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Workforce Investment Council urges sustained investment in apprenticeships, frontline training amid FY26 cuts
Summary
DC Workforce Investment Council executive director Drew Hubbard told the Council’s Committee on Executive Administration and Labor that the WIC needs continued funding to sustain sector partnerships, apprenticeship pipelines and frontline staff training while navigating reduced federal dollars and a hiring freeze.
Good afternoon, Chairperson Anita Bonds and members of the Committee on Executive Administration and Labor. My name is Drew Hubbard. I have the privilege of serving as the executive director of the DC Workforce Investment Council.
Hubbard told committee members on June 4 that the WIC’s requested FY26 budget totals about $33 million and is “a mix of federal grants and local dollars,” but that the agency faces a smaller operating base than in recent years as one‑time federal appropriations have expired. He said the council role for WIC is statutory: to “guide, align and hold accountable the district's workforce development system” and to oversee and coordinate WIOA‑funded programs.
Hubbard framed the WIC’s recent work around sector partnerships and apprenticeships, citing the Healthcare Intermediary Partnership as a model. “The partnership funded originally at $250,800 beginning in FY…
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