Trade Adjustment Assistance: Reforms Have Accelerated Training Enrollment, but Implementation Challenges Remain

United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-09-22 monographic deposited born digital 71 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-1012 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1012 P0b002ee180393064 f:d041012 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1012 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1012 GAO-04-1012 Education or training Employment or training programs Occupational retraining Performance measures Program evaluation Program management State-administered programs Training utilization Workfare North American Free Trade Agreement Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program Other Written Product A12511 Trade Adjustment Assistance: Reforms Have Accelerated Training Enrollment, but Implementation Challenges Remain The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Reform Act of 2002 consolidated two programs serving trade-affected workers and made changes to expand benefits and decrease the time it takes for workers to get services. GAO was asked to provide information on (1) how key reform provisions have affected program services, (2) what have been the challenges in implementing new provisions, (3) whether demand for TAA training has changed and how states are meeting this demand, and (4) what is known about what the TAA program is achieving. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1012/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1012.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1012/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1012.pdf GAO-04-1012 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1012 Other Written Product GAO-04-1012; Trade Adjustment Assistance: Reforms Have Accelerated Training Enrollment, but Implementation Challenges Remain; Education or training Employment or training programs Occupational retraining Performance measures Program evaluation Program management State-administered programs Training utilization Workfare North American Free Trade Agreement Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program United States Public Law 210 (107th Congress) Public Law 107-210