Cortez Masto Worked Across the Aisle to Keep Sierra Nevada Job Corps Open After Trump Administration Threatened to Defund Program Last Summer

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Reno, Nev. - Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) visited Sierra Nevada Job Corps (SNJC) and joined SNJC Center Director Rocky Flanary and Deputy Center Director Sheilah Hernandez to discuss the importance of the program to Northern Nevada and its impact on tens of thousands of unprivileged students, staff, and employers from throughout the state.

Last year, Senator Cortez Masto led Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Governor Joe Lombardo (R-Nev.), and Representatives Mark Amodei (R-Nev.-02), Steven Horsford (D-Nev.-04), Dina Titus (D-Nev.-01), and Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03) in demanding that the Department of Labor (DOL) reverse course on its decision to defund and close Nevada's Job Corps Program. Following their letter to then Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez DeRemer, the Department made the decision to continue funding SNJC.

"Sierra Nevada Job Corps is a lifeline for thousands of young Nevadans across our state, providing them with the education and training they need to land a job and keep it," said Senator Cortez Masto. "I'm proud that our state came together to save this program after the Trump Administration threatened its funding. I will continue fighting to provide government support for the programs that serve both our young Nevadans and the employers looking to hire them."

Senator Cortez Masto has been consistent in her fights against harmful gutting of support to students and families in need throughout Nevada, including cuts to mental health grant funding and food and nutrition programs. She has also delivered critical support to at-risk youth across Nevada. She helped secure nearly $12 million in funding for the Communities in Schools (CIS) program, which works with local partner organizations to provide eligible students and their families with essential services, including mental health care and access to high-quality afterschool and leadership programs. Cortez Masto's provision to increase the number of mental health professionals in schools was included in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which was signed into law.

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