A federally-funded program that benefited tens of thousands of seniors across the U.S. — including hundreds in South Florida — is abruptly ending.
The Urban League is one of 19 organizations nationally that received money from the U.S. Department of Labor through its Senior Community Service Employment Program, which helped place seniors in part-time jobs in local communities and covered the wages for those workers.
Program serving South Florida seniors suddenly shutting down
The Urban League of Palm Beach County received roughly $1.8 million per year through this program and assisted more than 200 seniors in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, according to ULPBC CEO Patrick Franklin.
“Now, all that’s gone,” Franklin told WPTV. “The funds are not being released. They were supposed to have been released on June 30. We’re on Aug.1 right now. We can’t afford to run a program — a federally-funded program — without any funds.”…