Overview of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program

These 101 resources will give you a broad overview of the positive impact TAA benefits and services can have on an individual, in order to increase their skill set and obtain measurable credentials for future employment:

• TAA Final Rule
• Benefits and Services
• Walkthrough TAA Final Rule
• TAA Resources Page

If you currently work at an American Job Center/One Stop/Career Center as a career coach, this section will provide you with resources to better execute TAA eligibility and implement strategies for success with your TAA customer base:

• Who is the TAA Customer? 
• TAA Final Rule: Employment and Case Management Services Funds Flexibilities
• TAA Final Rule: Quality Petition Filing for TAA Program
• TAA Final Rule: Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA)
• TAA Final Rule: Integrated Services
• TAA Final Rule: Work-Based Learning

Co-enrollment has been required since September 2020, and many states have struggled with this element of the TAA Final Rule. This case study examines Texas’ approach to creating an effective policy, with multiple elements that could be revised and tweaked to accommodate your area’s specific needs:

• TAA/DW Co-Enrollment: It's the Law and It's Doable Part 1
• TAA/DW Co-Enrollment: It's the Law and It's Doable Part 2

Curious to see how the TAA program has changed the lives of individuals and communities impacted by job loss due to foreign trade? These curated resources tell the story of local workforce development boards (LWDBs) who rose to the challenge and launched programs to increase opportunities for their TAA clients, and the individuals whose lives were made better by the services received by TAA.

• Success Stories
• State Promising Practice: Indiana TAA OJT Pilot

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• Resource Publication Date: 2023
• Posted by: Danielle Herbert
• Posted in: Next Level Now