by NJCA | Aug 13, 2021 | General, News
On August 11, 2021, the Senate passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget resolution (Senate Concurrent Resolution 14) on a party line vote of 50-49. The FY 2022 budget resolution allows Senate Democrats to use the budget reconciliation process to pass legislation later...
by NJCA | Jun 14, 2021 | General
Start Online Now. Train on Campus Later. Feature article by Job Corps has developed a series of messages and materials to communicate the details of virtual enrollment to prospective students and other target audiences. The following messages explain the benefits of...
by NJCA | Jun 14, 2021 | General
The White House released President Biden’s detailed fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget on May 28, 2021. Under President Biden’s FY 2022 budget request, the U.S. Department of Labor will receive approximately $3.6 billion in funding for training and employment services under...
by NJCA | May 17, 2021 | General
On May 13, 2021, Byron V. Garrett, President & CEO of the National Job Corps Association, testified before the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment regarding the NJCA community’s recommendations for the Job Corps...
by NJCA | May 17, 2021 | General
On May 6, 2021, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh visited the Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks Job Corps Center in Memphis, Tennessee, as part of their recent tour discussing President Biden’s American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan....
by NJCA | Jan 17, 2021 | General, News
Retirements from Congress coupled with November’s elections have resulted in several changes to the congressional committees that have jurisdiction over the Job Corps program. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), a longtime Job Corps champion, will be the House Appropriations...