Legal Action

Jones v. U.S. Department of Labor

Filed in: U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

  • Case Number

    1:25-cv-12653

  • Date Filed

    09/18/2025

  • Issue Areas

    Federal Funding, Labor & Economy

  • District Court Docket

Summary

Older Americans brought a class-action lawsuit, representing Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) participants, challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s and the Office of Management and Budget’s failure to release Congressionally appropriated funds for the 2025–2026 project year of the SCSEP Program. The failure to release funds caused the abrupt shutdown of training and employment opportunities for unemployed seniors. Plaintiffs seek injunctive and declaratory relief compelling the agencies to promptly release the appropriated SCSEP funds and to resume the four-year grants as mandated by statute.

Plaintiffs moved to voluntarily dismiss this action on November 25, 2025.

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Plaintiffs

  • Vonda Jones
  • Rochelle St. John
  • Christina Davies
  • Maria Garcia Pagan

Plaintiffs' Counsel

  • Democracy Forward Foundation
  • Jacobson Lawyers Group PLLC

Defendants

  • U.S. Department of Labor
  • Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer
  • Employment and Training Administration
  • Acting Assistant Secretary Lori Frazier Bearden
  • U.S. Office of Management and Budget
  • Director Russell Vought
  • United States of America

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