If your company is experiencing a decline in sales and a decline in employment levels due to the adverse effects of foreign competition, you might qualify for assistance in marketing, manufacturing, engineering, finance, employee training, information management or new product development from SWTAAC. SWTAAC provides management and technical assistance to U.S. manufacturing and service firms that qualify for trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974. The Southwest TAAC is one of eleven nationally operated centers responsible for the administration of the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms program. TAA for Firms is administered and funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration. The Southwest TAAC is administered by the University of Texas at San Antonio and is responsible for the delivery of services to firms in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas.

Affordable consultation services can provide a competitive edge that could mean the survival and renewed growth of a business during times of economic distress. The Southwest TAAC can deliver those services.

Steve Wyatt,
SWTAAC Executive Director