Job Corps Job Corps is the nation's largest residential education and training program for disadvantaged youth. There are 112 centers in 46 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. It is a time-tested program, touching the lives of 100,000 young people every year. Since its inception in 1964, Job Corps has guided more than 1.5 million young people away from lives filled with poverty, unemployment, crime and welfare and steered them towards brighter futures filled with self-confidence, independence and productive employment. Customized Skill Training offers participants classroom and on-site instruction in high demand occupations.
Training is customized using a high level of employer involvement.
Employers are asked to sponsor the training, provide input into curriculum design, establish participant screening requirements and commit to hiring participants who complete the required training. Recent skill-training classes have trained clerical workers, welders, truck drivers, casino workers and computer operators. The program provides employers an opportunity to train workers in the specific skills, methods and work habits used in their establishment. Participants earn wages while they're being trained, and then remain employed in a permanent job once their training is completed. A training agreement is negotiated to outline the responsibilities of the employer, the participant and the Department of Labor.