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Workforce development board budget approved after staff outlines 12.5% WIOA cut
Summary
Committee approved the Workforce Development Board budget for PY2026 after staff said federal WIOA funding fell 12.5%, prompting nearly a 20% reduction from last year and staffing and software adjustments.
Jennifer presented the Workforce Development Board budget for program year 2026, which begins July 1, and told the committee the region received a 12.5% reduction in federal WIOA funding for PY26. “If you were at the last meeting, you heard me say that we got a 12.5% funding decrease in our federal WIOA funding for PY26,” she said, and added the board reduced the coming year’s budget by almost 20% compared with PY25.
Jennifer described specific adjustments driving the reduction — discontinuing software that lacked demonstrated return on investment, changes in salaries and fringe due to an upcoming retirement (the current executive director is retiring Sept. 30) and plans to contract with the Capital Region Workforce Development Board for some executive functions to save overhead. The committee moved, seconded and carried approval; the transcript does not record a roll‑call tally.
