Unemployed Training Assistance Expanded

Susan P. Joyce — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:09:34 +0000

Often the difference between being employed and staying jobless is one or two training programs that help you meet the requirements of a new job.

To help with that, training assistance is often available for job seekers, depending on how and why they lost their jobs.

The U.S. Department of Labor has just announced a new program which makes $34 million in training assistance funds available to 19 states. These are “Trade Adjustment Assistance” (TAA) related funds, and they are supposed to help workers who have been negatively impacted by America’s current trade policies.

If your state is on the list below, check with your local State Employment Office to see if you qualify for these benefits.

These are the states involved and the amount of funding the Federal Government is providing for 2009 (the Federal Government fiscal year for 2009 started October 1, 2008 and ends September 30, 2009):

State	Training Allocation	Job Search/ Relocation	Total
Michigan	$3,007,077	$1,016,124	$4,023,201
North Carolina	$2,993,685	$879,957	$3,873,642
Ohio	$2,946,076	$326,677	$3,272,753
Missouri	$2,949,615	$223,361	$3,172,976
Indiana	$2,193,188	$377,902	$2,571,090
California	$1,379,384	$466,109	$1,845,493
Iowa	$1,247,042	$421,389	$1,668,431
South Carolina	$1,193,179	$393,568	$1,586,747
Connecticut	$1,139,142	$150,935	$1,290,077
Illinois	$872,076	$294,684	$1,166,760
Massachusetts	$872,550	$287,533	$1,160,083
Kentucky	$854,617	$288,784	$1,143,401
Oregon	$711,028	$240,264	$951,292
West Virginia	$608,982	$205,782	$814,764
New Jersey	$385,062	$130,117	$515,179
Alabama	$461,465		$461,465
New Hampshire	$68,953	$23,300	$92,253
Oklahoma	$3,243		$3,243
Colorado	$1,593		$1,593

For more information, check out the U.S. Department of Labor Website.

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Unemployed Training Assistance Expanded