More St. Pete layoffs after Trump administration cuts youth jobs program

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 12:25 p.m. June 4, 2025
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Pinellas County Job Corps Center at 500 22nd St., St. Petersburg.
Pinellas County Job Corps Center at 500 22nd St., St. Petersburg.
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Eckerd Connects, a Clearwater-based nonprofit that assists children, young adults and families in need, will lay off 47 employees in St. Petersburg in response to the Trump administration’s decision to cut a federal jobs program for young people.

 

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