Federal judge orders US Labor Department to keep Job Corps running during lawsuit

Job Corps battle now in court

GLIDE — The battle over the federal government’s move to close Job Corps programs nationwide, and counter-efforts by program supporters to keep them afloat, is now being decided by the courts.

Ending the American dream

This article originally appeared at The Journal of Uncharted Blue. On May 29, the Department of Labor announced a “phased pause” of Job Corps. The 62-year-old program was launched under President Kennedy and survived attempts to kill it under Nixon,...

Federal attempt to close St. Louis Job Corps sparks fear. ‘This is my future.’

The U.S. Department of Labor is attempting to close 99 Job Corps Centers, including the one in St. Louis, as part of broad cuts proposed by the Trump administration.

Former Job Corps student hopeful after judge issues injunction to prevent program closure

Caleb Hunget, a 22-year-old from Cadillac, Michigan, finds hope in the midst of uncertainty after a federal judge issued an injunction Wednesday, ordering the Department of Labor to cease its shutdown of the Job Corps program.Hunget, who was attending the program at Gerald R. Ford Job Corps center in Grand Rapids for three months, says it has been a challenging period after he was asked to leave the campus in early June."I am actually still work…

Federal Judge Orders Job Corps Sites Remain Open As Lawsuit Proceeds

Source: UCG / Getty Last month, the Department of Labor (DOL) made the needlessly cruel move to abruptly shut down Job Corps, a program designed to provide at-risk and low-income youth with skills training, housing, and health care. In a move that will hopefully provide some relief for the teens and young adults affected by the attempted closure, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday that will allow all Job Corps sites to …

Petition seeks to keep Job Corps centers open

A petition at change.org is circulating online opposing closures of Job Corps locations across the country, including the Old Dominion Job Corps facility in Amherst County.