They said they came to the Job Corps trade school to get a job with a free education. “I was looking for a change in my life. I wanted to become something better,” said McNeil.

McNeil and Wright said they are using what they have learned so far to try to land a job. Meanwhile, Job Corps said it is suing the Department of Labor. Chicago trade school students blindsided as ...

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer joined Iroquois Job Corps students and staff to demands a halt to the elimination of Job Corps.

The trade group said Job Corps centers must report “incidents as minor as being late to class or using profanity.” “In fact, 98% of reported incidents are similarly minor incidents.

A nonprofit trade group that includes representatives of business, labor, volunteer and community organizations, the National Job Corps Association, however, has refuted the claims of the ...

Dismantling the Job Corps behind closed doors leaves nearly 20,000 young people — and the next cohort to come — without a safe, supportive path to a productive life. That’s not reform.

Both Job Corps enrollment and graduation rates were suppressed by COVID-19 impacts, according to the National Job Corps Association, a national trade organization representing Job Corps campuses.

They said they came to the Job Corps trade school to get a job with a free education. “I was looking for a change in my life. I wanted to become something better,” said McNeil.

They said they came to the Job Corps trade school to get a job with a free education. “I was looking for a change in my life. I wanted to become something better,” said McNeil.