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and workforce skills training programs that lead to successful job placement, increased wages, and improved job retention.”
Examples of where this money went include South Texas College. It funded more than $126,000 for the first year of the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration technician assistant project in Starr and Hidalgo counties. The program also provided $350,000 to American YouthWorks. The grant provides the opportunity for youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who are not sufficiently engaged in employment or education.
Abbott’s office has noted Texas is outpacing the nation in job creation. This initiative aims to ensure educational attainment for people facing barriers to meeting Texas’s workforce demands. “The Lone Star Workforce of the Future Fund is one of the many resources available to equip workers with the skills needed to begin a career in a high-demand occupation,” according to Commissioner Alberto Treviño III.
Critics may gawk at the $6.3 million price tag. To put that number into context of the total spending, from Sept. 1, 2023, to Aug. 31, 2025, the General Appropriations Act budgets approximately $321 billion from all funds and $144 billion from general revenue. This program represents a very small amount of money.
While it is easy to be against government-funded programming, this program should be a no-brainer to support. It ensures Texans have a more educated workforce, enabling people who historically would not have met job requirements to do so.
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