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
