Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 01-25: Process for Requesting Fiscal Year 2026 Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Funds

This guidance describes how states can request Fiscal Year 2026 Trade Adjustment Assistance funds. The funds cover training and other services for trade-affected workers, including case management, job search and relocation allowances, state administration, and related program costs. States can request Training and Other Activities funds with an SF-424 and can request TRA and A/RTAA funds by email; the Department says the funds are limited and will be awarded based on demonstrated need. The notice says $47.433 million is available for the program, including $34.933 million for TaOA, $12 million for TRA, and $500,000 for A/RTAA, and it names eight states that received an initial allocation because of immediate need. It also says the TaOA period of performance is October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, while TRA and A/RTAA funds are available from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026.