Sen. Baldwin Fighting Blackwell Jobs Corps Closing

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Sen. Baldwin Fighting Blackwell Jobs Corps Closing

https://wsau.com/news/articles/2019/jun/07/sen-baldwin-fighting-blackwell-jobs-corps-closing/


Thursday, June 06, 2019 7:06 p.m. CDT

RHINELANDER, WI (WSAU-WXPR) -- The Trump Administration recently announced it was closing down Blackwell Job Corps Center, near Laona, in Forest County, and eight other Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers across the country.

The Trump Administration unveiled a plan to effectively privatize the program by transferring 16 Job Corps from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the Department of Labor. The remaining Job Corps programs will be run by privately-held companies working for the Labor Department.

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin is calling on the Trump Administration to immediately halt their decision to close the Blackwell facility and others and is joining her colleagues in a bipartisan manner to introduce new measures to prevent further changes.

Baldwin tells WXPR Radio in Rhinelander the closure will cost 54 jobs locally, plus the core job training needed today. "With regard to the 25 that are run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it's really a very specific focus on supporting the U.S. Forest Service's mission."

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Senator Baldwin says the members of Congress opposed to the move have written the cabinet secretaries voicing their opposition to the closures of a third of the centers. Baldwin says they've introduced legislation to block the closures by saying the Administration can't use the money set aside for the centers to be used to close them.