KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) - Nonprofit leaders say it was Arizona’s recent minimum wage increase that caused their employee training center for people with disabilities to close.
The Kingman Daily Miner reports (https://bit.ly/2mQeW8m ) that Achieve Human Services closed its Kingman location March 13, leaving 15 people without a job or employment training opportunities.
Achieve CEO Carol Carr says she blames the increase in minimum wage and low funding for state agencies that provide services for people with disabilities for the organization’s closure. Achieve trained individuals to do janitorial work, secured document destruction, bulk mailing and grounds maintenance jobs
As of Jan. 1, Arizona’s minimum wage was raised from $8.05 to $10. Carr says the increase made it difficult to retain employees who chose to move to less stressful jobs for better pay.
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Information from: Kingman Daily Miner, https://www.kingmandailyminer.com
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