Budzinski Announces Federal Investment to Address Truck Driver Shortage, Expand Veteran Job Opportunities

Budzinski Announces Federal Investment to Address Truck Driver Shortage, Expand Veteran Job Opportunities

SPRINGFIELD — Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Lincoln Land Community College, and the Illinois Trucking Association announced a $76,500 U.S. Department of Transportation grant to support Lincoln Land Community College’s commercial motor vehicle operator training program. The program specifically provides commercial driver’s license (CDL) training for veterans, and the USDOT funding secured by Budzinski will support education for at…

Illinois community college gets $77k to train veterans into truck drivers

A community college in Illinois will receive a $77,000 grant to train military veterans into truck drivers.  Lincoln Land Community College is the recipient of of an almost $77,000 grant from the Department of Transportation to support their trucking school program that works to train veterans into truck drivers.  “This announcement is particularly special because this program is focused on solving a real workforce shortage, while also uplifting…