Amid Trump's battle against DEI, nonprofits filling critical labor gaps are caught in the crossfire
Source: AP
Updated 9:28 AM EDT, May 12, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — Recruiting women into construction has for years been a painstaking but broadly popular effort, with growing bipartisan and industry support amid persistent labor shortages. But President Donald Trump’s aim to stamp out diversity and inclusion programs threaten to cripple community-based organizations that have been critical to that goal.
The Trump administration has moved swiftly to cut off federal funding to dozens of community groups that implement programs on the ground, including apprenticeship readiness programs designed for women, anti-harassment training, and child care and transportation support for workers who need them.
The overhaul stems from a pair of anti-DEI executive orders, which direct federal agencies to cancel all “equity-related” grants, and require government contractors and recipients of federal funds to certify, under threat of crippling penalties, that they do not operate any DEI programs that violate anti-discrimination laws.
The orders have set off a scramble among corporations, universities, law firms and major philanthropies to figure out how to adapt their DEI policies to avoid losing federal funding. Some have challenged the executive orders head on.
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