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The U.S. Department of Labor is pausing operations at 99 Job Corps centers, including Milwaukee's, citing poor performance and high costs. Around 100 staff members at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center ...
About 100 staff at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center are expected to lose their jobs in June as the result of recent actions by the U.S. Department of Labor to pause its national workforce program.
A judge granted a temporary restraining order against the Labor Department's efforts to close Job Corps centers, affecting ...
A bout 100 staff at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center are expected to lose their jobs in June as the result of recent actions by the U.S. Department of Labor to pause its national workforce program.
The Job Corps center in Milwaukee, 6665 N. 60th St., is operated by Horizons Youth Services based in Virginia; it has about 100 staffers that could be affected by any changes.
Milwaukee Job Corps has awarded 1,354 high school diplomas since the center opened. The center currently serves 247 students but has the capacity to serve 300.
Although the center is still operating as normal, the dark cloud of layoffs for employees and programs ending for students ...
Students ages 16 to 24 are trained at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center, and city leaders say if it closes, 10 different industries could be impacted.Milwaukee's Job Corps center also provides ...
Some of the Milwaukee Job Corps Center's 237 students have already left. The Milwaukee center said since it opened in 2011, roughly 2,500 students have completed the technical training.
On May 29, the U.S. Department of Labor announced it would suspend operations at its 99 Job Corps centers due to budget constraints. In Milwaukee, 230 community members, 100 staff members and 130 ...