KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Many former federal workers locally are still looking for new jobs.

Municipal leaders in Kansas City are part of a new collaboration meant to put displaced workers back on the job, after thousands were fired earlier this year.

A large percentage of them lost their jobs as part of mass workforce reductions orchestrated by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE. Around 30,000 workers call Kansas City Missouri their home, including many who previously worked for the Internal Revenue Service, which is based on Pershing Way near Union Station.

On Wednesday, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and other civic leaders celebrate a new partnership with Work for America. Kansas City is said to be the first major U.S. city to collaborate with this new effort to shift former f

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