[Occupymendocino] Fwd: Act Now: To Stop Closure of Ft. Bragg Mendocino Works Employment Resource Center - end of May 2016.

[Irene L. Malone]

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> From: Mary Rose Kaczorowski <mrkaczorowski at gmail.com>
> Date: May 12, 2016 1:57:08 PM PDT
> To: Mary Rose Kaczorowski <mrkaczorowski at gmail.com>
> Subject: Act Now: To Stop Closure of Ft. Bragg Mendocino Works  
> Employment Resource Center - end of May 2016.
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> Date: Thu, May 12, 2016 at 1:52 PM
> Subject: Act Now: To Stop Closure of Ft. Bragg Mendocino Works  
> Employment Resource Center - end of May 2016.
>
>
> PLEASE Act Now:  To Stop Closure of Mendocino Works Employment  
> Resource Center's Fort Bragg location. The resource center is  
> slated to close by the end of May 2016. Share this info with other  
> friends, family members and any organizations that you are a member  
> with that could help!
>
>
> It is urgent that you take the time ASAP to ask Federal, State and  
> County elected officials (see their contact info below), “Why is  
> the only ‘one stop shop’ Mendocino Works Employment Resource  
> Center on the Mendocino Coast (located in the city of Fort Bragg)  
> being shut down in two weeks after it has been downsized, and after  
> it was relocated to inadequate and smaller office space and  
> essentially underfunded and understaffed?
>
>
> This Mendocino Works Employment Resource Center provides crucial  
> services for the coastal community that could have been scaled up-  
> as other towns and cities are doing.
>
>  EDD (including Unemployment Insurance), and State Disability and  
> veteran services were part of this resource center.  This resource  
> center has been crucial in serving needs of women, young adults, bi- 
> lingual customers, and older workers who have been displaced, and  
> the resource center has fully advocated for the special needs of  
> residents who have visible and hidden disabilities. Why is it  
> closing by May 31st?
>
>
> This closing involves discontinuing in-person help from State,  
> Federal, and County program and service representatives for our  
> residents on the coast.
>
> This is a hardship on our coastal residents. If the services still  
> remain in Ukiah, to get there is a difficult and long drive over  
> the Coast Mountains. -- If one even has a vehicle.
>
> Every community in California has such services with on-site  
> training facilities – providing services and training for job  
> success.
>
>
>  Is the WIB (Workforce Investment Board) Board in charge of this  
> action? The Workforce Investment Board is the
> Employment and Training Connection for Mendocino County, California.
>
> Was the WIB Board involved in setting up this agency for closure  
> and under the wire of public debate?
> Why close this resource center? Who is responsible?
> Contact:
>
>
> U.S. Congressman Jared Huffman
> Washington, D.C. Office
>
> 1630 Longworth House Office Building
> Washington, DC 20515
> Phone: (202) 225-5161Fax: (202) 225-5163
> Jared Huffman's Field Rep: Heather Gurewitz 707-671-7440
> heather.gurewitz at mail.house.gov
>
> Senator McGuire
> State Capitol Office
> Phone: 916-651-4002
> Fax: 916-651-4902
>
> Senator Mike McGuire's staffer:
> kelly.burns at sen.ca.gov
>
> California Assembly Member Jim Wood
> State Capitol Office
> Tel: (916) 319-2002
> Fax: (916) 319-2102
> staff member: deanna.sisk at asm.ca.gov
>
> Mendocino County Supervisor Dan Gjerde
> Gjerde at co.mendicino.ca.us
> 707-463-7229
> 707-961-2696
>
> Mendocino County Supervisor Dan Hamburg
> vote at pacific.net
> 707-463-7231
> 707-467-0329
>
> Mayor Dave Turner
> 707-961-2823
>
>
>
>

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