{"id":772655,"date":"2024-03-28T20:48:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T20:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodwill.org\/blog\/general\/congress-finalizes-fy24-funding\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:06:59","slug":"congress-finalizes-fy24-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodwill.org\/blog\/advocate\/congress-finalizes-fy24-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Finalizes FY24 Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\nBy Mitch Coppes, Federal Government Affairs Manager, Goodwill Industries International<\/em>\n\nAfter months of contentious negotiations and multiple short-term extensions, Congress has finally completed its work on Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) funding. The federal government had been operating under a series of stopgap continuing resolutions, the last of which was set to expire on March 22. The\u00a0$1.2 trillion appropriations bill<\/a> that President Biden signed into law over the weekend is the second \u201cminibus\u201d funding package that has been enacted to keep the federal government running through the end of the fiscal year on September 30.\n\nAs a result of the statutory spending caps put in place in the 2023 debt-limit deal, overall funding for domestic programs and activities remains flat at FY23 levels.\u00a0Some federal agencies will see funding reductions, including the U.S. Department of Labor which will receive $13.7 billion in FY24 \u2013 a decrease of $145 million below the FY23 enacted level.\u00a0However, the bill largely protects workforce training and employment programs from cuts. \u201cWorking in good faith with my Republican colleagues, our legislation helps take on the fentanyl and opioid crisis, expand access to affordable child care, invest in critical mental health and affordable health care programs, and connect Americans with the education and workforce training they need to land good-paying jobs,\u201d said Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. Below is a summary of the final FY24 funding levels for key federal training and employment programs of importance to Goodwill and the people we serve.\n