The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $100,000 Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program Formula Grant (CFDA 17.245) to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The purpose of this 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, is to provide training, employment and case management services, job search and relocation allowances, and wage supplements to workers in Louisiana who have been adversely affected by foreign trade. As the...
This $2,500,000 Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program Formula Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.245), provides funding to the Oregon Employment Department to deliver a range of employment and training services to trade-affected workers in the state. The grant supports the administration of the TAA Program, as well as the provision of training, employment and case management services, job search and relocation allowances, and wage...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development a $9,660,962 Formula Grant under the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Workers program (CFDA 17.245). The grant will fund administration and services for the TAA program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Through this funding, the state will provide training, employment services, job search allowances, and relocation assistance to...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce a $4.96 million Formula Grant under the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Workers program (CFDA 17.245) to deliver employment services to trade-impacted workers from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Through this funding, South Carolina will provide training, employment services, case management, job search allowances, and relocation assistance to...
This $155,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.225 Unemployment Insurance) provides funding to the New York Department of Labor to deliver Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA), Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA), and Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA) benefits. The purpose of these funds is to provide temporary partial income support to individuals who have exhausted unemployment compensation and...
This $325,000 Formula Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Unemployment Insurance (CFDA 17.225) Federal Grant Program. The purpose of these funds is to provide Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA), Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA), and Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA) benefits to individuals who have exhausted unemployment compensation and whose jobs were adversely affected by foreign imports....
This $130,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.225 Unemployment Insurance) provides temporary partial income support, known as Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA), Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA), and Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA), to individuals who have exhausted their unemployment compensation and whose jobs were adversely affected by foreign imports. The grant funding enables the...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $160,000 Formula Grant to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development under the Unemployment Insurance (CFDA 17.225) Federal Grant Program. The purpose of this grant is to provide Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA), Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA), and Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA) benefits to support individuals who have exhausted unemployment compensation and whose jobs were...
This Formula Grant award of $150,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.225 - Unemployment Insurance) will provide Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA), Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA), and Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA) benefits to individuals in Oregon who have exhausted unemployment compensation and whose jobs were adversely affected by foreign imports. The grant supports temporary partial income to enable...
This $206,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.225 Unemployment Insurance) provides temporary partial income support to individuals in Minnesota who have exhausted unemployment compensation and lost their jobs due to foreign trade, as determined by a Department of Labor certification. The grant funds will be used by the Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development (DEED Careerforce) to deliver Trade...
AWARD PURPOSE STATES MAY USE THE TAA PROGRAM TAOA FUNDS PROVIDED UNDER THIS GRANT TO COVER THE COST OF RELATED STATE ADMINISTRATION AND THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, JOB SEARCH ALLOWANCES, AND RELOCATION ALLOWANCES TO ADVERSELY AFFECTED WORKERS. TEGL NO. 15-21, PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE USE AND PURPOSE OF TAA PROGRAM TAOA FUNDS. ACTIVITIES PERFORMED THE TAA FINAL RULE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ON AUGUST 21, 2020, APPLICABLE STATUTES, AND GUIDANCE GOVERNING THE TAA PROGRAM DESCRIBE STATES' RESPONSIBILITIES AND SPECIFY THE ACTIVITIES STATES MUST PERFORM REGARDING THE USE OF TAA PROGRAM TAOA FUNDS. DELIVERABLES STATES MUST USE TAA PROGRAM FUNDS PROVIDED UNDER THIS GRANT TO OPERATE THE TAA PROGRAM IN SUPPORT OF THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND OUTCOMES PROVIDED IN THE FY 2022 FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES SECTION OF THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL BUDGET. INTENDED BENEFICIARY TAOA GRANT FUNDS ARE INTENDED TO SERVE ADVERSELY AFFECTED WORKERS, I.E., INDIVIDUALS WHO, BECAUSE OF LACK OF WORK IN ADVERSELY AFFECTED EMPLOYMENT, HAVE BEEN TOTALLY OR PARTIALLY SEPARATED FROM SUCH EMPLOYMENT; AND, ADVERSELY AFFECTED INCUMBENT WORKERS, (INDIVIDUALS WHO- (A) ARE MEMBERS OF A GROUP OF WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE UNDER SUBPART A; (B) HAVE NOT BEEN TOTALLY OR PARTIALLY SEPARATED FROM ADVERSELY AFFECTED EMPLOYMENT; AND (C) WORKERS FOR WHOM THE SECRETARY DETERMINES, ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, ARE THREATENED WITH TOTAL OR PARTIAL SEPARATION). SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES SUBRECIPIENT MEANS A NON-FEDERAL ENTITY OR FEDERAL AGENCY THAT RECEIVES A SUBAWARD FROM THE GRANT AWARD RECIPIENT UNDER THE TAOA FUNDS AWARD. SUBRECIPIENTS ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE GRANTEE FOR THE USE OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE SUBAWARD. SPECIFICATIONS OF SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES AND THE REQUIREMENTS TO WHICH SUBRECIPIENTS MUST COMPLY, ARE SET OUT IN THE TAA ANNUAL FUNDING AGREEMENT, WHICH UPON GRANT AWARD, DOL SENDS TO EACH GRANTEE.