Grant

June 13 - 17, 2016

* The Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms program provides technical assistance to U.S. manufacturing and production firms affected by import competition in order to help them develop and implement projects to regain global competitiveness, increase profitability and create jobs.


  • $1.9 million in Economic Adjustment funds to the City of Bellmead, Texas, to fund critical road infrastructure and related appurtenances necessary to rebuild Tirey Road, a major industrial and commercial roadway in Bellmead serving the Texas State Technical College, business parks, major businesses, and residents. The new and improved roadway will provide direct access to Highway 84, thereby enhancing the marketability of the region and its assets by enabling existing companies to expand while attracting new industrial development. This investment is part of a $2,714,285 project that the grantee estimates will create 264 jobs, save 3,436 jobs, and leverage $39 million in private investment.
  • $1,409,748.95 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms* funds to the Trade Task Group, Seattle, Washington, to fund the activities of the Northwest Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in Seattle, WA, which serves import – impacted firms located in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,676,686.95 project.
  • $1,309,954.45 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms* funds to Applied Strategies International, LTD, Chicago, Illinois to fund the activities of the Midwest Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in Chicago, IL, which serves import – impacted firms located in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,875,030.91 project.
  • $1,290,832.45 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms* funds to the New England trade Adjustment Assistance Center, Inc., North Billerica, Massachusetts, to fund the activities of the New England Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in N. Billerica, MA, which serves import – impacted firms located in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,914,181.45 project.
  • $1,272,663.95 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms* funds to the MidAtlantic Employers’ Association, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, to fund the activities of the MidAtlantic Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in Blue Bell, PA, which serves import – impacted firms located in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and West Virginia, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,935,489.95 project.
  • $1,240,982.95 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms* funds to the University of Texas at San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, to fund the activities of the Southwest Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in San Antonio, TX, which serves import – impacted firms located in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,347,731.95 project.
  • $1,239,903.95 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms* funds to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia, to fund the activities of the Southeastern Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in Atlanta, GA, which serves import – impacted firms located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,634,395.95 project.
  • $1,120,888.95 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms* funds to the University of Missouri System, Columbia (Cass, Clay, Jackson, and Platte Counties), Missouri, to fund the activities of the Mid-America Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in Independence, MO, which serves import – impacted firms located in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,651,632.37 project.
  • $1,085,769.45 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms* funds to the Regents of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, to fund the activities of the Rocky Mountain Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in Boulder, CO, which serves import – impacted firms located in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,340,220.05 project.
  • $1,047,087.95 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms* funds to the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, to fund the activities of the Western Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in Los Angeles, CA, which serves import – impacted firms located in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,245,513.83 project.
  • $997,232.95 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms* funds to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, to fund the activities of the Great Lakes Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in Ann Arbor, MI, which serves import – impacted firms located in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,310,232.95 project.
  • $984,934.95 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms* funds to the Research Foundation of the State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, to fund the activities of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Center serving New York, New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in Binghamton, NY, which serves import – impacted firms located in New Jersey, New York, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,168,792.38 project.