Schumer says now Job Corps is not even included in the new proposed federal budget plan from the White House. So after ...

Schumer says now Job Corps is not even included in the new proposed federal budget plan from the White House Cause Of Death ...

Job Corps centers will now remain open, but the labor department can continue to fight the rulings. All the uncertainty has led many students to graduate early or choose to leave the program.

The Cassadaga Job Corps remains open but its future is in flux. Because of this, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer visited Chautauqua County on Tuesday where he discussed how he is lobbying to keep the job ...

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

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer visited Orleans County Tuesday to fight to save a local workforce training center.

Job Corps, which began as part of the War on Poverty in 1964, provides free education, job training and a place to live for low-income youth ages 16 to 24.

Six months later, this difference had decreased to 22 cents per hour. [18] Job Corps does not provide the skills and training to substantially raise the wages of participants.

President Trump recently called Job Corps a “failed experiment,” saying that the per-student cost each year — estimated at $80,000 annually — is not a good use of taxpayer money.

A Job Corps firefighter removes the invasive common buckthorn to protect biodiversity in Black Hills National Forest on Oct. 2, 2014. The Boxelder center is one of 16 that will see a shift in ...

Esther Johnson recently visited the Guthrie Job Corps Center in Oklahoma. It serves more than 40,000 young men and women in that state, as well as Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and New Mexico.

The federal government's Job Corps gives young people — between the ages of 16 and 24 — a second chance at a diploma and a trade. Esther Johnson, the first African-American woman to head the ...