Mother Jones Highlights Hope In Light of Federal Grant Cut

Hope Renovations was one of seven organizations selected for the prestigious Women in Apprenticeship & Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) grant. Last week the Department of Labor terminated this grant along with others administered by the Women’s Bureau. As a result of the grant termination, Hope is losing $300,000 of a $700,000 grant a third of our entire program budget.

Our founder and CEO, Nora El-Khouri Spencer is quoted speaking to how this funding was used to support our training program. “To be losing a development program at a time that’s really critical to bringing on workers, it’s insulting to the industry,” Spencer said.

Read the full article to learn more about DOGE's latest cuts and how threatens women's participation in the workforce: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/doge-womens-grant-construction-manufacturing-cancelled/