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Labor and Workforce Development outlines FY2026 workforce investments focused on apprenticeships, youth and technical training
Summary
Secretary Leila A. Jones told the Joint Committee on Ways and Means that Governor Healey’s FY2026 LWD proposal includes $112.9 million in state funding to expand youth employment, career technical training, registered apprenticeships and flexible workforce grants while modernizing unemployment services.
Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Leila A. Jones told the Joint Committee on Ways and Means in Gloucester on March 10 that the Healy administration’s FY2026 budget for the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) proposes $112.9 million in state funding to support workforce programs alongside federal grants and trust funds.
Key priorities presented - Youth employment: The budget recommends $15.7 million for YouthWorks to provide structured work experience and a 15–20 hour “Signal Success” curriculum, projecting roughly 4,580 youth placements for summer and year‑round programs. - Trades and technical training: The Career Technical Initiative (CTI)…
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