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Senior Job Training Funds Cut Ahead of Benefit Work Mandates

Kendra Davenport discusses Senior Community Service Employment Program Pause with Bloomberg Law.

Published Jul. 18, 2025

Easterseals President and CEO Kendra Davenport spoke with Bloomberg Law about the severe consequences of the Department of Labor’s abrupt pause in funding for the Senior Community Service Employment Program, the only federal workforce program dedicated to helping low-income Americans age 55 and older find jobs. Approximately 40,000 seniors are at risk of losing their jobs due to the funding pause. Read more in Bloomberg Law.

Senior Job Training Funds Cut Ahead of Benefit Work Mandates

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