Trade Adjustment Assistance

Connecting Colorado will be unavailable May 30 - June 1 2025

All Colorado Workforce Programs are transitioning to a new Connecting Colorado system, which will provide enhanced efficiency and services. To make this transition, the current Connecting Colorado system will be unavailable from May 30 to June 1, 2025.

The new system is scheduled to be operational on Monday, June 2, 2025. If you are already registered in Connecting Colorado, your information will be automatically transferred to the new system.
IMPORTANT NOTICE

On July 1, 2022, the termination provision under Section 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, took effect. Until further notice, the Department may not issue any determinations and may not accept any new petitions or requests for reconsideration. 

Workers who were certified and separated from their job on or before June 30, 2022, may still be eligible for benefits and services and should Christa Menning at cmenning@larimer.org or 970-498-6639 for more details.

Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) provides benefits to workers who lose their jobs, or whose hours of work and wages are reduced, as a result of increased imports, or whose jobs were exported offshore (“trade-affected workers”). 
 
The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program includes a variety of reemployment services that seeks to provide adversely affected workers with opportunities to obtain the skills, credentials, resources, and support necessary to (re)build skills for future jobs and obtain suitable employment.
 
Any member of a worker group certified by the Department of Labor (DOLETA) may be eligible to receive the following benefits and services at a local American Job Center: training, employment and case management services, job search allowances, relocation allowances, and income support in the form of Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA), if applicable.
 
Reemployment TAA (RTAA) provides wage supplements for reemployed older workers whose reemployment resulted in lower wages than those earned in their trade-affected employment, may also be available.
 
If you are interested in services, please complete the following Interest Form. 
 
 

We will connect with interested customers, in the order they have been received, with Veterans taking first priority of service.

The TAA re-training benefit is a lifetime benefit until utilized, and may be accessed at any time. However, there are specific criteria and time frames associated with several of the TAA benefits, which if not met, may forfeit certain TAA benefits.
 
Due to program changes, there are multiple versions of the TAA Program. Individual benefits and services vary depending on the petition number.  However, the majority of participants are currently being served under the 2015 Amendment Benefits.

  • 1 GET STARTED!

    Does your employer have a current petition?  Search the Department of Employment & Training Administration TAA site

    SEARCH HERE

  • 2 APPLY FOR INDIVIDUAL ENTITLEMENT

    If yes – Apply for individual entitlement at:  https://applytaa.cdle.org/

  • 3 LET US KNOW YOU ARE INTERESTED!

    Complete the TAA Interest Form above and submit.  The TAA program also requires that individuals register for work with the local Economic and Workforce Development. Registration can be completed online at Connecting Colorado.