The Evaluation of the Implementation of the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act (TGAAA)

Abstract

This report focuses on how state and local workforce offices implemented key provisions of the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act (TGAAA), which was enacted in February 2009. TGAAA amended the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program by expanding eligibility to include service workers (in addition to manufacturing workers), broadening training options, enhancing Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA), expanding eligibility for wage subsidies for older workers, and mandating (and funding) case management services.