First on FOX: A new transparency report examining the Department of Labor’s popular multi-billion dollar program has discovered slight success rates and set possible stages of reductions. Trump administration Push to slash waste.
It is owned by the Ministry of Labor’s Employment Training Bureau A detailed report has been released A study of the financial performance and efficiency of the Jobs Corps program, a federally funded housing career training and education program popular with unions and designed for eligible low-income young adults aged 16-24 years.
A report analysing 124 job centers examines the definition of what constitutes “graduation” from the program, with the average graduation rate ranging from 32% to 38%, depending on the criteria used for PY2023 budgeted programs.
The average cost per student is $49,769.53 for PY2023, with an average cost per student per year of the program at $79,631.25.
The new report sheds light on the inefficiency of the Job Corps program. (Getty Images | Fox)
The average total cost per graduate ranges from $155,600 to $187,653, the report says.
Furthermore, when these students moved through the program, the survey found that they were primarily employed in minimum wage positions.
“Taxpayers deserve to know the facts and consequences of a multi-billion dollar investment,” Deputy Director Lori Frasier Bearden, acting ETA, said in a statement.
“This report highlights the department’s commitment to program transparency and accountability, both of which are crucial for effective surveillance, informed policy making and maintaining public trust,” she continued.
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez Deremar; (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, Getty Images)
In a press release, the department looked at the centre costs with the highest centre costs per graduate, and found that “the most efficient program with an average of 10 alumni average of $512,800” and “the top 50 programs with an average of $319,085 per graduate.”
Concerns have been raised in recent years beyond the efficiency of employment corps. Includes reports A summary of data showing that criminals and runaways are often housed in employment squad dorms led to crimes such as rape, drug trafficking, and assault.
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The Ministry of Labor has been actively working towards transparency in recent weeks under the Doge background. (Trade 2018)
The Ministry of Labor has been active in recent weeks. Government Efficiency Bureau (doge). Earlier this month, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez Deremar announced her division. i will be back Over $1 billion unused Covid-era funds have returned to taxpayers.
In February, Fox News Digital reported that the Department of Labor would cancel a $4 million contract for training the DEI Consulting Services and its Employment Corps program.
