Jun. 29—WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Job Corps program has launched a summer recruitment drive in Texas, offering immediate openings and free career training in the nation's ...

While the national success rate for Job Corps is just 32%, Gary achieves an outstanding 92%, and at a lower cost per student. It strengthens our workforce, economy, and public safety.

“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.

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.

The New Haven Job Corps Center is still up and running, with 149 students currently enrolled and continuing their hands-on training in trades such as construction, carpentry, culinary arts, and ...

Job Corps centers will now remain open, but the labor department can continue to fight the rulings. All the uncertainty has ...

The free education and job training program is "pausing" after 60 years in an effort to cut potential federal waste.

Wes Faris, executive director of the I-20 Wildlife Preserve, talks about the Job Corps program that started this past summer in his Midland office. Plans are to offer it again next year.

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.