Career Development Assistance
> Trade Adjustment Assistance for Dislocated Workers
Program Description:
Trade Adjustment Assistance provides transition assistance to workers who have been determined by the U.S. Department of Labor to have been adversely affected by imports from or shifts in production to foreign countries. Benefits include training, job search allowances, job relocation allowances, trade readjustment allowances, Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC), and case management services.
General Program Requirements:
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be unemployed, about to be unemployed, or because the goods you manufacture are now being imported.
Status
Active
Loan Terms:
Not Applicable
Application Process:
A petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance may be filed by a group of three or more workers, by a company official, by One-Stop Career Center operators or partners (including state employment security agencies and dislocated worker units), or by a union or other duly authorized representative of such workers. For petition forms and information on how to file a petition for benefits visit
http://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/DownloadPetitions.cfm
Program Contact Information:
For more information about this program, please visit:
http://www.doleta.gov/tradeact
Benefits for certified workers are generally available through the employment One-Stop Centers in local communities across the country. Locations and phone numbers for the One-Stop Centers can be found at:
http://www.servicelocator.org
People who are hearing impaired may call this toll-free TTY number:
1-877-889-5627
For more information you may call a toll-free help line:
1-866-487-2365
You may also write us at:
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Room N-5428
Washington, DC 20210
For more information, you may also call:
202-693-3560
Or
1-888-DOL-OTAA (1-888-365-6822)
Managing Agency:
U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/
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