US EditionMilwaukee Job Corps Center Shutting Down
- A phased shutdown of all 99 Job Corps centers nationwide is scheduled to be completed by June 30, 2025, according to the federal agency overseeing the program.
- The decision follows years of financial challenges and poor performance, including low graduation rates and numerous serious incident reports.
- Job Corps serves about 25,000 low-income Americans aged 16 to 24, providing educational and career training across various trades in many communities.
- Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer stated that a significant amount of serious incident reports, along with a thorough review of the program's finances, indicate that it is failing to deliver the results that students rightfully expect.
- The closures may disrupt education and job prospects for current students, prompting a lawsuit seeking to block the shutdown pending legal review.
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Zach Nunn: So Useless, He’s Selling the End to the Ottumwa Job Corps as a Win for IA-03
“Ottumwa Job Corps, which serves 33 counties, has been one of the highest-performing in the country, consistently in the top five in terms of job placement after leaving the program.” This week, the Trump administration announced the closure of the Ottumwa Job Corps: a program that provides vocational training and apprenticeship programs. The Ottumwa Jobs Corps program helps strengthen Iowa’s workforce and economy, and is one of the “highest-pe…
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