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Participants in a welding program for minimum-security inmates are pictured at Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Oct. 7, 2024. (John Hult\/South Dakota Searchlight)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Tucked into President Donald Trump\u2019s new budget request is a plan that could dramatically change \u2014 and, critics say, slash \u2014 how much money and help states provide to people needing jobs and training.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s\u00a0latest budget<\/a> proposes a federal \u201cMake America Skilled Again\u2019\u2019 grant that would combine a dozen current programs and provide $3.4 billion in spending for certain employment and training programs, down from $4.65 billion anticipated this fiscal year.<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s plan would fund block, or general, grants to states, which could then tailor the spending to employment and training needs.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no formula in the budget proposal detailing how or where the money would be distributed, other than a requirement that at least 10% be spent on an apprenticeship program and 3% on innovations. The secretary of the Department of Labor could also reserve up to 0.75% on \u201cprogram accountability\u201d and technical support.<\/p>\n

Congressional Republicans are moving ahead with other ways to fund, and in some cases revamp, federal job programs, though they showed little interest in Trump\u2019s MASA proposal that was also in his\u00a0budget request last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Trump plan<\/h4>\n

The MASA effort is another in a series of administration initiatives aimed at streamlining job training programs\u2019 administrative costs and making them more responsive to changes in the workplace.<\/p>\n

The Labor Department referred questions about the plan to the Office of Management and Budget, which did not respond to questions.<\/p>\n

At the National Skills Coalition, an advocacy organization for skills-based training, Megan Evans saw the MASA effort as a way of making deep cuts that ultimately hurt workers and employers, she said in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe administration says it\u2019s trying to streamline,\u201d said Evans, the coalition\u2019s senior government affairs manager. \u201cBut in reality it\u2019s combining deep cuts with risky consolidations and rollbacks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The White House last year issued a\u00a0detailed report<\/a> and a video on its strategy, outlining how \u201cworkforce programs are fragmented across agencies, stifled by red tape, and too often misaligned with the skills employers need.\u201d<\/p>\n

These issues, it said, \u201cpose particular risks as the United States advances toward a bold reindustrialization agenda and navigates the transformational impact of AI (artificial intelligence) on the workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the budget\u00a0released this month<\/a>, the administration called the program \u201ca key part of the administration\u2019s strategy to fill the growing demand for skilled trades and other occupations,\u201d along with some other programs, including the tax cuts enacted last year.<\/p>\n

Changes in getting money and help<\/h4>\n

While MASA aims to reduce administrative costs, a long-sought goal of administrators across the country, popular programs would be consolidated under the block grant, including several with strong constituencies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Among them are programs for adult training and employment, youth training and employment, the Labor Department\u2019s Re-integration of Ex-Offenders program, Native American programs and others.<\/p>\n

The National Skills Coalition saw trouble in folding these programs into a single grant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese programs weren\u2019t created in a vacuum,\u201d it said in a\u00a0blog post last year.<\/a> \u201cThey each serve distinct populations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Merging them would be \u201cmaking it harder for people to access training that fits their lives and needs,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n

It also had doubts about whether block grants would in fact be more efficient.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy combining multiple workforce programs into a single grant, it becomes significantly harder to track program outcomes, monitor equity and assess whether specific populations\u2013such as veterans, youth, people with disabilities, or former incarcerated pepole\u2013are being effectively served,\u201d the coalition said<\/p>\n

Some state and local officials share the concern.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWashington state is already facing significant budget shortfalls, and this proposal would further widen that gap,\u201d said Marisol Tapia Hopper, director of strategic partnerships & funding at the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County.<\/p>\n

She said combining the programs into a block grant \u201cfunctions as a reduction in workforce investment, applying a one-size-fits-all approach to a system that is already chronically underfunded.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The National Governors Association, a bipartisan group comprising all the nation\u2019s governors, has taken no position on the proposal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorkforce training is a huge bipartisan priority for governors,\u201d said Jack Porter, NGA program director for workforce development & economic policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cFederal support is critical to standing up effective workforce programs, but the federally funded workforce system as it stands now comes with a lot of red tape that shifts time and focus away from the goal, which is (to) provide workers with training,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Congressional reluctance<\/h4>\n

Congress has shown little enthusiasm for the administration\u2019s consolidation.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the Republican-led U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee proposed\u00a0a comprehensive job training blueprint.<\/a><\/p>\n

Among its ideas: providing funding for on-the-job learning and strengthening the system that holds state and local workforce boards responsible \u201cfor delivering positive outcomes for workers and job seekers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bill would have adult education programs governed by the Labor Department. The aim would be to \u201cconnect adult education to apprenticeships, sector partnerships, and employer-led training especially as artificial intelligence reshapes skill demands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Included in the legislation, which a committee spokeswoman says is clearly \u201cin line with the broad goals proposed in the president\u2019s budget,\u201d is a Make America Skilled Again pilot program.<\/p>\n

It would permit states to apply to combine different workforce funding streams and then spend them on programs that best suit their needs.<\/p>\n

The bill, said committee Chairman Tim Walberg, R-Mich., in a statement, \u201cmodernizes a struggling and underutilized workforce development system, delivering reforms that strengthen participant outcomes and ensure greater accountability for taxpayer dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the U.S. Senate, Republicans began pushing changes that will help people get access to current programs.<\/p>\n

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republicans\u2019 aim is to \u201cincrease Americans\u2019 access to job opportunities by eliminating red tape, increasing flexibility, and modernizing the workforce system.\u201d<\/p>\n

The goal<\/a> is to create one-stop centers where people can get information about jobs and training. The measure would \u201chelp Nebraskans find great jobs more efficiently,\u201d said Sen. Pete Ricketts, a Nebraska Republican who co-sponsored the bill.<\/p>\n

Spending bill season<\/h4>\n

At the moment, Democrats and Republicans appear deadlocked on how to proceed. The House Appropriations Committee\u00a0plans to write<\/a> labor spending legislation in June. The Senate has not announced a schedule.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The partisan lines are forming.<\/p>\n

The Trump labor budget \u201cattacks workers and small businesses by undermining workforce development programs at the Department of Labor,\u201d said Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., top Democrat on the House workforce panel, in a statement.<\/p>\n

Without the specific programs, he said, \u201cmany workers will struggle to provide for their families.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walberg sees a need for big change.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe workforce is evolving rapidly, and legislation designed over a decade ago is no longer meeting today\u2019s demands,\u201d he said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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