We’ll call her Anaya, but she could be any of our daughters, nieces, classmates, or friends — someone who’s struggled to hold ...

As Blavity reported, many Job Corps enrollees depend on their centers for more than just hands-on training in fields like ...

Job Corps is a government-run program providing low-income and at-risk youth with skills training, housing, and meals, ...

In the DOL’s requested budget for fiscal year 2026, $176 million was requested for “closeout costs” to shut down Job Corps.

The students served by Job Corps embody values that we as Americans hold dear: hard work, perseverance and community.

The Job Corps enrolls students on a weekly basis, which means there are students who are entering and leaving every week, with about 500 graduates a year. Funding for the organization amounts to ...

Two Georgia HBCUs are reaching out to students displaced by Job Corps cuts, providing education and housing to the young ...

Student president Eddie Lopez, in green, says Job Corps gave his life purpose. Photo on June 5, 2025 by Abigail Vân Neely. Without Job Corps, teens “building homes for the homeless will now be ...

Two weeks ago, the Tongue Point Job Corps Center in Astoria was a vibrant campus, home to about 350 students from across the country learning a variety of trades, including painting, welding and ...

Lopez came to the center four months ago, after couch surfing in the East Bay and trying to find a job to support himself. Students, staff and supporters rally outside the Treasure Island Job Corps ...

Justin Strawther – a former student of the Long Beach Job Corps Center – had been struggling to find housing and a job after exiting the foster care system at 21.