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WorkSource asks for staff additions as federal career center serves more displaced federal workers
Summary
WorkSource Montgomery requested FY27 funding to add staff at the Upcounty American Job Center and to continue federal career center services after last year’s temporary allocation. The committee placed some staffing requests on the reconciliation list and asked for further reporting on placement outcomes and metrics.
WorkSource Montgomery told the Economic Development Committee it needs additional staff to sustain increased demand at the Upcounty American Job Center and to continue services for displaced federal workers who sought help at the Federal Workforce Career Center (FWCC).
County staff recommended a FY27 increase of $250,000 to support additional staffing (career adviser and business services consultant) and ongoing program costs. WorkSource leaders said the FWCC — established with a one-time FY26 allocation — served roughly 1,500 federal workers and that the organization continues to provide intensive case-management services to hundreds of residents, in addition to light-touch workshops and job fairs.
Councilmembers pressed WorkSource officials on placement verification and reporting lags: staff said wage-based placement verification requires a reporting lag and that the 20 verified placements cited in the committee report reflect only earnings that have cleared state reporting systems to date. WorkSource said some trainees are in self-paced learning modules or workshops that do not immediately generate wage records; staff estimated about 200 participants were receiving intensive case management at the time of the report.
The committee discussed overlap between a proposed WorkSource business services consultant and the county’s new Small Business Navigator/Business Center, and members asked for a documented collaboration plan before final action. Committee leaders placed a partial reduction of the requested staffing increase on the reconciliation list and asked WorkSource to return with disaggregated placement data, retention metrics and a schedule for the mobile job center’s community deployments.
Next steps: WorkSource will provide follow-up reporting on placements, wage outcomes and the mobile job center schedule; staffing additions were left for reconciliation review.
