Assistance program
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms
$88.2 Million committed in FY2018–FY2025
- Agency
- Economic Development Administration, Commerce, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements
- CFDA number
- 11.313
- What it does
- The Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF) program helps import-impacted U.S. firms develop and implement projects to regain global competitiveness, expand markets, strengthen operations, increase profitability, thereby increasing U.S. jobs.
- Who benefits
- Only firms certified by EDA on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce are eligible for assistance under the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF) program. The principal benefit is cost-shared technical assistance: the TAAF program pays up to one-half of the cost of assistance by private-sector consultants and contractors for operational improvements at certified firms. There are no direct cash grants or awards to firms.
- Who applies
- Section 253 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. § 2343(b)) provides that grants may be awarded to "intermediary organizations (including Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers)" to provide assistance to trade-injured firms. For an industry association or other organizations to be eligible for industry assistance under section 265 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. § 2355(a)), the applicant must submit evidence demonstrating that the industry faces import competition and includes a substantial number of Trade Act-certified firms or worker groups. Current funding is limited to the existing Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers.
- Authorized by
- Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. § 2341 et seq.).
- Program site
- https://www.eda.gov/taaf/ ↗
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