Councilmember Helen Willis pushes the feds to finish or hand over a long-stalled $50M Job Corps site that’s sat idle in South ...

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

Job Corps, started in 1964, gives free training in trades like construction and health care to over 35,000 students a year. Late last month, ...

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By Kanika Cousine In underserved communities across America, opportunity is not just a path to success but a lifeline. For countless at-risk youth, access to vocational training, stable housing and ...

DETROIT — When Michelle Alston’s son asked if four of his Job Corps classmates could stay with them because they had nowhere else to go, she didn’t hesitate. She learned ...

In fiscal year 2024, the Labor Department spent $1.7 billion on Job Corps out of the department's $13.4 billion in discretionary funds, according to the department.

“Job Corps was created to help young adults build a pathway to a better life through education, training, and community,” Lori Chavez-DeRemer, U.S. secretary of labor, said in a statement.

Job Corps program alumni and faculty are anxious about the looming end date as they scramble to provide assistance to students who have also relied on Job Corps for free housing and food.

And for more than 4,500 Job Corps students nationwide — including more than 30 in Alabama — Job Corps is a respite from homelessness. Without it, those students would have no place to go.