U.S. Department of Labor releases more than $450 million in additional funds for...

U.S. Department of Labor releases more than $450 million in additional funds
for Trade Adjustment Assistance

WASHINGTON, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor
today released more than $450 million in Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
funding to states to provide career training, and employment and case
management services to workers who lose their jobs due to outsourcing and
foreign trade.

"Workers around the nation continue to see their jobs disappear as a direct
result of increased imports and competitive trade," said Secretary of Labor
Hilda L. Solis. "The funding announced today will help more of these workers
upgrade existing skills or retrain for new careers in industries that have the
potential to grow in the coming months and years."

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) includes a
major expansion and reform of the TAA program to ensure that all U.S. workers
negatively affected by trade have the skills, resources and support to gain
new employment.

The Recovery Act authorized an increase in the maximum amount of TAA funds
that may be used for training nationwide from $220 million to $575 million.
Based on this training increase plus the funding authorized for case
management services and administration, the Labor Department is now making a
supplemental distribution of $455,587,500 to the states for fiscal year 2009.
This increase will ensure that states have funds available to implement
changes made to TAA through the Recovery Act and to serve an increasing number
of trade-affected workers.

For more information on TAA and other Department of Labor employment and
training programs, visit http://www.doleta.gov.

Editor's Note: A list of allotments by state follows this news release.

FY 2009 Total TAA Supplemental Training Fund Distribution

State FY 2009 FY 2009 Employment Total FY 2009
Supplemental Supplemental and Case Supplemental
Distribution Administrative Management Funds
Distribution Distribution

Alabama $7,691,232 $1,153,685 $350,000 $9,194,917
Alaska $212,202 $31,830 $350,000 $594,032
Arizona $2,068,971 $310,346 $350,000 $2,729,317
Arkansas $15,951,698 $2,392,755 $350,000 $18,694,453
California $18,603,936 $2,790,590 $350,000 $21,744,526
Colorado $2,539,865 $380,980 $350,000 $3,270,845
Connecticut $5,297,960 $794,694 $350,000 $6,442,654
Delaware $0 $0 $0 $0
District of Columbia $0 $0 $0 $0
Florida $1,441,603 $216,240 $350,000 $2,007,843
Georgia $13,708,826 $2,056,324 $350,000 $16,115,150
Hawaii $115,447 $17,317 $350,000 $482,764
Idaho $2,219,514 $332,927 $350,000 $2,902,441
Illinois $13,849,589 $2,077,438 $350,000 $16,277,027
Indiana $17,987,789 $2,698,168 $350,000 $21,035,957
Iowa $7,633,140 $1,144,971 $350,000 $9,128,111
Kansas $896,796 $134,519 $350,000 $1,381,315
Kentucky $10,192,726 $1,528,909 $350,000 $12,071,635
Louisiana $1,879,924 $281,989 $350,000 $2,511,913
Maine $2,317,399 $347,610 $350,000 $3,015,009
Maryland $1,227,191 $184,079 $350,000 $1,761,270
Massachusetts $10,358,558 $1,553,784 $350,000 $12,262,342
Michigan $43,117,747 $6,467,662 $350,000 $49,935,409
Minnesota $5,297,265 $794,590 $350,000 $6,441,855
Mississippi $4,437,667 $665,650 $350,000 $5,453,317
Missouri $8,789,425 $1,318,414 $350,000 $10,457,839
Montana $566,070 $84,911 $350,000 $1,000,981
Nebraska $639,967 $95,995 $350,000 $1,085,962
Nevada $226,887 $34,033 $350,000 $610,920
New Hampshire $867,611 $130,142 $350,000 $1,347,753
New Jersey $4,513,827 $677,074 $350,000 $5,540,901
New Mexico $2,448,975 $367,346 $350,000 $3,166,321
New York $8,412,596 $1,261,889 $350,000 $10,024,485
North Carolina $37,921,728 $5,688,259 $350,000 $43,959,987
North Dakota $372,177 $55,827 $350,000 $778,004
Ohio $16,338,684 $2,450,803 $350,000 $19,139,487
Oklahoma $3,334,470 $500,171 $350,000 $4,184,641
Oregon $8,371,530 $1,255,730 $350,000 $9,977,260
Pennsylvania $18,699,222 $2,804,883 $350,000 $21,854,105
Puerto Rico $500,934 $75,140 $350,000 $926,074
Rhode Island $2,862,119 $429,318 $350,000 $3,641,437
South Carolina $16,142,220 $2,421,333 $350,000 $18,913,553
South Dakota $656,329 $98,449 $350,000 $1,104,778
Tennessee $10,063,209 $1,509,481 $350,000 $11,922,690
Texas $14,918,251 $2,237,738 $350,000 $17,505,989
Utah $3,458,005 $518,701 $350,000 $4,326,706
Vermont $180,941 $27,141 $350,000 $558,082
Virginia $9,748,909 $1,462,336 $350,000 $11,561,245
Washington $5,317,389 $797,608 $350,000 $6,464,997
West Virginia $4,241,638 $636,246 $350,000 $5,227,884
Wisconsin $12,609,842 $1,891,476 $350,000 $14,851,318
Wyoming $0 $0 $0 $0
Totals: $381,250,000 $57,187,500 $17,150,000 $455,587,500

SOURCE U.S. Department of Labor

Mike Volpe or Peggy Abrahamson of the U.S. Department of Labor,
+1-202-693-3984, +1-202-693-7909