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Iowa LIHEAP Policy and Procedures Manual Appendix C – Income Source Guide

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Trade Act

Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Trade Readjustment Allowance (TRA) are benefits available to workers who experience a lack of work dislocation from employment due to a foreign labor impact. To be eligible for TAA benefits the layoff must be certified by the Department of Labor via a petition process that verifies the foreign labor impact. TRA is a weekly benefit payable to eligible workers following exhaustion of unemployment benefits. It is paid only to individuals enrolled in a full-time, TAA-approved training program. An individual may also receive a partial reimbursement e for transportation and living expenses if attending training beyond the normal commuting distance of 25 miles one- way from home. If the individual finds a job beyond the normal commuting distance from home and wants to relocate to the job site, TAA may provide a relocation allowance.

Because TAA payments made directly to program participants are partial reimbursements for items covered under an entitlement program (once eligibility is confirmed) they are not counted towards household income.

Because TRA payments represent a federal extension of state unemployment insurance benefits and are intended to address living expenses for full-time students they are counted towards household income.

X (TRA)

X (TAA)

Note: the DBRO printout that shows regular unemployment status and payments does not show TRA status and payments. Applicants will want to ask Iowa Workforce for a printout of the KTRA and KPY1 screens and provide this to the agency to verify status and payments at the time of application.

Training Stipends From Federal and State Employment Programs. Only the portion that pays for reimbursement of living expenses.

X

ACCESS Iowa is excluded.