DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,179

LICKING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES
NEWARK, OHIO

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Public
Agency under Section 222(b) Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the public agency have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
(2) the public agency has acquired from a foreign country
services like or directly competitive with services
which are supplied by such agency; and
(3) the acquisition of services described in paragraph (2)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 1, 2009 by an agency official on behalf of
workers of Licking County Department of Job and Family
Services, Newark, Ohio. The workers were engaged in employment
related to the supply of social services to the residents of
Licking County, Ohio.
The petitioner alleges that the outsourcing of jobs from
the State of Ohio has resulted in a loss of state tax revenue
and this contributed to worker separations at Licking County
Department of Job and Family Services, Newark, Ohio.
The investigation included a review of agency data, phone
conversations with the petitioner and email correspondence with
the petitioner.
The investigation revealed that criterion (B)(2) has not
been met because the public agency did not acquire any services
from a foreign country.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Licking County
Department of Job and Family Services, Newark, Ohio who are
engaged in employment related to the supply of social services
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of September, 2009

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance