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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 2 / Tuesday, January 5, 2021 / Rules and Regulations it for a fiscal year under paragraph d1i of this section, FNS will reallocate the unobligated, unexpended funds to other State agencies during the fiscal year or subsequent fiscal year.
FNS will allocate carryover funding to meet some or all of the State agencies requests, as it considers appropriate and equitable in accordance with the following process:
A Not less than 50 percent shall be reallocated to State agencies requesting funding to conduct employment and training programs and activities for which the State agency had previously received funding under the pilots authorized by the Agricultural Act of 2014 Pub. L. 11379 that FNS
determines have the most demonstrable impact on the ability of participants to find and retain employment that leads to increased household income and reduced reliance on public assistance.
B Not less than 30 percent shall be reallocated to State agencies requesting funding for E&T programs and activities under paragraph e1 or 2 of this section that FNS determines have the most demonstrable impact on the ability of participants to find and retain employment that leads to increased household income and reduced reliance on public assistance, including activities targeted to:
1 Individuals 50 years of age or older;
2 Formerly incarcerated individuals;
3 Individuals participating in a substance abuse treatment program;
4 Homeless individuals;
5 People with disabilities seeking to enter the workforce;
6 Other individuals with substantial barriers to employment, including disabled veterans; or 7 Households facing multigenerational poverty, to support employment and workforce participation through an integrated and family-focused approach in providing supportive services.
C State agencies who receive reallocated funds under paragraph d1iiiA of this section may also be considered to receive reallocated funds under paragraph d1iiiB of this section.
D Any remaining funds not accounted for with the reallocations specified in paragraphs d1iiiA or B of this section shall be reallocated to State agencies requesting such funds for E&T programs and activities under paragraph e1 or 2 of this section that FNS determines have the most demonstrable impact on the ability of participants to find and retain employment that leads to increased
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household income and reduced reliance on public assistance.
E State agencies requesting the reallocated funds specified in paragraph d1iiiA, B, or D of this section, shall make their request for those funds in their E&T State plans submitted for the upcoming fiscal year. FNS will determine the amount of reallocated funds each requesting State agency shall receive and provide the reallocated funds to those State agencies within a timeframe that allows each State agency to which funds are reallocated at least 270 days to expend the reallocated funds. When making the reallocations, FNS will also consider the size of the request relative to the level of the State agencys E&T spending in prior years, the specificity of the State agencys plan for spending carryover funds, and the quality of program and scope of impact for the States E&T program.
F Unobligated, unexpended funds not reallocated in the process specified in paragraph E of this section, shall be reallocated to State agencies upon request for E&T programs and activities under paragraph e1 or 2 of this section that FNS determines have the most demonstrable impact on the ability of participants to find and retain employment that leads to increased household income and reduced reliance on public assistance. In making these reallocations FNS will also consider the size of the request relative to the level of the State agencys E&T spending in prior years, the specificity of the State agencys plan for spending carryover funds, and the quality of program and scope of impact for the States E&T
program.
2 Additional administrative costs.
Fifty percent of all other administrative costs incurred by State agencies in operating E&T programs, above the costs referenced in paragraph d1 of this section, will be funded by the Federal Government.
3 Additional allocations. In addition to the E&T program grants discussed in paragraph d1 of this section, FNS
will allocate $20 million in Federal funds each fiscal year to State agencies that ensure availability of education, training, or workfare opportunities that permit ABAWDs to remain eligible beyond the 3-month time limit.
i To be eligible, a State agency must make and comply with a commitment, or pledge, to use these additional funds to defray the cost of offering a position in an education, training, or workfare component that fulfills the ABAWD work requirement, as defined in 273.24a, to each applicant and recipient who is:

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A In the last month of the 3-month time limit described in 273.24b;
B Not eligible for an exception to the 3-month time limit under 273.24c;
C Not a resident of an area of the State granted a waiver of the 3-month time limit under 273.24f; and D Not included in each State agencys 15 percent ABAWD exemption allotment under 273.24g.
ii While a participating pledge State may use a portion of the additional funding to provide E&T services to ABAWDs who do not meet the criteria discussed in paragraph d3i of this section, it must guarantee that the ABAWDs who do meet the criteria are provided the opportunity to remain eligible.
iii State agencies will have one opportunity each fiscal year to take the pledge described in paragraph d3i of this section. An interested State agency, in its E&T Plan for the upcoming fiscal year, must include the following:
A A request to be considered as a pledge State, along with its commitment to comply with the requirements of paragraph d3i of this section;
B The estimated costs of complying with its pledge;
C A description of management controls it has established to meet the requirements of the pledge;
D A discussion of its capacity and ability to serve vulnerable ABAWDs;
E Information about the size and special needs of the States ABAWD
population; and F Information about the education, training, and workfare components that it will offer to allow ABAWDs to remain eligible.
iv If the information provided in accordance with paragraph d3iii of this section clearly indicates that the State agency will be unable to fulfill its commitment, FNS may require the State agency to address its deficiencies before it is allowed to participate as a pledge State.
v If the State agency does not address its deficiencies by the beginning of the new fiscal year on October 1, it will not be allowed to participate as a pledge State.
vi No pledges will be accepted after the beginning of the fiscal year.
viiA Once FNS determines how many State agencies will participate as pledge States in the upcoming fiscal year, it will, as early in the fiscal year as possible, allocate among them the $20 million based on the number of ABAWDs in each participating State, as a percentage of ABAWDs in all the participating States. FNS will determine the number of ABAWDs in each
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