Our Mission

The National Job Corps Association empowers the Job Corps community through advocacy, training, convenings, and innovative resource development.

The National Job Corps Association, Inc. (NJCA) is a 501 (c) (6) professional trade association comprised of business, labor, volunteer, advocacy, academic and community organizations. NJCA was founded in 1998 by 38 charter member organizations consisting largely of the for-profit and non-profit contractors that operated the then 118 Job Corps centers around the nation. Since 1998, the membership of the NJCA has more than doubled. Growing to include employers and community partners. By uniting these stakeholders, the NJCA has strengthened the Job Corps through government relations, grassroots education and outreach, informing national policy, and outreach campaigns that increase the visibility of Job Corps.

The NJCA is the national organization representing the 121 active Job Corps campuses and their staff, the youth service providers who manage the campuses and the thousands of students who Job Corps annually serves.