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Job Corps, the largest federal job training program for low-income youth, has been a lifeline for young people, offering a place to live, learn and prepare for careers.
When Savannah Higgins walked through the doors of the Old Dominion Job Corps Center in Monroe back in 2010, she was 19, ...
Standing with students, graduates, and local employers, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer is pushing back against the Trump ...
After a month of uncertainty, the Cascade Job Corps program in Sedro-Woolley is off the chopping block — for now. Job Corps is a nationwide residential career training program that provides ...
Then, without warning, the Trump administration shut down the entire Job Corps program. Anaya, her certification unfinished, packed up and drove 1,000 miles home, her future uncertain.
NEMO — As a teenager 25 years ago, David Goodwin's future appeared bleak.
VERGENNES, Vt. (WCAX) - A judge on Wednesday halted the Trump administration’s plans to shutter the Job Corps program. The nationwide program, which includes the Northlands facility in Vergennes ...
In order to stop the program, the Department of Labor halted the contracts, which forced the locations to "pause" operations as of June 30. A federal judge ruled on June 26 that the government's ...
Hunget, who was attending the program at Gerald R. Ford Job Corps center in Grand Rapids for three months, says it has been a challenging period after he was asked to leave the campus in early June.
President Trump is trying to eliminate a national program that helps low-income young people finish their education and get job skills. It is called Job Corps. It enrolls about 25,000 people a ...
Job Corps, Macon said, is important for Cleveland’s minority communities as a means for upward mobility. Community members also say the program's closure would hurt the city economically.