Career Advancement Accounts (CAAs)
Missouri welcomed the opportunity to be a part of the USDOL Career Advancement Account (CAA) demonstration for the automotive industry sector.  Missouri’s CAA initiative will have two key components for its local demonstration sites; 1) Dislocated Workers and 2) Incumbent Worker\Lay-off Aversion.  Both components will be administered in partnership with the state’s dislocated worker programs. Missouri’s major automotive manufacturing sites and Tier I and II suppliers for the automotive industry will be targeted for this pilot project. 

Targeted customers are: 

a)     Dislocated workers from non-Trade Act certified sites; b) dislocated workers from sites that are or may be Trade Act eligible, but have not laid-off workers; c) individuals that received automotive buy-out packages without educational packages; and d) individuals from community impacted business sites; or,

b)     Incumbent workers at automotive and supplier sites. 

Missouri Career Center staff together with State and local Rapid Response Coordinators will work with CAA applicants, company management and union officials to inform workers of services in advance of the CAA award opportunities to ensure informed choices result in quality jobs within Missouri’s eight target industry sectors.

CAA Brochure
CAA Overview 
CAA Press Release
CAA Demo project.pps
CAA Program Eligibility 9-14-2007.pps
CAA Toolbox.pps