Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) provides benefits to workers who lose their jobs, or whose hours of work and wages are reduced as a result of increased imports, or whose jobs were exported offshore (“trade-affected workers”). The TAA benefits include a variety of reemployment services designed to help trade-affected workers prepare for and obtain suitable employment.

The Northern Colorado Networking Group (NoCoNet) specializes in practicing job search skills, interviewing, and networking with companies and the people who work there.

Layoff assistance (also known as Rapid Response) through LCEWD provides an employer pro-active, business-focused strategies to respond to layoffs and plant closures. LCEWD staff and Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) work with employers to provide services to affected workers.

Services Include: