Guthrie Job Corps Closing Its Doors Due to Federal Budget Cuts

Guthrie Job Corps closing its doors due to federal budget cuts

GUTHRIE, Okla. (KFOR) — The Guthrie Job Corps is closing down with over 300 students enrolled. Guthrie Job Corps courtesy KFOR The U.S. Department of Labor announced a pause in contractor-operated job corps nationwide due to President Trump's proposed budget for fiscal year 2026. "Forty percent of the students here are homeless, unhoused, they don't have anywhere to go," said Taran Richardson, Chief Justice of the Guthrie Job Corp Student Govern…

Job Corps future in doubt after federal funding slashed from budget

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) -- A place where underserved kids can come and learn jobs to better their future is being cut by the President's budget proposal. "They taught me how to become a better person since coming up here," said Tyrese Benton, a Student at the Charleston Job Corps Center. "I used to be doing reckless things." In the 2026 fiscal year budget proposal, President Trump included zero funding allocation for Job Corps across the countr…

Job Corps center in St. Paul sends students home after federal funding terminated

Federal funding cuts are clearing students out of the Hubert Humphrey Job Corps Center in St. Paul after the U.S. Department of Labor issued a notice of termination.