Illinois Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Resources

Community Trade Adjustment Assistance

EDA's Community Trade Adjustment Assistance (Community TAA) Program is aimed at helping to create and retain jobs by providing project grants to communities that have experienced, or are threatened by, job loss resulting from international trade impacts.

Grants under the program can be used to support a wide range of technical, planning, and infrastructure projects to help communities adapt to pressing trade impact issues and diversify their economies.

Trade Adjustment Assistance
Community College and Career Training Grant Program

The U.S. Department of Labor announced a solicitation for grant applications under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant Program.  Grants will support the development and improvement of postsecondary programs of two years or less that use evidence-based or innovative strategies to prepare students for successful careers in growing and emerging industries. The program will be administered by the Labor Department in coordination with the U.S. Department of Education.

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms 

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAA), a federal program, provides financial assistance to manufacturers affected by import competition. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce, this cost sharing federal assistance program pays for half the cost of consultants or industry-specific experts for projects that improve a manufacturer's competitiveness.

TAA for Farmers

The TAA for Farmers program helps producers of raw agricultural commodities and fishermen adjust to a changing economic environment associated with import competition through technical assistance and cash benefits. If you are a producer of a commodity who has recently suffered a greater than 15 percent decrease in the national average price, the quantity of production, value of production, or cash receipts compared to the average of the three preceding marketing years, and an increase in imports contributed importantly to this decline, then you may be eligible to receive free information, technical assistance, and cash payments to develop and implement Business Adjustment Plans from the TAA for Farmers program.

Job Seeker

On the DCEO Job Seeker Trade Page you can download a blank Trade petition in English and Spanish, check the status of Illinois' petitions, and have access to USDOLs Trade information.  This page provides a side-by-side comparison of 2002/2009 Trade benefits.

Illinois Trade Adjustment Assistance Policy, Procedures and Guidance

2011 Merit Staffing Resources

Click on the link above to Illinois workNet for procedures and guidance related to implementing the TAA State Merit Staff requirement in Illinois. This page includes the draft Merit staffing procedures, training PowerPoints and the new forms to be utilized for Merit staffing approvals.

Trade & Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act (TGAAA) of 2009 Policy Procedures and Guidance:

Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act Operating Instructions

2010 Trade Act Participant Report Handbook (TAPR) 

08-NOT-37 CH 1 Illinois Trade Adjustment Assistance Act Administration (TGAAA) (10/19/09) To address the reauthorization of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Act per the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act (TGAAA) of 2009

TGAAA Forms Listing (Link to all DCEO 2009 TGAAA Forms)

2002 Trade Act Policy, Procedures and Guidance:

Trade Adjustment Assistance of 1974

Chapter 12 of TAA

Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002

DOL’s Trade Act Programs and Guidance TEGLs

09-PL-52 (7-28-09) Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) -Administration This policy provides guidance to local workforce investment areas (LWIAs) in implementing the Trade Program requirements. Operating Instructions

TAA Forms Listing (Link to all DCEO 2002 TAA Forms)  

Illinois Trade Funding Policy and Procedures

11-TAA-01 Issued September 7, 2011
This policy provides procedures, funding uses, and application instructions for accessing Trade Program and Rapid Response 1E-C funds for operation of both the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Act and the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act (TGAAA) programs. For purposes of reporting and entry into IWDS, case management and supportive services are designated as 1E-C for those funded through a 1E grant and 1D-C for those funded through a 1D grant as part of this policy issuance.

Illinois Agent/Liable State Contacts

TAA/TRA Coordinators:

Susan Boggs and/or Janet S. Rosentreter
Illinois TAA Coordinators
(217) 558-2474 (Susan) -  (217) 558-2433 (Janet)
(217) 557-5506 fax

Deborah Geier
Illinois TRA Coordinator
(217) 558-1276 
(217) 558-5108 fax

Illinois Agent Liable Contacts (Listing by LWIA)
If you have a customer from an Illinois TAA petition that needs assistance and TAA Agent State or Liable State services, this listing will provide the contact person for that petition. 

*Illinois Agent Liable Fact Sheet

Additional Trade Resources

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Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC)  ( www.irs.gov/hctc )

The Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) is a state health benefits program. CHIP is funded partly by premiums paid by its participants and, to the extent that premiums do not meet anticipated expenses, CHIP may receive an appropriation from the State's General Revenue Fund. Premiums charged may currently be set by law at from 125-150 percent of the average rates charged individuals for comparable major medical coverage by five or more of the largest insurance companies in the individual health insurance market in Illinois.

IDES' One Source - Your Gateway to Workforce and Career Information
Get complete labor market reports, data and publications from LMI Source; career exploration information from Career Resources and current and historical workforce and occupational information for employers, job seekers, local workforce planning boards and economic development professionals from Workforce Info Center.

Federal Per Diem Rates
Federal per diem rates must be used to calculate several of the benefits offered under the Trade Program.   

Calculating Mileage in Illinois
LWIAs can use the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Inside Illinois Route Map Web Site for providing documentation for reimbursement of mileage payments for the TAA program.