NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Workforce Commission announced that they will offer free truck driver training to qualified applicants to help ease the truck driver shortage across the state by
“From food to furniture, truck drivers help keep Louisiana’s economy moving,” said LWC Secretary Ava Cates. “The pandemic dealt a blow to the truck driving industry, one critical to our state. This program will help get a new crop of drivers on the road and help keep goods flowing.”
The program is called “Drive Your Future." It will pay for qualifying students across the state to attend certain accredited truck driving schools and earn their Commercial Driver’s License.
Workforce Commission said it is focusing on veterans and the underemployed to get Louisianans on the road to a new career.
“The truck driver shortage isn’t going away anytime soon, and we have a responsibility to get goods and services to Louisianians in a timely fashion,” said Cates. “The most impactful way LWC can deliver is to get people trained and get drivers behind the wheel.”