Austin nonprofit launches CDL refugee training program

AUSTIN (KXAN) — It's been nearly a year since the Afghanistan pullout and almost six months since Russia began its attacks on Ukraine. Since then, Refugee Services of Texas has helped resettle more than 1,000 Afghan and Ukrainian refugees in Austin, and one local nonprofit is looking to address both refugee employment needs and the national truck drivers shortage through a new commercial driver's license (CDL) program.Global Impact Initiative is an Austin-based nonprofit that focuses on ed