We're killing jobs programs for this cool new reason.

What to know after the end of probably the best workforce program in the federal government.

Last night, the news broke that Department of Labor had killed the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations program, or WANTO, the most efficient workforce program in the federal government. Was it killed by the White House’s government efficiency arm? Apparently so.

The Trump DOL has been weirdly quiet about the move—which has been long expected—after a week of blaming inefficiency and woke for why it doesn’t want to spend federal workforce dollars. Probably because WANTO, which I wrote about in my first newsletter, is the model of what leaders throughout the federal government now say they want: a program they don’t spend much money on that gets good results and scales.

Below, as part of my new (regular-ish) video series, I explain a bit about where the conversation is going with the Hill and what you can expect to see as the Administration plans to gut workforce development spending in the United States.

Behind the paywall, I talk about how to engage the conversation on the Hill and share some hard truths about the current political environment for workforce.