by NJCA Staff | Jun 3, 2025 | News
Washington, D.C., June 3, 2025 – Today, the National Job Corps Association (NJCA) filed a motion for a temporary restraining order in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to stop the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) closure of 99 Job Corps...
by NJCA Staff | May 30, 2025 | News
There are many false or misleading statements about Job Corps in recent media coverage regarding U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) decision to shutter Job Corps campuses. Below are corrections and additional context. False statement: Job Corps’ graduation rate is...
by NJCA Staff | May 29, 2025 | News
WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 29, 2025 – Job Corps, the nation’s largest residential career training and education program, has been ordered to shut down campuses, terminate staff and, most troublingly, remove the tens of thousands of 16 to 24-year-olds who reside on those...
by NJCA Staff | May 28, 2025 | News
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employment and Training Administration released a “Job Corps Transparency Report” in April 2025. The below provides accurate context regarding the report. Job Corps center costs have NOT increased since 2018 (Fig. 1). Although...