TONIGHT AT TEN. PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS TO CUT FUNDING TO JOB CORPS. THESE ARE PROGRAMS KNOWN TO TAKE YOUTH OFF THE STREETS AND GET THEM WORK TRAINING. WELL, TONIGHT, A TARGET 7 INVESTIGATION. JASON ...

In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson launched the Job Corps as a cornerstone of his Great Society initiative, aiming to combat poverty by providing vocational training to disadvantaged youth. Modeled ...

U.S. Sen. Blumenthal: “Ending the Job Corps would be cruel and stupid.” Credit: Adam Walker Photos Plumbing student Troy Sanders: “I want to do something that is gonna make me good money.” The New ...

The center is actively enrolling students ages 16-24 seeking technical skills training across a variety of fields.

Nearly 200 San Diego workers could lose their jobs as the Trump administration looks to end a federal job training program it says is ineffective. The U.S. Department of Labor announced in late May it ...

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KSHB) — The future of Job Corps Center across the United States—including Excelsior Springs—continues to linger, as Missouri industries who depend on graduates to fill the labor ...

At breakfast with the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce a few months ago, a student wielding a sprayer demonstrated how to fireproof a building. Najese Hood said later that when he finishes ...

If the program is killed, thousands of young people will no longer be trained for the jobs needed to staff new or reopened factories. President Donald Trump has said his tariff policy intends to make ...

FARGO — A Trump administration decision to pause a program that helps train young underserved adults for careers has left the organization’s lone employee in Fargo without a job. The future of Job ...

NEW HAVEN — Monet Campbell, donning blue scrubs and preparing to begin as a new student at Central Connecticut State University next month, is a long way from where she started one year ago when she ...

Connecticut is home to two Job Corps centers, a federally funded residential program that trains 16- to 24-year-olds for jobs in health care, carpentry, plumbing, manufacturing, technology and other ...