US EditionMilwaukee Job Corps campus shutdown leaves participants at risk of homelessness
- On May 29, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced the nationwide pause of Job Corps operations, affecting centers including Union County.
- The pause followed the Trump administration’s early May budget request cutting Job Corps funding, citing an April report it described as showing program failures.
- Job Corps, created in 1964 to help disadvantaged youth gain skills, education, and housing, serves about 25,000 mostly low-income students facing barriers like homelessness and school dropout.
- A federal judge temporarily blocked contract terminations on June 3 after contractors sued, and advocates warned the shutdown leaves students feeling panic and uncertain about their futures.
- The suspension threatens to remove a critical support system for vulnerable youth, while local communities and officials express concern about the program’s sudden end and its wider social impact.
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Milwaukee officials criticize proposed closure of federal Job Corps center
Local officials are rallying behind the Milwaukee Job Corps Center, as the facility faces possible closure under a Trump administration proposal. The post Milwaukee officials criticize proposed closure of federal Job Corps center appeared first on WPR.
How the White House’s War on the Job Corps Is Hurting Trump Country
Deb Vanasse An abrupt Labor Department order to shutter 99 Job Corps campuses across the country is devastating for at-risk trainees and local economies. The post How the White House’s War on the Job Corps Is Hurting Trump Country appeared first on The Nation.
Milwaukee Job Corps Center; local leaders denounce closing plans
Mayor Cavalier Johnson, along with County Executive David Crowley, former Mayor Tom Barrett and Alderwoman Larresa Taylor, on Tuesday, June 10 denounced plans to close the Milwaukee Job Corps Center.
Angus King, Susan Collins ask Trump administration to reverse ‘illegal’ Job Corps cuts in Maine
A group of 40 senators is asking the U.S. Department of Labor to immediately reverse a decision to indefinitely pause operations are Job Corps sites across the country.
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