{"id":39804,"date":"2025-04-25T18:03:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/new-report-exposes-how-government-program-with-eye-popping-budget-is-failing-vulnerable-students\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T18:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:03:42","slug":"new-report-exposes-how-government-program-with-eye-popping-budget-is-failing-vulnerable-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/new-report-exposes-how-government-program-with-eye-popping-budget-is-failing-vulnerable-students\/","title":{"rendered":"New report exposes how government program with eye-popping budget is failing vulnerable students"},"content":{"rendered":"

FIRST ON FOX:\u00a0<\/strong>A new transparency report looking at a popular multibillion-dollar program in the Department of Labor has found a meager success rate, setting the stage for possible cuts amid the Trump administration’s<\/a> push to slash waste.<\/p>\n

The Department of Labor\u2019s Employment and Training Administration has released a detailed report<\/a> investigating the financial performance and efficiency of the Jobs Corps Program, a federally funded residential career training and education program popular with unions and designed for eligible low-income young adults aged 16-24.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The report, which analyzed 124 job centers, looked into the definitions of what constitutes “graduating” from the program and found that the average graduation rate ranges from 32% to 38%, depending on which criteria are used for a program with a budget of $1.7 billion in PY2023.<\/p>\n

The report states that the average cost per student overall came out to $49,769.53 in PY2023, and the average cost per student per program year is $79,631.25.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The average total cost per graduate ranges from $155,600 to $187,653, the report states. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Additionally, once those students move through the program, the study found that they are largely being hired in minimum wage positions, with participants earning $16,695 annually on average after they leave the program.<\/p>\n

“Taxpayers deserve to know the facts and outcomes of their multi-billion-dollar investment,” ETA Acting Assistant Secretary Lori Frazier Bearden said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This report underscores the Department\u2019s commitment to program transparency and accountability \u2014 both of which are essential for effective oversight, informed policymaking, and maintaining public trust,” she continued.<\/p>\n

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In a press release, the department said after looking through the highest center costs per graduate, it found that “the 10 least efficient programs average $512,800 per graduate” and “the top 50 least efficient programs average $319,085 per graduate.”<\/p>\n

Concerns about more than the efficiency of Job Corps have been raised in recent years, including a report<\/a> from the Daily Wire outlining data that shows criminals and runaway teens were often housed in Job Corps dorms, which resulted in crimes like rape, drug dealing and assault.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Department of Labor has been active in recent weeks pushing for transparency under the backdrop of the Department of Government Efficiency<\/u><\/a> (DOGE). Earlier this month, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced that her department will return<\/a> over $1 billion in unused COVID-era funding back to the taxpayer.<\/p>\n

In February, Fox News Digital reported that the Department of Labor will cancel a $4 million contract for DEI consultation services and training in its Jobs Corps program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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