoting WIOA Dislocated Worker Formula Grants: dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov, award count as a stored-row count, recipient count as the organizational headcount (including 0 when the extract stores none), and the state figure as a geographic coding count.

Questions

How much is obligated for WIOA Dislocated Worker formula grants?

USAspending.gov records $3,264,052,686.93 in obligations for CFDA 17.278. SpendingVault indexes 161 awards, 54 recipients, and 52 states. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a worker count. CFDA 17.278’s $3.26 billion is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 17.278 carry?

The listing shows 161 awards against 54 recipients, or about 3.0 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $20.3 million per award. Award count is not a participant or layoff count. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

How many organizations receive 17.278 awards?

The extract lists 54 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 17.278. Geographic coding covers 52 states. The packet does not name the 54 or publish enrollment counts. Recipient count is the organizational headcount. CFDA 17.278’s $3.26 billion on 161 awards, with 54 recipients and 52 states in this aggregate, is the USAspending obligation stock.

Is $3.26 billion already spent on dislocated-worker services?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 17.278’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or workers served. The $3.26 billion on 161 awards is the obligation figure.