Federal Court Ruling Keeps Jobs Corps Centers Open in Alabama for Now

Federal court ruling keeps Jobs Corps centers open in Alabama for now

The Frances Perkins Building in Washington, D.C., the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Labor. A U.S. District Court judge ruled that the U.S. Department of Labor violated the law when it terminated contracts with organizations that managed 99 JOb Corps centers throughout the country, including two in Alabama. (Official Department of Labor photograph)A federal judge on Friday prohibited the U.S. Department of Labor from terminating manageme…

Luzerne County officials express support for keeping Keystone Job Corps

Following a lengthy Tuesday tour, several Luzerne County officials expressed strong support for the Keystone Job Corps facility in Butler Township — a federal educational and vocational program for youth and young adults that has an uncertain future. The U.S. Department of Labor announced in late May it would pause operations at all 99 of its contractor-operated Job Corps Centers by June 30, including the Keystone Job Corps housed on 123 acres l…

Federal Judge’s Order Halts Trump Administration’s Job Corps Closure

Source: UCG / Getty Summer ushered in a period of uncertainty for hundreds of Job Corps participants nationwide when the Department of Labor issued a memo in May announcing the abrupt closure of the skills training program. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Public Citizen Litigation Group quickly filed a lawsuit on behalf of several Job Corps students, resulting in a federal judge ruling last week that all Job Corps centers must remain …