Workforce Development

Programs supporting job training, apprenticeships, and career services

This is a proposal, not law.This reflects the President's FY2027 budget proposal. Congress has not acted on these appropriations.

Programs affected

$3.8B

Total proposed cuts

eliminationBudget PDF p. 48

$1.6B

100.0% cut

~50,000 at-risk youth ages 16-24 at ~120 residential centers; America's largest residential job training program

elimination Alabama impactBudget PDF p. 19

Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (Perkins Act Programs)

$1.5B

100.0% cut

Career and technical education students; adult literacy programs; states managing workforce programs

elimination Alabama impactBudget PDF p. 48

Senior Community Service Employment Program

$395M

100.0% cut

~60,000 low-income seniors age 55+ in subsidized employment

elimination Alabama impactBudget PDF p. 77

SCORE, SBDC, and Women's Business Centers

$309M

94.0% cut

150+ Women's Business Centers; 250 SCORE chapters with 10,000 volunteer mentors; 31 Veterans Business Outreach Centers