21-02-2025
Mayor Lucas hopes those impacted by fed layoffs stay in public service
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is hoping those impacted by recent and sudden separations within the federal workforce, will continue to serve the community.
'Kansas City is proud to have thousands of outstanding federal workers here. We'd be honored if you considered staying in public service if you've experienced a recent, sudden separation. Check opportunities at Thank you for your service to our country.,' Mayor Lucas shared via Facebook Friday.
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Civic Match, a program from the nonprofit Work For America, focuses on state and local government positions.
'Work for America is a non-profit organization that helps state and local governments better recruit and retain talent,' the non-profit's executive director, Caitlin Lewis shared.
It's an organization Mayor Lucas is hoping those in public service looking for a job will explore.'At Work for America, we believe deeply in the power of public service, but also that that power is derived from the people, who work in government. So, for the federal workers, whose roles have been terminated, it is a joy for us to be able to help them find what's next,' Lewis said.
'We would love to see them continue their service in state or local government.'Civic Match connects outgoing federal workers with high-impact roles.'It just requires you to upload a resume and some information about the roles that you are interested in and then government hiring managers have the opportunity to invite you to apply for roles in your region and that have requirements that align with your skill sets and job experience,' Lewis says this service is free.'When we launched Civic Match in November of last year, we knew that there would be approximately four thousand political appointees and a lot of campaign staff who were hoping to continue their work in government but were not going to have the opportunity. So, we initially launched Civic Match to help that known pool of candidates whose jobs were going to end on January 20. We had a sense that following the inauguration, there would be additional candidates whose roles were eliminated at the federal level. I don't think we completely expected the volume, and as we've seen in places like Kansas City, there have been thousands of layoffs that directly impact local communities,' Lewis added.
'Unfortunately, after the IRS layoffs this week, we have seen an influx of candidates who were working at the IRS and whose roles were eliminated. We are very sorry to see their roles be eliminated, but also very happy to be able to help them find what's next.'
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Mayor Lucas' Office sent FOX4 this statement:
'Mayor Lucas was raised by a government worker and stands with all those who serve our city, state, and country. The recent and dramatic cuts to our local federal workforce will leave moms and dads, friends and neighbors out of work, devastating our local economy and local families. Kansas City is proud to make opportunities with the City available working with and listings on our own City website for all those who have separated from federal employment in our community. The Mayor also is working with local labor organizations to organize job fairs for all those impacted.'
You can learn more about Civic Match here.
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