The Trade Adjustment Assistance
and
Trade and Globalization
Adjustment Assistance
Programs
Contact Information
Carol Elwell
TAA Coordinator
NYS Department of Labor
Division of Employment and
Workforce Solutions
Telephone: (518) 457-7455
usacae@labor.state.ny.us
Agenda
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General Information
Program Benefits
Petition & Entitlement Process
Training
TRA
Training Waivers
Waiver/Training Determinations, etc.
Agenda Continued
• Job Search Allowances & Determination
Form
• Relocation Allowances & Determination
Form
• ATAA & RTAA
• HCTC
• Agent vs. Liable State
• Case Management, Employment/
Training Plans & OSOS Data Recording
• Questions & Answers
Trade Adjustment Assistance &
Trade and Globalization
Adjustment Assistance Act
TAA was established to help
trade-affected workers who
lose their jobs due to
increased imports and shifts in
production. TGAA expanded
coverage to include threatened
workers, service industry, and
public agency workers as well
as shifts to all foreign
countries.
TAA & TGAA
• Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
program founded in 1974 &
amended in 2002.
• Trade and Globalization Adjustment
Assistance Act (TGAA) enacted in
2009.
KEY DATE: May 18, 2009
• All petitions certified before 5/18/09
are covered by TAA program rules.
These petitions will be numbered
between 40000 and 69999.
• Petitions filed on or after 5/18/09
are covered under the new TGAA
program rules. These petitions will
be numbered 70001 and above.
A Focus On Training
Workers who receive training have higher
entered employment rates, longer
retention rates and higher post average
earnings than their counterparts who
don’t receive training.
Program Benefits include:
• Rapid Response
• Reemployment Services
– Counseling
– Resume writing and interview skills
workshops
– Career assessment
– Job development services
– Job search programs
– Job referrals
Program Benefits – Continued
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Training
TRA Income Support
Job Search Allowances
Relocation Allowances
Health Coverage Tax Credit
The Petition & Entitlement
Process
• First step is to file a petition for
certification with USDOL.
• Petitioners can complete the form
on-line or fax or mail it to USDOL.
• Petitioners must also send the form
to the State TAA Coordinator. New
York State petitions should be faxed
to NYS TAA Coordinator at 518-4852577.
Petitions May Be Filed By:
A company
official
A union official
Group of 3
workers from
the same firm
at the same
location
A State/Local Agency
Representative from
the local One-Stop
Center
Petition Specifics
• If a group of workers are certified, the
certification will cover all workers in the
group even if they were not named
specifically on the petition.
• The petition, if filed by a group of
workers, must be signed by all three
petitioners.
• The petition, if filed by any other
authorized representative, requires only
1 signature.
Petition Specifics
• Section 4 - Affirmation of Information
must be signed and dated.
• Petition forms must be submitted within
1 year from the date on which the
workers were separated or had their
hours or wages reduced.
• Petitions cannot be filed earlier than 40
days before the workers’ separation or
reduction in hours/wages, or when a
WARN notice has been filed.
USDOL Petitions
• Decision rendered within 40 days of
receipt.
• To check status go to:
www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/taa_search_form.cfm
• OTAA will issue a Certification
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance. The
Certification will specify the impact
period (beginning and end dates).
Appeal Process
• OTAA will issue a Negative
Determination Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance. (TAA denial)
• Determinations are published in the
Federal Register. An appeal or
“reconsideration request” must be
submitted in writing within 30 days of
publication.
Appeal Process
• Workers denied certification may also
seek judicial review following initial
petition denial or denial following
administrative reconsideration.
• Appeal for judicial review are filed with
the Case Management Supervisor at
the U.S. Court of International Trade
within 60 days of the Federal Register
publication or administrative
reconsideration denial.
The Entitlement Process
• USDOL informs NYSDOL’s TAA and
TRA Coordinators when
determinations are issued.
• NYSDOL’s TAA Coordinator forwards
determinations to WIB Director, DOL
Team Leader, local TAA Coordinator
& local Rapid Response Specialist.
• NYSDOL’s Special Programs Unit
staff contacts the employer to obtain
a list of all trade-affected workers.
Entitlement Process
• TA720 – Application for Trade
Adjustment Assistance: Is mailed
to potentially entitled tradeaffected workers.
• TA720 application is used to
determine individual entitlement to
TAA, TRA, ATAA or RTAA.
TAA Entitlement
• Worked at least one day during the
impact period
• Separated under qualifying
circumstances (i.e. lack of work).
TRA Entitlement
To be TRA entitled, workers must have:
• Worked for the trade-affected
employer a minimum of 26 weeks;
• Earned more than $30 per week
within the 52 week period prior to
separation; and
• Became enrolled in training or issued
a waiver from training before training
enrollment deadline.
Outreach
• A list of workers who receive the TA720
application is sent to WIB Director, DOL
Team Leader, local TAA Coordinator, and
local Rapid Response Specialist.
• Each local area is responsible for providing
outreach to those who reside in their area.
• Outreach includes, but is not limited to:
advising workers on the benefits of TAA,
where to obtain benefits and services and
how to complete the TA720 application.
TA722 – Notice of Entitlement
• TA722- Determination of Entitlement to
Trade Adjustment Assistance: Is
mailed to trade-affected workers who
are found entitled.
• TA722 notice advises the tradeaffected worker of their individual
entitlement to TAA, TGAA, TRA, ATAA,
and RTAA.
TA722 – Notice of Entitlement
• Identifies the programs for which the tradeaffected worker has been found entitled.
• Includes the trade-affected worker’s training
enrollment deadline date.
• Instructs the trade-affected worker to
schedule an appointment with a One-Stop
Center representative before their training
enrollment deadline.
• Instructs the trade-affected worker to bring
the TA722 with them to the appointment.
Exceptions to the Training Enrollment
Deadline
• A 45-day extension to the training enrollment
deadline can be requested only when there
are extenuating circumstances beyond the
trade-affected workers control for missing the
training enrollment deadline.
• Requests will be considered on a case-bycase basis by the Director of the Special
Programs Unit.
• A waiver from training should not be issued
until confirmation that the 45-day extension
has been granted.
HELPFUL TIP
If the Training Enrollment Deadline
date on the TA722 falls on a
Wednesday, a 45-day extension
has already been granted to the
trade-affected worker.
Additional Exception to the
Training Enrollment Deadline
Under the Trade & Globalization
Adjustment Assistance Program –
Failure of the State to notify the
worker of their entitlement justifies an
extension of the eligibility periods to
the Monday of the first week occurring
60 days after notification.
Training Comparison: Duration
• Trade Adjustment Assistance
– Maximum Duration for Training: 104
instructional weeks or 130 instructional
weeks when remedial education is
warranted.
• Trade & Globalization Adjustment Assistance
– Maximum Duration for Training: 130
instructional weeks or 156 instructional
weeks when remedial or pre-requisite
education is warranted.
Training Comparison: Full-Time
and Part-Time
• Trade Adjustment Assistance – Training
must be full-time unless part-time
semester is the last semester and
courses taken are final courses needed
for graduation OR part-time semester is
next to last semester and the final
semester is for full-time internship,
practicum or student teachings.
Training Comparison: Full-Time
and Part-Time
• Trade & Globalization Adjustment
Assistance – Training can be fulltime or part-time. However, full-time
training is required to receive TRA
benefits.
Training Comparison: Training Plans
• Trade Adjustment Assistance –
TAA training approval requires
the training facility and course to
be on the State’s Eligible
Training Providers List.
Training Comparison: Training Plans
• Trade & Globalization Adjustment
Assistance – TAA training approval no
longer requires course selection from
the State’s Eligible Training Provider
List. However, if WIA funds are used to
pay for any portion of the training cost,
the facility and course must be on the
State’s Eligible Training Provider List.
Training Comparison: Start Date
• Trade Adjustment Assistance – Workers
cannot begin approved training until they
have been totally or partially separated
from adversely affected employment.
• Trade & Globalization Adjustment
Assistance – Workers may begin
approved training when threatened with
separation from adversely affected
employment.
6 Criteria for Training
Approval
• No suitable employment considering current
labor market conditions;
• Worker would benefit from training;
• Reasonable expectation of employment as a
result of the training;
• Training available at a reasonable cost;
• Worker is qualified to take and complete
training; and
• Worker’s financial ability.
Approvable Training
• One training per petition – no time limit.
• Training is approvable for an eligible
trade-affected worker regardless of
eligibility for UI/TRA or benefit status.
• Training must be suitable & available at
a reasonable cost. Includes
transportation and/or subsistence costs
where applicable. Costs are to be
reimbursed at the current General
Services Administration (GSA) mileage
rate.
Approvable Training - Continued
• Training must be of suitable duration – not
more than 130 instructional weeks under TAA
or 156 instructional weeks under TGAA.
• Remedial Training as a Stand-Alone is
approvable
• Distance Learning (on-line) is approvable.
• Apprenticeship training programs are now
approvable under the Trade & Globalization
Adjustment Assistance Program.
OJT – General Conditions
• Employers can be reimbursed if they
train, in the customary work environment
and hire a trade affected worker who
does not already possess the skills
needed to perform the job.
• The job for which the eligible worker is
being trained is not created in a
promotional line that will infringe upon
the promotional opportunities of
currently employed individuals.
OJT – General Conditions
• The employer must provide no less than
240 hours (6 weeks) and no more than
1,040 hours (26 weeks) of reimbursable
training.
• No more than 25% of an employer’s
permanent full-time workforce can be
included in an OJT contract at any one
time.
OJT – General Conditions
• No currently employed worker is or will
be displaced – including partial
displacements such as reduction of
hours, wages, or employment benefits.
• No other individual is on layoff from the
same or substantially similar job for
which such eligible worker is being
trained.
OJT – General Conditions
• The employer has not terminated the
employment of any regular employee
with the intention of filling the vacancy
so created by the hiring of the eligible
worker.
• Reimbursement cannot average more
than 50% of the wages paid by the
employer during the training period.
OJT – General Conditions
• An employer who fails without good
cause to retain the eligible worker
trainee after the traineeship period will
not receive further TAA-OJT
agreements.
Policy Change
Funding Caps on TAA Approved Training are:
Training Program Up to 52 weeks - $8,250
Training Program Up to 104/130 weeks for TAA
and 130/156 for TGAA - $15,000
*The above caps represent the total amount of TAA
funds that can be approved. The total cost of
training may exceed these caps but must be
covered by another funding source, such as but not
limited to WIA, Pell, employer contribution,
scholarships.
Non-Approvable Training
• Correspondence courses;
• Self-paced training programs;
• Training that requires the worker to
pay any part of the total cost of
training;
• Training that costs more than what
other students pay;
• Replacement of paid items or costs to
take failed or uncompleted courses.
Non-Approvable Training - Continued
• Training shorter than 150 instructional hours
is not deemed sufficient. Courses shorter
than 150 hours should not be approved
without sufficient justification.
• Training should not be approved for an
occupation involving self-employment,
commissions or tips unless the probability
for employment upon completion is
exceptionally high. One-Stop Operator and
WIB Director must approve any exceptions.
Requests for TAA Funds for
Training/Training Plan Detail
• Requests can be submitted no earlier
than 60 days before the training start
date.
• Multiple requests will need to be
submitted if the training program
spans more than one federal fiscal
year (October 1 – September 30).
• One-Stop staff complete and submit
form via email.
Amending a Training Program
A training program may need to be
amended for various reasons such
as: delay due to low enrollment in
training program, struggling in
classes, and unforeseen personal
or family issues.
Amending a Training Program
• Preferable to amend the program for
an objective in the same occupational
family.
• Training program can be amended to
include remedial training.
• Funds cannot be used to pay for a
failed course twice.
Weekly Request for Allowances
by Worker in Training (TA923.1)
• To certify TRA benefits the Weekly
Request for Allowances by Workers
in Training form must be used.
• The form is used for TRA eligible
individuals to request a TRA payment
while in training.
• Responsibility of the claimant to
complete and submit weekly.
TRA- Duration of Benefits
Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA)
• 26 weeks of regular UI
• 26 weeks of Basic TRA
• Up to 52 weeks of
Additional TRA benefits
while attending TAA
approved training
(benefits collectable
within a 52 calendar
week period)
• Up to 26 weeks of
Remedial TRA while
attending TAA approved
remedial training
Trade & Globalization
Adjustment Assistance
(TGAA)
• 26 weeks of regular UI
• 26 weeks of Basic TRA
• Up to 78 weeks of
Additional TRA benefits
while attending TAA
approved training (benefits
collectable within a 91
calendar week period)
• Up to 26 weeks of Remedial
or Pre-requisite TRA while
attending TAA approved
remedial or pre-requisite
training.
TRA Eligibility Deadlines
Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA)
Trade & Globalization
Adjustment Assistance
(TGAA)
• Training Enrollment: • Training Enrollment: Must
Must be enrolled in
be enrolled in training or on
training or on a
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waiver from training 8
weeks after petition
weeks after petition
certification or the most
certification or 16
recent qualifying separation
weeks after the most
date – whichever is later.
recent qualifying
separation date –
whichever is later.
TRA Eligibility Deadlines
Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA)
Trade & Globalization
Adjustment
Assistance (TGAA)
• 210-Day Rule: The 210-day • 210-Day Rule: The
deadline for submitting
210-day deadline is
training application applies.
no longer applicable.
Important Note: Under TGAA – Trade-affected workers who
are able to establish a new claim when their UI BYE expires
can choose between collecting UI or TRA benefits.
210-Day Rule – TAA Program Only
To be eligible for Additional TRA benefits while
attending TAA approved training, the worker must
have established a bona-fide training application date
before 210 days of the most recent separation date or
petition certification date, whichever is the later date.
The “Date Training Plan Started” identified on the
worker’s TAA Employment Plan, Training Section J is
the worker’s training application date. As long as the
training application date pre-dates the 210-day
deadline, the trade-affected worker has met the
eligibility requirement for receiving Additional TRA
benefits. 210-day rule applies to Additional TRA, not
Remedial TRA.
Definition of Enrollment
in Training
Enrollment in training means that the trade
affected worker’s application for training
has been approved, the training institution
has been approved, the training institution
has furnished written notice that the tradeaffected worker has been accepted, and
the training is to begin within 30 days of
the approval.
Most Recent Qualifying
Separation Date
Trade-affected workers, who are recalled back to work,
may be able to establish a more recent qualifying
separation date if they work 26 weeks or more within
the 52 week period as of their most recent layoff date.
A new training enrollment deadline and 210-day
deadline (when applicable) will be established for
these workers.
No guarantee the recall will result in a more recent
qualifying separation date.
Waiver from Training
There are six criteria for issuing a Waiver from Training:
•Recall
•Marketable Skills
•Near Retirement
•Health
•Enrollment Unavailable
•Training Not Available
Waivers are issued through the Trade Act Tracker
System with signed copies retained in case file.
Waiver Reviews – Policy Change
The initial Waiver from Training for all waiver types,
except Near Retirement*, can now be issued for a 90day period. However, One-Stop staff must contact the
trade-affected worker at 30 day intervals during the
waiver period to discuss re-employment efforts, to offer
assistance with re-employment, and to discuss training
options. All subsequent waivers from training are issued
for 30 day intervals.
*Near Retirement waivers can be issued for the full 26
week period for which the trade-affected worker is
eligible to receive Basic TRA benefits. Seated waiver
reviews every 30 days are not required; however, 30 day
contact calls are required.
TA-2: TRA Additional Eligibility
Rules Agreement
• Provided to trade-affected worker
during the first waiver review
appointment.
• If worker agrees to terms, one copy
given to work – the other faxed or
mailed to the Special Programs Unit.
Job Search Requirement
• Workers issued a Waiver from Training
are expected to look for work. There
are guidelines for individuals receiving
UI or TRA.
– UI Weeks 1-13: Expected to seek &
accept suitable employment.
– UI Weeks 14-26: Must meet Extended
Benefits (EB) work test requirements.
Job Search Requirement Continued
– TRA Weeks 27- 52: Trade-affected
workers must submit positive evidence
of work search, including a list of at least
five contacts per week. This work
search requirement must be
documented on the trade-affected
worker’s Weekly Request for Payment
and Record of Job Search (TA 952.1)
Request for Payment & Record
of Job Search – TA 952.1
• Used to certify TRA benefits and
receive Basic TRA payment.
• Records job search efforts.
• Responsibility of the trade-affected
worker to submit weekly request.
Waiver Determination
• Instances where waiver from training
cannot be issued or must be revoked
require the completion of a Waiver
Determination.
• A Waiver Determination is the vehicle for
a trade-affected worker to request a fair
hearing.
• The only time One-Stop staff can revoke
a waiver is due to enrollment in TAA
approved training
Waiver Determinations
Reasons to revoke or not issue a Waiver
from Training include, but are not limited to:
•Worker missed training deadline
•Worker secured new full-time employment
•Worker is withdrawing from labor market
•Worker refuses training yet has been
deemed in need of training
•Worker fails to attend scheduled waiver
review appointment without justification
Waiver Revocation
Process Change
• Waivers revoked due to recall or new
employment requires One-Stop Center staff
to send an email to the Waiver
Determinations mailbox.
• Recall email needs to include worker’s name,
OSOS ID, and date worker returned to work.
• New employment email should include
worker’s name, OSOS ID, name of new
employer, title, hourly wage & FT/PT status.
Training Determination
• Instances where a trade-affected
worker’s training program cannot be
approved requires the completion of
a Training Determination.
• A Training Determination is the
vehicle for a trade-affected worker to
request a fair hearing.
Training Determinations
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A training determination is issued when training cannot
be approved or when approval is withdrawn. Reasons
include, but are not limited to:
Employment opportunities exist;
Employment opportunities in the requested training
area is unreasonable or limited;
Training duration exceeds maximum period allowed;
Training is available elsewhere at a more reasonable
cost;
Training is not the plan outlined in the trade-affected
worker’s TAA Employment/Training Plan;
Worker unqualified for training;
Worker lacks financial resources to complete training.
Training Completed/Termination
Notice
• Notice needs to be completed when worker
completes TAA approved training or
withdraws from training.
• Staff need to indicate if the termination was
voluntary or involuntary.
• If withdrawal was without good cause, OneStop Center staff will need to submit both a
Training and a Waiver Determination
because the worker is no longer TRA
eligible.
De-Obligation of Unexpended
TAA Training Funds
• All unexpended TAA funds need to be
de-obligated when training is
completed or terminated.
• One-Stop Center staff should follow
local process.
Job Search Allowances
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Job search allowances can be paid to individuals to
attend job interviews within the United States.
However, the applicant must:
Be totally separated from adversely affected
employer at time of job search
Be registered with the One-Stop Center
Have no reasonable expectation to secure
employment within commuting distance of 1+ by
private transportation or 1 ½ hours by public transit.
Verify that the travel is for a job interview & complete
the job search in a reasonable period of time not to
exceed 30 days.
Job Search Allowances
Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA)
90% of covered
expenses may be
reimbursed up to
$1,250 when
demonstrated that
interview was held.
Trade & Globalization
Adjustment Assistance
(TGAA)
100% of covered
expenses may be
reimbursed up to
$1,500 when
demonstrated that
interview was held.
Job Search Allowance Application
• Multiple job search allowances are
payable.
• Application must be made before the
365th day of petition certification or most
recent qualifying separation date; or
• The date that is the 182nd day after the
date on which the worker completed the
TAA approved training program.
Job Search/Relocation Allowance
Determination
When the request for job search
allowance does not meet the
approval criteria previously
described, one-stop staff need to
submit a “Job Search/Relocation
Allowance Determination” form to the
wdtddeterminations@labor.state.ny.us
mailbox.
Relocation Allowance
The applicant must:
• Be totally separated from the adversely affected
employer at time of relocation.
• Be registered with One-Stop.
• Have no reasonable expectation of obtaining
employment within commuting distance.
• Have not received a relocation allowance under
the same certification.
• Relocate outside commuting distance, but within
the United States
• Obtain long-term employment or a bona fide
offer.
• Provide written verification of employment from
employer.
Relocation Allowances
Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA)
Trade & Globalization Adjustment
Assistance (TGAA)
Reimburses the trade-affected
worker 90% of reasonable
expenses incurred in transporting
the worker, the worker’s family
and household effects for no more
than 18,000 pounds. (Statutory
limit for federal employees)
Reimburses the trade-affected
worker 100% of reasonable
expenses incurred in transporting
the worker, worker’s family and
household effect no more than
18,000 pounds. (Statutory limit
for federal employees)
Provides an additional lump sum
payment equivalent to 3 times the
trade-affected worker’s average
weekly wage, up to a maximum
payment of $1,250 to help defray
the costs of relocation.
Provides an additional lump sum
payment equivalent to 3 times the
trade-affected worker’s average
weekly wage, up to $1,500 to
help defray the costs of relocation.
Relocation Allowance Application
• Relocation allowances are payable only to the
extent that expenses exceed the amount
provided by the interviewing employer.
• Must be made before the 425th day after the
petition certification date or the worker’s most
recent qualifying separation; or
• The date that is the 182nd day after the date on
which the worker completed the TAA approved
training program.
Job Search/Relocation Allowance
Determination
When the request for relocation
allowance does not meet the
approval criteria previously
described, one-stop staff need to
submit a “Job Search/Relocation
Allowance Determination” form to
the wdtddeterminations@labor.state.ny.us
mailbox.
ATAA & RTAA
• Alternate Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA)
program covers workers separated under the
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program
• Re-Employment Training Adjustment
Assistance (RTAA) program covers workers
separated under the Trade & Globalization
Adjustment Assistance program.
• Both programs allow eligible workers 50 years
of age or older to receive a 50% wage subsidy.
ATAA & RTAA - Comparison
Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA)
Trade & Globalization
Adjustment Assistance (TGAA)
Requires separate
certification of group
eligibility.
Requires full-time reemployment within the first
26 weeks of separation.
Available only for workers
earning less than $50,000
per year in re-employment.
Separate certification of group
eligibility is NO longer required.
No longer requires reemployment within the first 26
weeks of separation.
Available only for workers
earning less than $55,000 per
year in re-employment.
ATAA & RTAA - Comparison
Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA)
Maximum benefit of
$10,000 over a period
up to two years.
Participants eligible for
HCTC and relocation.
Participants cannot
attend TAA approved
training.
Trade & Globalization
Adjustment Assistance (TGAA)
Maximum benefit of $12,000
over a period up to two years.
Participants eligible for HCTC
and relocation.
As long as employment is not
considered suitable, participants
can attend TAA approved
training.
ATAA & RTAA - Comparison
TAA
Trade & Globalization Adjustment Assistance
(TGAA)
Not
applicable
•Participants can receive RTAA wage subsidy while
working full-time and attending part-time training.
•Participants can receive RTAA wage subsidy while
in full-time training as long as part-time
employment equals 20 hours per week.
Not
applicable
When TRA benefits have been collected prior to
RTAA enrollment, the RTAA eligibility period is
reduced accordingly. Unemployment Insurance,
including EB and EUC, does not reduce RTAA
enrollment period.
Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC)
The Health Coverage Tax Credit is a federal tax credit
available to individuals who:
•Have been determined Trade Readjustment Allowance
(TRA) eligible or receive payment under the Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) or Re-Employment
Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA) programs.
•Eligibility continues through TRA eligibility (tradeaffected worker must certify for UI or TRA benefits at
least once per month to maintain eligibility).
Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC)
- Continued
• Cannot be enrolled in Medicare or claimed as
a dependent on another person’s federal tax
return.
• Each family member must also meet these
requirements.
• Beginning January 2010, qualified family
members may continue receiving HCTC for
up to 24 months after primary eligible
individual is no longer receiving HCTC due to
certain life events such as divorce, death or
enrollment in Medicare.
Agent vs. Liable State
• Relates to trade-affected workers who
relocate to or from New York State.
• The liable state is responsible for paying UI
and TRA benefits, reviewing waivers &
issuing final determinations.
• The agent state (worker’s new state of
residence) is responsible for providing TAA
services. The agent state is not responsible
for determining entitlement or paying
benefits but is responsible for training, job
search & relocation costs.
Responsibilities when NYS TAA Eligible
Worker Relocates to Another State
• Advises trade-affected worker to schedule
appointment to continue TAA benefits/
services ASAP upon arriving in new state of
residence.
• Provides name of new state’s TAA
Coordinator to worker.
• Advises worker to bring all TAA related
documents (i.e., TA722, Waivers, Training
Plans).
• Provides worker with NYS TAA Coordinator
contact information.
Responsibilities when TAA Eligible Worker
Relocates to NYS
• Responsible for providing TAA-related
services to trade-affected worker.
• Relocated workers will not have a Trade
Act Tracker record or OSOS ID.
• Determine liable state representative.
• Create OSOS record.
Note: Trade Act Tracker records are
only created for TAA/TRA entitled
customers from NYS.
Responsibilities when TAA Eligible Worker
Relocates to NYS - Continued
•Issues Waivers from Training on behalf
of liable state (Waivers are transmitted to
liable state’s TAA Coordinator for review
and issuance).
•Assists trade-affected workers, who are
determined in need of training, with the
development of a TAA approvable
training programs.
Responsibilities when TAA Eligible Worker
Relocates to NYS - Continued
• Secures training funds using the same
Request for TAA Funds for Training/Training
Plan Detail process as you would for a NYS
TAA Eligible trade-affected worker. Liable
state training caps take precedent during
disputes.
• Following approval of funds, transmits
training plan details to the liable state
representative for review and training
approval.
Responsibilities when TAA Eligible
Worker Relocates to NYS - Continued
• Upon confirmation and approval, record
training service in OSOS.
NOTE: Payment of job search and relocation
allowances is also the responsibility of the
agent state. You will need to follow the same
procedure for securing TAA funds for job
search allowances and relocation allowances
as you would for a NYS trade-affected
worker.
Case Management
• Comprehensive and specialized assessments
• Development of an Individualized Employment
Plan
• Provision of information on types of training to
assist trade-affected workers make informed
choices
• Provision of information on financial assistance
(i.e., Pell Grants)
• Pre-vocational services such as resume writing,
interviewing skills development, profiling
Case Management - Continued
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Individual career counseling
Provision of Labor Market
Information
• Provision of information regarding
supportive services
NOTE: To be counted as case
management, at least 1 out of the 8
specific services must be provided.
TAA Employment Plan
All trade-affected workers, by statute, are
afforded the opportunity for the development
and periodic review and update of a TAA
Employment Plan.
The TAA Employment Plan serves to provide
a structure for developing a detailed reemployment plan, to determine the need for
training, and to develop TAA approvable
training plans.
OSOS Date Recording
The Trade & Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act
of 2009 significantly revamped the reporting
requirements under the TAA programs. As a result the
data elements reported through the Trade Act
Participant Report (TAPR) have changed requiring
enhancements to the OSOS system. Enhancements
to OSOS are currently underway and the TAA OSOS
Quick Guide will be revised accordingly.
In the meantime, please refer to the OSOS TAA Quick
Guide for assistance in recording TAA-related services
and activities.
Recording OSOS Data Continued
• Work history on OSOS must indicate that
worker was “dislocated due to foreign trade.”
• Workers must be dual enrolled in WIA and
TAA.
• All relevant information included on the TA722
must be included.
• Record training service when enrolled in TAA
approved training.
• Record Comments as appropriate.
FORM COMPLETION REVIEW
Request for TAA Funds for Training/Training Plan
Details
Request for TAA Funds for Job Search/Relocation
Training Determinations
Waiver Determinations
Job Search/Relocation Allowance Determination
TAA Training Completed/Terminated
Available Resources & Useful Tools
PLEASE REFER TO THE HANDOUT IN
YOUR TRAINING PACKET
Questions?