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, preparing them to enter the workforce and improve their lot in life. Many of ...

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.

Job Corps is caught between a court order keeping it open and federal decisions that have frozen its admissions and threaten its funding.

A large crowd gathered at the Stockton Fire Hall for a rally in support of Job Corps. P -J photos by Gregory Bacon STOCKTON – Arlene Tariq was the daughter of a single mother with no financial support ...

Averie Hartman, a Job Corps student, expressed her disappointment, sharing the anxieties of her fellow students about their immediate future. "Now we have to worry about finding a place to live ...

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 ...

Job Corps helps low-income people ages 16-24 gain skills employers need. But the Trump administration has turned against it.

Job Corps, a federally-funded education and vocational program for young people aged 16 to 24, operated for over 60 years with bipartisan support. That ended when the Department of Labor announced on ...

Now, HBCUs are stepping up to support these students with new opportunities to stay afloat. One school, Shorter College in Rome, Georgia, offered to help nearby Job Corps students enroll in summer ...