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flag Milwaukee’s First Step Recovery Center to close by year-end, ending detox services and cutting nearly 100 jobs after losing county funding.

flag A Milwaukee alcoholism treatment center, First Step Community Recovery Center, will close by year-end 2025 after losing funding from Milwaukee County, resulting in nearly 100 job losses. flag The closure includes the shutdown of its detox center, affecting 45 full-time and 40 part-time staff, with only a few remaining to manage the wind-down. flag No union represents the workers, and there are no job bumping provisions. flag This marks the third mass layoff in Wisconsin during October 2025, amid ongoing challenges in sustaining community health services.

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