2011-12 Pennsylvania Grant & Resource Directory

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY
http://www.dli.state.pa.us www.paworkforce.state.pa.us
GRANT/PROGRAM
Trade Adjustment Assistance – The Trade Act’s Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) program helps trade-affected workers
who have lost their jobs as a result of increased imports or
shifts in production out of the United States. TAA can provide
funding for tuition, books and supplies for classroom training,
and basic or remedial education, which may include training in
literacy or English as a second language.
Occupational Training is targeted to a specific occupation and
provided to help certified workers secure employment at a skill
level similar to, or higher than, their layoff employment, and
sustain that employment at the best wage available.
Based on the individual’s existing skills and labor market conditions,
training will be of the shortest duration necessary to
return the individual to employment, with a maximum duration
of 104 weeks. TAA can also pay 50 percent of the salary for
on-the-job training and customized training designed to meet
the needs of a specific employer or group of employers.
Health Coverage Tax Credit – The Health Coverage Tax
Credit is a federal tax credit that pays 65 percent of the health
plan premium for eligible individuals enrolled in qualified
health plans. The benefit can be received as a tax credit or an
advanced payment. This benefit is available to TAA eligible
individuals, ATAA eligible individuals (those getting wage
subsidy), recipients of Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation
(PBGC) benefits age 55 or older, and qualified family members.
The TAA eligible individual must be eligible to receive Trade
Readjustment Allowances (TRA) under the Trade Program; be
collecting Unemployment Insurance (UI) or TRA and while
collecting UI or TRA; must be enrolled in TAA approved training
or have completed TAA approved training, or have a waiver
from training.
CONTACT INFO/DEADLINE
More information on TAA benefits is available
by calling the UC Service Center or visiting
a Pennsylvania CareerLink and requesting
the pamphlet, UCP-11 or UCP-11 (A),
Assistance for Workers Under the Trade Act
of 1974. If you have any questions regarding
this program or would like to apply for these
benefits, please contact the UC Service Center
or visit a Pennsylvania CareerLink.
In addition to the criteria that qualify an individual
to apply for HCTC, there are also
criteria that define a qualified health plan.
The insurance must meet one of the four following
criteria:
1. COBRA continuation coverage
2. Individual coverage in which the worker
is enrolled at least 30 days prior to separation
from the job that qualified him/her
for TAA
3. State qualified plan
Coverage under the TAA eligible worker’s
spouse’s health plan where the spouse’s employer
pays less than 50 percent of the health
plan coverage.
To apply for benefits, contact the HCTC
Customer Contact Center toll free at 1-866-
628-HCTC.
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