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U.S.
Department
of Labor
releases
additional
nearly
$50
million
to
Michigan
for
Trade
Adjustment
Assistance
ROMULUS,
Mich. –
While in
Romulus
today
touring
the
General
Motors
Romulus
Engine
Plant,
Secretary
of Labor
Hilda L.
Solis
announced
that the
U.S.
Department
of Labor
is
releasing
an
additional
$49.9
million
to the
state of
Michigan
to
provide
career
training
and
employment
and case
management
services
to
workers
whose
jobs are
impacted
for
trade-related
reasons,
as well
as for
associated
administrative
costs.
Combined
with the
original
fiscal
year
2009
allocations,
Michigan
now has
nearly
$60
million
available
to
assist
trade-affected
workers.
“This
distribution
will
assist
the
state of
Michigan
in
providing
needed
career
services
to
workers
who are
impacted
by
foreign
trade,”
said
Secretary
Solis.
“Today
the
department
reaffirms
its
commitment
to these
workers
and
their
long-term
career
success.”
The
American
Recovery
and
Reinvestment
Act of
2009
(Recovery
Act)
includes
a major
expansion
and
reform
of the
Trade
Adjustment
Assistance
(TAA)
program
to
ensure
that all
U.S.
workers
negatively
affected
by trade
have the
skills,
resources
and
support
to gain
re-employment.
While
the
Recovery
Act does
not fund
TAA, it
does
increase
the
maximum
amount
of TAA
funds
which
may be
used for
training
nationwide
from
$220
million
to $575
million.
Based on
this
increase,
the
Labor
Department
is
making a
supplemental
distribution
of
$381,250,000
for
fiscal
year
2009.
The
additional
funds
released
to
Michigan
are part
of that
supplemental
distribution.
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.
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