Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program helps workers who have lost their jobs or had work hours or wages reduced as a result of foreign trade activity.

The company that laid you off – or is expecting to lay you off in the near future – has been certified to participate. That means you are eligible to apply. Here's what you do next:

1) Obtain Your Petition Information

Select this Petition Information link. A new window will open in your web browser. Scroll down the list alphabetically until you find your company's name. Write down:

Your company's petition number
The certification date
The expiration date
The impact date

Use this information to complete the "Petition Information" section of the TAA Application. If you cannot find your company listed, please, contact the TAA Office at 651-259-7543.

2) Read The Handbooks

Select the appropriate program handbooks and read them carefully for details about what the programs can do for you.

If your petition number is lower than 69,999 and in between 80,000 and 80,999, read this TAA Handbook and this TRA Handbook.
If your petition number is in the 70,000s, read this TAA Handbook and this TRA Handbook.
If your petition number is above 81,000 read this TAA Handbook and this TRA Handbook.

Are you considering training? Try out the Training Plan Workbook:

Research the labor market
Explore careers that interest you
Locate training institutions that provide the training you need
Develop a training plan that you can discuss with your Dislocated Worker counselor

3) Complete the Waiver of Training Form

For petitions numbered lower than 69,999 and in between 80,000 and 80,999: If you will not begin your training within 8 weeks of your petition's certification date or 16 weeks after your layoff date (whichever is later), you and your Dislocated Worker Program counselor must sign the waiver form and date it before the deadline.

For petitions numbered 70,000 to 79,999 and above 81,000: If you will not begin your training within 26 weeks of either your layoff date or your petition’s certification date (whichever is later), you and your Dislocated Worker Program counselor must sign the waiver form and date it before the deadline.

Send the Waiver Form to the TAA unit immediately.

Download the Waiver of Training Form (petitions lower than 80,999)
Download the Waiver of Training Form (petitions higher than 81,000)

4) Complete the TRA and TAA Applications

First, all participants must complete the TRA Application.

Download the TRA Application Form

Second, select and complete the application that is best for you. Your Dislocated Worker Program Counselor can help you complete the application.

TAA Training Application
TAA Work Search Application (Note: Work Search is not allowed for petitions numbered higher than 81,000)

Submitting the Application
Your Dislocated Worker Program counselor must give final approval before you submit your TAA Application. Be sure to discuss the submission process with your counselor.

Health Coverage Tax Credit
TAA recipients may be eligible for help paying health insurance premiums. The Health Coverage Tax Credit can reduce premium costs by 72.5% percent. Download the HCTC Fact Sheet.

Apply for Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA)

Read the RTAA Guide to see if you qualify for this wage subsidy benefit.
Complete the RTAA Application. You must get your Dislocated Worker program counselor to sign off on the application before you submit it.

Transportation Subsistence Form

TAA Transportation and Subsistence Allowance is available to customers in approved TAA training and who are traveling 50 miles or more one way to their training institution. Pre-approval is required.

If you have been approved for this allowance, use the Transportation Subsistence Form to request payment.

For More Information Contact the
Trade Adjustment Assistance Unit
332 Minnesota Street
St. Paul, MN 55101

Phone: 651-259-7543 or toll-free 1-888-234-1330
Fax: 651-296-0288
Email: deed.taa@state.mn.us