Threatened federal funding for education, workforce programs spark concern among Wyoming tribes

Threatened federal funding for education, workforce programs spark concern among Wyoming tribes

by Katie Klingsporn, WyoFileA national narrative that Job Corps isn’t working couldn’t be further from the truth in central Wyoming, according to Jared Baldes, a field director and former carpentry instructor at Wind River Job Corps in Riverton. In a region of the state where high school dropout rates are high and traditional college paths aren’t the norm, Baldes said, Wind River Job Corps creates a viable pipeline for students to enter the work…