New federal grants would help train people for jobs in forestry and related industries.
The 'Jobs in the Woods Act' would create a new federal grant program to help train people for jobs in forestry. This program would offer grants between $500,000 and $2,000,000 to organizations that set up training programs in eligible rural, low-income areas. It aims to address an aging workforce and attract younger people to the industry.
Today, there is no specific federal competitive grant program from the Department of Agriculture dedicated to establishing career pathway training programs for forestry operations and forestry products industries. If this bill becomes law, the Secretary of Agriculture would be required to set up a new grant program, offering grants between $500,000 and $2,000,000 to organizations for forestry career training programs in eligible rural areas. This program would be authorized to receive $10,000,000 for each government budget year from 2026 through 2030.
HR 4575 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 5/10
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