Trade Adjustment Assistance

Learn more about TAA benefits

Mission of TAA

The Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, as part of the United States Employment and Training Administrations’ Office of National Response, works in partnership with state and local agencies to enable American workers affected by international trade to rejoin the workforce by providing them with the means to attain competitive and marketable skills for today’s increasingly competitive work environment.

Who the TAA Serves

Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) assists individuals who have become unemployed as a result of increased imports from or shifts in production to foreign countries – also known as outsourcing.

The goal of the Trade Act programs is to help trade-affected workers return to suitable employment as quickly as possible. To facilitate this goal, TAA certified workers may access a menu of services that include income support; relocation allowances job search allowances, and a health coverage tax credit. TAA participants that require retraining in order to obtain suitable employment may receive occupational training.

Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) helps trade-affected workers who have lost their jobs as a result of increased imports or shifts in production out of the United States. Certified individuals may be eligible to receive one or more program benefits and services depending on what is needed to return them to employment.

• Accessing TAA and ATAA Services and Benefits
• TAA Program Services and Benefits
• ATAA Program Benefits
• Appeal Rights for Services and Benefits
• Other Training Opportunities and Reemployment Services

Take Action!

If you have recently lost your job due to outsourcing visit the TAA website to see if you are eligible for benefits.

If you are certified by the TAA you may be eligible for funds towards The Master’s Program. Contact a Master’s Program admissions representative today to learn more.