Last Thursday (May 30), the Department of Labor announced that they were beginning a “phased pause” of operations at all Job Corps locations nationwide, stating that it would be “an orderly transition ...

Job Corps is one of the most notable cuts in the Trump administration's budget – from $1.56 billion in funding to $0. The administration says it's financially unsustainable and a failed experiment.

U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Virginia, asks audience members wearing "Save Job Corps" shirts to stand during a hearing at which U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer addressed the U.S. House Committee ...

The Trump administration's decision to close Job Corps centers nationwide has drawn criticism. The closures will disproportionately affect students from disadvantaged backgrounds, particularly African ...

The U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday it will begin a "phased pause" in operations at contractor-operated Job Corps centers nationwide. The pause of operations at all contractor-operated ...

OTTUMWA — The word "devastation" was thrown around quite a bit. When it comes to Ottumwa Job Corps, there were few other ways to describe the federal government's decision to shutter the job training ...

It is the classic story of bad things happening to someone trying to do good. Like the Old Testament tale that befell the tragic biblical figure of Job; students and staff at the federally funded ...

The high school graduation ceremony June 3 at Sierra Nevada Job Corps was bittersweet. It might be the last one ever after the Trump administration recently ordered all funding be ended for the ...

Shutdown of Job Corps nationwide leaves hundreds in limbo, including students and staff at Tahlequah’s Talking Leaves—run by the Cherokee Nation. TULSA, Okla. - The sudden and sweeping shutdown of Job ...

DEVENS — Before Zach Shepard joined the Job Corps program, he knew nothing about working with cars. Since he graduated from the federal program in 2013, however, Shepard has made a career in the ...

Mariyah Louis used to think she wouldn't make it to 27 years old. Louis was in the foster care system as a teenager before turning to Job Corps, a government-funded program that provides free career ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X U.S. Sen. Blumenthal: “Ending the Job Corps would be cruel and stupid.” Credit: Adam Walker Photos ...