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ETA News Release: [05/23/2003]
Contact Name: Lorette Post
Phone Number: (202) 693-4676

Secretary of Labor Awards $53.1 million for Workers Displaced by Foreign Trade

Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today awarded grants totaling $53.1 million to assist workers who have lost their jobs for trade-related reasons.

“This Administration is committed to helping workers who have lost their jobs because of foreign imports,” said Chao. “The millions of dollars in grants that we are announcing today are targeted to help dislocated workers access new training opportunities to find new jobs that will put them back on the road to financial independence and recovery.”

Fiscal year 2003 trade adjustment assistance training funds are capped at $220 million. As a result, the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration surveyed each state to determine the additional funding needed for individuals already enrolled in TAA or NAFTA/TAA training as of March 31, 2003. Also considered were those approved for training who were expected to enroll by September 30, 2003. Based on the information supplied, the remaining 2003 funds were awarded to states proportionally.

“The funds announced today will allow many trade-affected workers to complete training they have already begun or are scheduled to begin,” said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Emily Stover DeRocco. “For these workers, the training they receive is their hope for a future that includes a good job at good pay with the promise of advancement.”

Today’s funds are for training only; states will receive an additional 15 percent of their allotment for administrative purposes.

The Trade Act of 2002 provides special benefits under the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program to workers adversely affected by increased imports from other countries. The North American Free Trade Agreement—Transitional Adjustment Assistance (NAFTA-TAA) program provides trade adjustment assistance for workers who suffer a negative impact because of increased imports from Mexico or Canada or because their employer shifted production to one of these countries.

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Previous TAA/NAFTA-TAA Funds Allocated*

New TAA/NAFTA-TAA Funds Awarded**

Alabama

$2,070,000

$495,593

Alaska

$1,380,000

$39,708

Arizona

$4,051,552

$204,393

Arkansas

$1,927,338

$862,716

California

$7,681,348

$1,226,576

Colorado

$1,962,654

$498,891

Connecticut

$2,526,757

$590,283

Delaware

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District of Columbia

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Florida

$4,570,325

$838,005

Georgia

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Hawaii

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Idaho

$4,108,106

$170,556

Illinois

$6,485,999

$1,250,140

Indiana

$5,295,972

$1,131,436

Iowa

$3,381,650

$2,412,704

Kansas

$3,506,010

$2,190,921

Kentucky

$690,000

$1,737,913

Louisiana

$551,801

$154,023

Maine

$4,233,179

$375,018

Maryland

$490,299

$188,269

Massachusetts

$5,883,296

$1,956,585

Michigan

$6,840,979

$1,174,675

Minnesota

$5,340,546

$1,491,865

Mississippi

$2,185,000

$392,139

Missouri

$4,879,353

$2,303,826

Montana

$963,456

$453,502

North Carolina

$6,591,631

$2,040,885

North Dakota

$11,270

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Nebraska

$164,761

$156,209

Nevada

$649,153

$3,825

New Hampshire

$885,500

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New Jersey

$619,687

$725,987

New Mexico

$406,266

$360,014

New York

$2,242,587

$1,068,336

Ohio

$4,314,143

$3,030,263

Oklahoma

$1,344,792

$1,141,966

Oregon

$6,014,497

$278,856

Pennsylvania

$24,265,000

$7,040,660

Puerto Rico

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Rhode Island

$732,258

$198,013

South Carolina

$11,318,983

$1,032,454

South Dakota

$572,700

$49,374

Tennessee

$2,113,958

$641,871

Texas

$14,058,739

$869,133

Utah

$2,641,499

$415,089

Vermont

$137,708

$156,027

Virginia

$5,364,923

$1,493,544

West Virginia

$660,999

$71,858

Washington

$12,340,081

$7,550,674

Wisconsin

$13,826,871

$2,657,656

Wyoming

$64,898

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TOTAL:

$192,348,524

$53,122,430

*Includes training, job search, relocation, and administrative costs

**Includes training only

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