Training Benefits Application Packet Form - Washington Employment Security Department

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State of Washington
Employment Security Department
TRAINING BENEFITS APPLICATION PACKET
APPLICANT INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS
Name________________________________________________________ SSN ______________________________
*** TRAINING BENEFITS ARE SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS ***
You should apply for Training Benefits only if your training program will extend beyond your eligibility for regular unemployment
insurance (UI) benefits. Training Benefits are simply additional UI benefits while you are in approved training. If your training
program can be completed before you exhaust your regular UI benefits, submit only an application for Commissioner Approved
Training (CAT) to your TeleCenter. If your regular benefits will run out before you finish your training, complete all forms in this
Application Packet.
You must apply for Training Benefits within 60 days of being notified of the program and be enrolled in training within 90 days of
being notified of the program. Your receipt of the Unemployment Insurance Claims Kit and Job Search Guide you received after
filing your claim includes information on Training Benefits and starts the 60 and 90 day periods.
The APPLICATION PACKET contains:
1.
TRAINING BENEFITS WORK HISTORY. Show all your employment for the past seven years and fully describe your
duties for each job. Your work history is used to determine:
If you are unlikely to return to work in your previous occupation or industry because of a diminishing demand for your
skills, and
If you have the required long-term history of working in an occupation or using a particular skill (when applicable).
2.
TRAINING BENEFITS LABOR MARKET RESEARCH. This document and attachments are used to determine if your
vocational training program is:
Targeted to training for a high demand occupation, and
Likely to enhance your marketable skills and earning power.
Attach copies of your labor market research. Documentation must show you have done the research to establish your
training will lead to a good paying job.
3.
STUDENT ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONNAIRE - COMMISSIONER APPROVED TRAINING (CAT) APPLICATION. To be
eligible for training benefits you must be approved for CAT.
CAT allows you to attend training full time and receive UI benefits. If you are granted CAT, you are not required to look for
work once you are attending training. And while enrolled and making satisfactory progress in your training, you will not be
denied benefits for not being available for suitable work or for refusing suitable work.
You must apply for CAT to be potentially eligible for Training Benefits. HOWEVER, CAT approval does not mean you are
eligible for Training Benefits. The eligibility requirements for CAT and Training Benefits are not identical.
For example, you can be approved for CAT and receive your regular UI benefits if your full time vocational training relates to
an occupation or skill where there are expected to be reasonable employment opportunities (provided you meet all other
eligibility requirements). For that same training to qualify you for the additional Training Benefits, it MUST also be
established that the training is for a high demand occupation likely to enhance your marketable skills and earning power.
The law authorizing Training Benefits set a higher standard of eligibility.
Return all forms and attachments to your Local Employment Center. Former Boeing workers can also fax the completed
application packet and attachments to the attention of the Boeing CAT Coordinator at 206 766 6232.
INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL BE RETURNED
Claimant signature _________________________________________________________
FOR DEPARTMENT USE ONLY
BYE _________________
Completed Application Packet received by Local Employment Center on ______________________________
Local Employment Center Representative's Initials _____________
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