Eligibility criteria
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be unemployed, about to be unemployed, or under-employed (working for very low wages) because the good you manufactured is now being imported.

Description
Trade Adjustment Assistance provides transition assistance to workers who have been determined by the U.S. Department of Labor to have been adversely affected by imports from or shifts in production to foreign countries. Benefits include training, job search allowances, job relocation allowances and trade readjustment allowances.

Managing organization
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) http://www.dol.gov/

Program contact information & web resources
A petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance may be filed by a group of three or more workers, by a company official, by One-Stop operators or partners (including state employment security agencies and dislocated worker units), or by a union or other duly authorized representative of such workers. For petition forms and information on how to file a petition for benefits visit:
http://www.doleta.gov/tradeact

Benefits for certified workers are generally available through the employment One-Stop Centers in local communities across the country. Locations and phone numbers for the One-Stop Centers can be found at:
http://www.servicelocator.org

For more information, you may also call:

Phone: 202-693-3560
People who are deaf or hard of hearing may call this toll-free TTY number:
877-889-5627

For more information you may call a toll-free help line:
866-487-2365

Or write to:
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Room C-5311
Washington DC 20210