WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced $92.6 million in funding to 47 states to provide training and employment services to eligible workers affected adversely by foreign trade.
Administered by the department’s Employment and Training Administration , the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers Program supports training, employment and case management services, job search and relocation allowances, and income support during training. In addition, the program provides a subsidy to workers, aged 50 or older, whose reemployment wages are lower than the wages earned in their prior trade-affected employment. This distribution follows an initial allocation of $240.8 million provided to states in January 2021.
“Today’s announcement provides much-needed funding to train and support workers whose employment was affected adversely by foreign trade,” said Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh. “Helping these workers transition to new employment is critical to the nation’s equitable recovery, and serves as a reminder to Congress of the urgent need to reauthorize Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers Program to ensure more workers can receive the benefits, services and training they need to connect to good jobs.” Congress did not reauthorize the TAA program by its June 30 deadline. On July 1, the program reverted to its previous version, referred to as Reversion 2021. Without reauthorization, much of the TAA funding will end upon the program termination on June 30, 2022.
A list of each state’s funding follows this news release.
The department has distributed Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers program funds as follows: State Amount State Amount Alabama $1,632,935 Nebraska $437,977 Arizona $479,753 Nevada $143,480 Arkansas $1,261,244 New Hampshire $203,480 California $7,683,506 New Jersey $2,091,610 Colorado $593,680 New Mexico $1,300,265 Connecticut $1,138,733 New York $3,022,234 Florida $859,812 North Carolina $1,403,839 Georgia $1,883,810 North Dakota $86,749 Hawaii $36,432 Ohio $3,910,341 Idaho $448,609 Oklahoma $786,704 Illinois $4,161,702 Oregon $7,793,222 Indiana $4,332,215 Pennsylvania $6,985,553 Iowa $1,195,824 Rhode Island $91,607 Kansas $3,237,854 South Carolina $1,536,609 Kentucky $1,912,535 South Dakota $552,005 Louisiana $208,405 Tennessee $1,412,834 Maine $139,317 Texas $4,856,832 Maryland $1,082,236 Utah $1,217,461 Massachusetts $2,968,124 Vermont $138,236 Michigan $3,489,413 Virginia $1,891,754 Minnesota $3,361,887 Washington $5,193,812 Mississippi $80,783 West Virginia $1,370,490 Missouri $2,087,089 Wisconsin $1,891,441 Montana $26,767 Total $92,621,200
