Additional Training Benefits - Unemployment Insurance

Additional Training Benefits (ATB) provide extra unemployment insurance (UI) benefits (up to 26 additional weeks) to eligible individuals who are enrolled in an approved training program.

You may be eligible for ATB if:

1. You are unemployed.
    
2. You exhausted all UI benefits you are eligible for (federal and/or state).
    
3. You applied for UI benefits due to:  
   • a job loss (from a declining occupation)
   • an involuntary and indefinite job loss (due to a permanent reduction in operations).


4. You are enrolled in a training program approved by the Maryland Division of Unemployment Insurance (Division) or authorized by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The program must train you for employment in an in-demand occupation.
   • To be approved for ATB, the training must be full time (unless supported by WIOA).


5. You enrolled in the training program before the end of your benefit year (for the UI claim that you established after your job loss). For more about your benefit year, see the Definitions webpage.
    
6. You are not receiving similar stipends or allowances (not including stipends/allowances for training costs).

Apply - To apply for ATB, e-mail the Reemployment and Trade Unit at ui.atb@maryland.gov and use "Interested in Applying for ATB" as the subject line of your e-mail.

After you apply and provide any requested information, a determination will be made about your eligibility for ATB benefits. If you are eligible, you must provide the Reemployment and Trade Unit with training attendance forms for each week that you request ATB benefits.

ATB benefits may be paid over two years. Your ATB weekly benefit amount (WBA) will be the same as the WBA you received under the regular UI program. For more about the WBA, see the Claims Filing - Initial Claims FAQs.