Dislocated Workers: Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Flawed
(Testimony, 10/19/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-4).

Each year, about one million Americans lose their jobs because of
business closures and permanent layoffs.  Many of these workers are
dislocated because of increased imports, and some receive assistance
from the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program.  Recent studies,
including those by GAO and the Department of Labor, have concluded that
the TAA program falls short in helping dislocated worker reenter the
workforce.  GAO believes that to be successful, a reemployment program,
such as TAA, should meet seven key goals, which this testimony discusses
in detail.  The existence of several targeted assistance programs in
addition to TAA suggests that the nation's overall approach to
dislocated worker assistance needs review.  Congress may wish to
consider a simplified approach that helps workers regardless of the
reason for their dislocation.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-HRD-94-4
     TITLE:  Dislocated Workers: Trade Adjustment Assistance Program 
             Flawed
      DATE:  10/19/93
   SUBJECT:  Employment or training programs
             Federal/state relations
             State-administered programs
             Unemployment compensation programs
             Entitlement programs
             Eligibility criteria
             Labor force
             Aid for training or employment
             Unemployment insurance
IDENTIFIER:  Trade Adjustment Assistance Program
             North American Free Trade Agreement
             New Jersey
             Texas
             Michigan
             DOL Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance 
             Program
             Job Training Partnership Act Program
             NAFTA
             JTPA
             
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