2. Currently, we have 27+ active
Trade Petitions in the state.
These cover approximately
22,000+ individuals.
All who have lost their jobs,
in 20+ different communities.
Waterloo’s population is
approximately 68,400 people…
and in the Waterloo/Cedar Falls
area alone-
almost 2,000 people have
lost their jobs since 2013,
that number is only representing
the companies with
active trade petitions.
3.1 Million approximate IA population

3. UNITED STATE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
The Trade
Adjustment
Assistance
(TAA) Program is a federal
program established under
the Trade Act of 1974 that
provides aid to workers
who lose their jobs or
whose hours of work and
wages are reduced as a
result of increased imports.
 Participants are
eligible for the Trade
Act when there is an
active trade petition
approved through the
Department of Labor.
 This can be filed by the
company, the state, or
3 workers.
Trade Act Eligibility
http://www.dol.gov/general/topic/training/tradeact

4. GRANT FUNDED PROGRAM
 Since the fall of 2014 more than 1,300 workers from
the Waterloo and Ankeny John Deere have been laid
off, and recently more in Dubuque, Ottumwa &
Davenport. And now 160+ with Terex in Waverly.
 Because of this, the Iowa Workforce Development
has received a National Dislocated Worker Grant
for $3,058,322 from the U.S. Department of Labor
to help the laid off workers with job training
and employment.
http://www.kwwl.com/story/29749769/2015/08/10/new-center-to-help-laid-off-john-deere-workers

5. NATIONALEMERGENCYGRANT(NEG)
The grant I
work with is
specific to
around 1000
people that
were laid off
from John
Deere starting
in October of
2014.
We have
recently added
TEREX to our
workload with
another
160+ people.
What is available to
this large number of
laid off workers?
 Job Search Allowance (JSA)
 Job Relocation Allowance (JRA)
 Reemployment Trade Adjustment
Assistance- (RTAA) ages 50+
 On the Job Training (OJT)
 Customized Training
 Institutional Skills Training (IST) or
Classroom Training
Please Note- on the next several slides #s and other
information in RED are from the last time this was
presented to classes on this campus Spring Term 2016

6. WHAT ARE ALL THOSE PEOPLE DOING?
243 people were called
back to John Deere, they
could either take the
callback and return to work
for Deere,
and some of those refused
the callback for different
reasons. 130+ of those call
backs have been laid off
again. And are eligible to
access Trade Programs.
Terex will not have call
backs as the plant is now
relocated to Kansas.
 A number of people
have found different
employment either
in the area or moved
to take new jobs.
 From Both John
Deere and Terex
Call Backs New Employment

7.  We have had 7 people use
the job search allowance
and job relocation
allowance at this time.
 Both of these are available
to the people who are in
school when they complete
their schooling.
 (13) 25 people who are
currently utilizing their RTAA
benefits.
 Once this starts for them it
goes until they reach their
cap of $10,000 or two years
from their start date.
This option is also available to
those people 50 and over who
took advantage of
schooling before
becoming re-employed.
JSA/ JRA RTAA- ages 50+
Buena Vista Pictures 1996

8. OJT helps an
individual obtain new
jobs skills necessary to
obtain employment in
an occupation- OJT
helps by assisting the
employer with the
initial cost of training
new job skills.
Helps an individual
obtain job skills needed
to obtain employment in
a particular occupation.
The training is done with
the employer with the
plan that they hire the
Trade Act participant at
the end of the
customized
training, this
typically involves some
classroom component
partnered with a
school like Hawkeye
Community College.
On the Job Training Customized Training

9. IST- INSTITUTIONAL SKILLS TRAINING/
CLASSROOM TRAINING
 This is our most
popular program,
it lets a
participant
go to school
to gain a new
skill set
to re-enter
the job force.

We currently have
(114) 145+ people
attending some
form of
schooling.
 Once a person has completed an
application packet and been
approved our grant pays:
 100% of the tuition and school fees
 100% of the books and required
materials
 Up to $2000 reimbursable required
equipment, such as: welding
helmets, stethoscopes, scrubs,
steel toed boots, wrenches, ETC.
 Travel reimbursement over 50
miles round trip @ $0.54 per mile.

10. WHAT SCHOOLS ARE PEOPLE AT?
 Hawkeye Community College
 North East Iowa Community
College
 Upper Iowa University
 Kaplan University
 University of Northern Iowa
 Iowa State University
 Livingston Aviation
 Le Cordon Bleu
 Georgia College
 Hamilton Tech.
 New Horizons
 Rasmussen
 Vatterott
 Kirkwood
Our Clients are
attending (12) 14
different schools,
& more could
be added as more
people utilize the
training options.

11. ADDITIONAL TRAINING OPTION
 An apprenticeship program combines on-
the-job work experience and classroom
related instruction and produces an
employee that is skilled in their chosen
occupation.
 Hawkeye Community College offers HVAC,
Plumbing & Electrical apprenticeship
curriculum approved by the Department of
Labor. Students are sponsored by an
employer or local business.
 Recently Submitted and Approved
 Plumbing Apprenticeship W/ Dalton
Plumbing and Heating
 Trade will be paying for the cost of the
classes and reimbursing required tools
that the trainee needs for employment-
either until 130 weeks of training is
reached or client reaches 80% of pay
from his prior layoff wage base.
Business & Community Education
Cedar Falls Center
5330 Nordic Drive
Cedar Falls, IA 50613

12. 53differentprogramsfromshort
termCertificatestoMasterDegrees.
1,2- AAS & BS Information Technology
3- AA Hospitality & Restaurant MGMT
4- AAS Medical Lab. Technician
5- AAS Accounting
6-AAS Business Administration
7- AAS Civil & Construction
Engineering Technology
7- AAS Collision Repair
8- AAS Emergency Medical Services
9- AAS Golf Course &
Country Club Mgmt.
10- AAS Industrial Automation
11- AAS Medical Billing & Coding
12- AAS Medical Lab Technician
13- AAS Network Admin & Engineering
14- AAS Pharmacy Technician
15- AAS Photography
16- AAS Police Science
17- AAS Respiratory Therapy
18- AAS Sustainable construction
& Design
19,20, 21- Certificate, Diploma &
AAS for CNC
22, 23,24- Certificate, Diploma &
AAS for Welding
25- Aviation Management
31-BS Actuary Science
32- BS Business Analyst
33- BS Emergency/Disaster Mgmt.
34- BS Finance
35- BS Food Science &
Human Nutrition
36- BS Health Promotion
37- BS Horticulture
38- BS Industrial Technology
Management
39- BS Management
40- BS Manufacturing Technology
41- Diploma HVAC
42-Diploma Medical Assisting
43- Entry Level IT
44- Flight Training
45-Industrial Maintance
46- Masters in Guidance Counseling
47- Masters Mental Health Counseling
48- MBA
49- Nursing – LPN
50-CDL
51- BS in Cyber Security
52- heavy Equipment operator cert.
53- BS Electronics Engineering
54- Apprenticeship- Plumbing

13. SO WHAT?! WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT?
It takes a diverse, talented,
educated, & trained workforce to
keep jobs and develop new and
innovative positions.
As a county we are no longer
competing with each other for jobs,
its not the guy sitting next to you that
you need to beat out for a position,
it’s the company on the other side of
the globe that will work longer hours
for less money and little or no
benefits . There is a growing trend
also for non-traditional students who
are coming back to schooling to
further their education and use that
in combination with experience in the
job market and are now are more
skilled and experienced than the new
graduates.

14. Dr. Vest served as President of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology from 1990 through 2004. During this time, he placed
special emphasis on enhancing undergraduate education,
exploring new organizational forms to meet emerging directions in
research and education, building a stronger international
dimension into education and research programs, developing
stronger relations with industry, and enhancing racial and cultural
diversity at MIT. Dr. Vest worked to bring issues concerning
education and research to broader public attention and to
strengthen national policy on science, engineering and education.