Funding cuts to youth jobs program leads to 120 layoffs in St. Pete

Nearly 120 people are being laid off from a jobs center in St. Petersburg, with the facility blaming the Trump administration’s decision to cut the program's funding.

The 119 jobs being eliminated are at the Pinellas County Job Corps Center at 500 22nd St. in the city. Exceed LLC, the company contracted to operate the center along with Eckerd Connects, announced the layoffs in a Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification notice sent to the state.

The company says in the letter that the entire facility will shut down, and all employees will lose their jobs by June 30.