Alabama leaders call to preserve federal job training program

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The Trump administration's proposed pause of the Job Corps program could cost Montgomery 90 jobs and $144 million in economic impact.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the administration's move.

Mayor Steven Reed and Rep. Shomari Figures are advocating for full reinstatement of the program.

The program provides job training, housing and meals to young people aged 18-24.

Moves in Washington D.C. could cost the Montgomery region 90 jobs and a yearly economic benefit of about $144 million, not to mention streams of newly trained workers, Mayor Steven Reed says.

Reed joined U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Montgomery, at the Montgomery Job Corps campus Saturday morning to call for safeguarding the national training program. There is also a Job Corps campus in Gadsde