Federal Budgets Cuts Creates Crisis For Older Montana Workers

The recently passed federal budget has drastically cut funds for the  Senior Community Service Employment Program. Which helps  tens of thousands of older, low-income workers. This program is provided through experience works, the nation’s largest nonprofit training and employment  organization for older workers. In Montana,  funding has been cut by 45%. The cuts are  expected to happen in July. Coordinator for Experience Works, Russ Johnson explains  the impact of these cuts.

Experience Works’ mission is to improve the lives of low-income  older people through employment, community service and training.  Johnson says the cuts have forced them to decrease the number of work hours available to program participants.