David Young, director of the JAG program in region 12, left, and Tashier Brooks a JAG specialist, chat while students participating in a Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) program—a statewide program supporting at-risk high school students—were in the classroom working on a class project, April 10, 2025, at Indianapolis Metropolitan High School. The shift of dropout prevention funding from a dedicated line item under DWD to a broader DOE-managed budget has become a topic of concern.

A college and career program for at-risk youth is losing most of its funding

“It’s quite literally a gut punch,” one Indiana workforce official said.

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