News Release
ETA News Release: [05/23/2003]
Contact Name: Lorette
Post
Phone Number: (202) 693-4676
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 Labors 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.
Todays 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 AgreementTransitional 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 |
--- |
--- |
Florida |
$4,570,325 |
$838,005 |
Georgia |
--- |
--- |
Hawaii |
--- |
--- |
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 |
--- |
--- |
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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