The Act helps workers within American industries negatively impacted by international trade. Career centers known as One Stop Career Centers help educate and train out-of-work workers in new job fields.
A worker qualifies to enroll in the program after a petition is made to a local One Stop Center. The petition must include three or more workers from the same company, a union official reporting for a workers group, a company recommending workers to an One Stop Career Center, or an employee of an One Stop Career recommending a worker.
Many universities in the United States offer training courses funded by the Trade Adjustment Assistance program. At the time of writing, 74 of University of Phoenix's approximately 200 campuses in the US utilize funding from the Assistance program to help workers train in new programs.
Personnel at One Stop Career Centers can describe in detail the financial assistance available, as well as which occupational programs the TAA financed University of Phoenix programs offers. Prospective students should know that not every program at the University of Phoenix is eligible for funding by the Trade Adjustment Act.