Congresswoman Johnson shared her concerns in the following statement regarding cuts to North Texas Job Corps Center student enrollment.
“The Department of Labor has announced that beginning next week, it will suspend new student enrollment at all Job Corps Centers across the United States in an effort to close a $61.5 million budget shortfall. This is a shortsighted and unwelcomed shift in policy, and one that will drastically reduce our capacity to provide critical vocational education and training for our emerging workforce,” stated Congresswoman Johnson. “The Job Corps program is critical to preparing our young people, particularly those in communities that are underserved and lack jobs and training opportunities.”
"The Gary Job Corps Center, which educates students from the 30th District, was selected as one of seven centers nationwide to lose new student training slots in addition to the freeze. Congresswoman Johnson added, “As a member of the Job Corps Congressional Caucus, I oppose any cuts to programs that enhance the quality and value of our workforce in an increasingly competitive job market. Today, I am joining my colleagues to urge the U.S. Department of Labor to place a 30-day moratorium on these cuts. This additional time will allow the agency more time to reevaluate the impact of these cost-cutting measures on competitiveness and education and hopefully find a viable alternative to this decision.” - Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson
Job Corps is an education and career technical training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that helps young people ages 16 through 24 improve the quality of their lives through career technical and academic training.
