'It's a sad day for America': Contractor weighs-in on impact of Job Corps shutdown

'It's a sad day for America': Contractor weighs-in on impact of Job Corps shutdown

By Marlon Martinez Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KSHB) — The future of Job Corps Center across the United States—including Excelsior Springs—continues to linger, as Missouri industries who depend on graduates to fill the labor shortage worry. A judge’s order to temporarily stop Job Corps Centers from closing expires next Wednesday. Many contractors like Profile Cabinet in Kansas City who depend on Job Corps to f…

Iowa Job Corps students can stay in residential program, for now - Radio Iowa

A federal judge has extended an order that temporarily blocks the U.S. Department of Labor from shutting down about 100 Job Corps training centers for low-income youth, including two Iowa centers. The federal program has provided free education, vocational training and housing to young adults for more than 60 years. Ryan Dunker, a native of […]

'It's a sad day for America': Kansas City contractor weighs-in on impact of Job Corps shutdown

A judge's order to temporarily stop Job Corps Centers from closing expires next Wednesday. Some are contracts are concerned about the impact.

Kansas City Biz Laments Job Corps Cut

Actually, we haven't heard of ANYBODY really celebrate the end of an important federally funded job training program . . . Here's one more local biz person sharing local outcry . . . Read more at tonyskansascity.com