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CTB Streamline Rights and Responsibilities

Unemployment Insurance Recipient’s Rights and Responsibilities for the TAA Training Enrollment Verification (DE 3422TAA) for the CTB Program

Although your training has been authorized by an Employment Development Department (EDD) Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Specialist under the federal Trade Act, eligibility to receive regular Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits while you attend training must be determined separately by a representative of the EDD UI Program. As required by California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Section 1326-6, school or training attendance must be reported to the EDD in the week school or training begins while receiving UI benefits. School or training attendance may affect your eligibility for continued UI payments unless you are determined eligible for the California Training Benefits (CTB) program by the UI Program.

Your TAA authorized training is approvable for the CTB program as long as you meet all other UI eligibility criteria. As an eligible CTB program participant, you will be exempt from UI work search and availability requirements during the period of approved training and UI payments will continue as long as you meet all other UI eligibility criteria. Weekly Trade Readjustment Assistance (TRA) benefits will begin once regular UI and any training or federal extension benefits end, as long as you are still attending the training as allowed in your TAA training agreement and you are approved for CTB.
The UI Program can expedite your approval for the CTB program through the CTB streamline process and prevent delays in your UI benefits once you start attending training. To participate in the CTB streamline process, you must authorize your TAA specialist to complete and submit your training information on the TAA training enrollment verification for CTB streamline (DE 3422TAA) form directly to the UI program. You will be asked to sign the TAA training enrollment verification for CTB streamline authorization to give your TAA specialist permission to release your training information directly to the UI Program. This will allow the UI Program to determine your CTB eligibility without contacting you or your training facility to obtain the information. UI benefits can not be paid when you submit your Continued Claim form (DE 4581) for the week you start training until you are determined eligible for CTB by the UI program.
Before you sign the TAA Training Enrollment Verification for CTB streamline form, you must know your UI rights and responsibilities by reading this entire document and the CTB Fact Sheet (DE 8714U). (After reading, keep these documents for your records.) Signing the TAA Training Enrollment Verification does not guarantee your entitlement or eligibility for CTB or continued UI payments unless you meet all the legal UI pre-conditions listed below and you continue to meet all UI eligibility criteria.

Legal Pre-Conditions for CTB Eligibility

Once you start attending TAA authorized training and the completed and signed  TAA Training Enrollment Verification for CTB streamline form is received by the UI Program at the Special Claims Office, your UI claim will be reviewed and your request for CTB approval will be processed. If all of the following legal UI pre-conditions are met, you will be approved for CTB and you should expect your UI payments to continue:
  • You have a valid and potentially payable UI claim on file with the EDD.
  • You are currently receiving UI payments and there are no existing disqualifications or other potential eligibility issues preventing continued UI payments on your claim.
  • You are currently attending the school or training as indicated by your TAA Specialist and you have reported this information on your Continued Claim form for the week you begin training.

CTB Eligibility

After you begin training and the UI Special Claims Office determines you are eligible for the CTB program, you will be mailed a Notice of Determination (DE 1080) by the EDD within ten working days from the date the TAA Training Enrollment Verification for CTB streamline is received and processed by the UI Special Claims Office.

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After that, any pending UI payments will be issued if you are otherwise eligible to receive the payments. You can access recorded information, which is updated daily, about your most recent UI payment by calling the EDD at ‎1-866-333-4606, 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.
Once you receive the Notice of Determination you are responsible for reviewing the training information on the notice to make sure it agrees with the training agreement. Your potential eligibility for a training extension (TE) claim is also included in the Notice of Determination. Refer to the CTB Fact Sheet for an explanation of TE claims.
Be sure to read the entire Notice of Determination and follow the Rights and Responsibilities section on the notice for ongoing CTB/TE eligibility requirements. Your Training Specialist will also give you a copy of the Training Provider Letter (DE 3100CTB) for you to give to your training facility, which provides an explanation about biweekly certifications required on the back of each Continued Claim form during your period of approved TAA training. If you have questions about the Notice of Determination or need to make corrections, you will need to contact the UI Special Claims Office at ‎1-888-697-1760.
If you need to attend training for a longer period of time than approved on in your TAA training agreement and on the Notice of Determination, you must notify your TAA Specialist before you start attending any unapproved period of training. Your TAA Specialist will, in turn, notify the UI Special Claims Office that the actual training date goes beyond the original training agreement date. If you fail to notify your TAA Specialist before starting an unapproved period of training, the approval of the additional period of training may be denied and your UI benefits may stop.

Eligibility Exceptions

You may not be eligible for the CTB program if you do not meet all the CTB legal UI pre-conditions, there are other potential eligibility issues, or you are currently under a disqualification. If questions about your eligibility need to be resolved before CTB can be approved, you will be contacted for additional information. In that case, no UI payments can be made until you are offered the opportunity to provide needed information and you are found eligible.

If for some reason the UI Program can not complete your CTB approval after the EDD receives your TAA Training Enrollment Verification for CTB streamline, a form will be mailed to you with instructions on what you need to do or you will be contacted for additional information. Examples of reasons why CTB eligibility can not be completed include:

  • You were previously denied UI payments.
  • The UI Program must resolve other eligibility issues.
In the event you are not eligible to receive UI benefits (including denial of CTB), you will be mailed a Notice of Determination indicating the reason. You have the right to file an appeal with the EDD if you disagree with the information on the notice.
For questions or concerns regarding training, contact your TAA Specialist. For any question regarding your UI benefits or CTB eligibility, contact the UI Special Claims Office at ‎1-888-697-1760.

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