Job Corps

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Job Corps is a no-cost education and vocational training program administered by the Office of the Secretary of the United States Department of Labor. It serves severely disadvantaged youth, ages 16 through 24, who are U.S. citizens or legal residents.

Since its inception in 1964, under the Economic Opportunity Act, Job Corps has provided more than 2 million disadvantaged young people with the integrated academic, vocational, and social skills training they need to gain independence and get quality, long-term jobs or further their education. Job Corps continues to help 60,000 youths annually at 122 Job Corps centers throughout the country.

Besides vocational training, all Job Corps also offers GED programs as well as high school diplomas and programs to get students into college. Job Corps provides career counseling and transition support to its students for up to 6 months after they graduate from the program.

Contents 1 History 2 Job Corps mission statement 3 Eligibility 4 Career paths 5 Locations 5.1 Atlanta Region 5.2 Boston Region 5.3 Chicago Region 5.4 Dallas Region 5.5 Philadelphia Region 5.6 San Francisco Region 6 External link

[edit] History

The Job Corps was initiated as the central program of the Johnson Administration's War on Poverty, part of domestic agenda known as the Great Society. Sargent Shriver, the first Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, modeled the program on the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Established in the 1930s as an emergency relief program, the CCC provided room, board, and employment to thousands of unemployed young people. Though the CCC was discontinued after World War II, Job Corps built on many of its methods and strategies.

[edit] Job Corps mission statement

As a national, primarily residential, career development program, Job Corps' mission is to:

1. Attract eligible young people.
2. Involve them in a career development services system which begins prior to enrollment and continues through post-center services.
3. Assist them in acquiring the skills they need to achieve their career goals and live independently.
4. Support them in entering and remaining in meaningful jobs or further education.

[edit] Eligibility

To enroll in Job Corps, students must meet the following requirements:

1. Be between 16 and 25
2. Be a United States citizen or legal resident
3. Meet income requirements (income must be low), and
4. Be ready, willing, and able to participate fully in an educational environment

[edit] Career paths

Below are some career paths offered by Job Corps:

• Accounting Clerk General Bookkeeping
• Agriculture and related occupations
• Allied Health and health sciences
• Business technologies
• Computer repair technician (Computer Service Technician)
• CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
• Construction
• Consumer, personal and miscellaneous
• Culinary arts
• Education
• Engineering and engineering related
• Extension programs
• Information technology and related fields
• Marketing and distribution
• Mechanics and Repairers
• Precision production
• Protective services
• Renewable and natural resources
• Transportation and Material moving
• Vocational home economics

[edit] Locations

Job Corps has 124 centers in the following regions:

[edit] Atlanta Region

• Atlanta Job Corps Center
• Bamberg Job Corps Center
• Batesville Job Corps Center
• Brunswick Job Corps Center
• Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks Job Corps Center
• Gadsden Job Corps Center
• Gainesville Job Corps Center
• Gulfport Job Corps Center
• Homestead Job Corps Center
• Jacksonville Job Corps Center
• Jacobs Creek Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Kittrell Job Corps Center
• Lyndon B. Johnson Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Miami Job Corps Center
• Mississippi Job Corps Center
• Montgomery Job Corps Center
• Oconaluftee Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Schenck Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Turner Job Corps Center

[edit] Boston Region

• Arecibo Job Corps Center
• Barranquitas Job Corps Center
• Brooklyn Job Corps Center
• Cassadaga Job Corps Center
• Delaware Valley Job Corps Center
• Edison Job Corps Center
• Exeter Job Corps Center
• Glenmont Job Corps Center
• Grafton Job Corps Center
• Hartford Job Corps Center
• Iroquois Job Corps Center
• Loring Job Corps Center
• New Haven Job Corps Center
• Northlands Job Corps Center
• Oneonta Job Corps Center
• Penobscot Job Corps Center
• Ramey Job Corps Center
• Shriver Job Corps Center
• South Bronx Job Corps Center
• Westover Job Corps Center

[edit] Chicago Region

• Atterbury Job Corps Center
• Blackwell Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Cincinnati Job Corps Center
• Cleveland Job Corps Center
• Dayton Job Corps Center
• Denison Job Corps Center
• Detroit Job Corps Center
• Excelsior Springs Job Corps Center
• Flint Hills Job Corps Center
• Flint/Genesee Job Corps Center
• Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center
• Golconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps Center
• IndyPendence Career Development Center
• Joliet Job Corps Center
• Mingo Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center
• Pine Ridge Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• St. Louis Job Corps Center

[edit] Dallas Region

• Albuquerque Job Corps Center
• Anaconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Boxelder Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Carville Job Corps Center
• Cass Job Corps Center
• Clearfield Job Corps Center
• Collbran Job Corps Civilian Conservation Ceneter
• David L. Carrasco Job Corps Center
• Gary Job Corps Center
• Guthrie Job Corps Center
• Kicking Horse Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Laredo Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Little Rock Job Corps Center
• North Texas Job Corps Center
• Ouachita Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Quentin N. Burdick Job Corps Center
• Roswell Job Corps Center
• Shreveport Job Corps Center
• Talking Leaves Job Corps Center
• Trapper Creek Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Treasure Lake Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Tulsa Job Corps Center
• Weber Basin Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center

[edit] Philadelphia Region

• Blue Ridge Job Corps Center
• Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center
• Charleston Job Corps Center
• Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center
• Flatwoods Job Corps Center
• Frenchburg Job Corps Center
• Great Onyx Job Corps Center
• Harpers Ferry Job Corps Center
• Keystone Job Corps Center
• Muhlenberg Career Development Center
• Old Dominion Job Corps Center
• Philadelphia Job Corps Center
• Pine Knot Job Corps Center
• Pittsburgh Job Corps Center
• Potomac Job Corps Center
• Red Rock Job Corps Center
• Whitney M. Young Jr. Job Corps Center
• Wilimington Job Corps Center
• Woodland Job Corps Center
• Woodstock Job Corps Center

[edit] San Francisco Region

• Alaska Job Corps Center
• Angell Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Cascades Job Corps Center
• Centennial Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Columbia Basin Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Curlew Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Fort Simcoe Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Fred G. Acosta Job Corps Center
• Hawaii Job Corps Center
• Inland Empire Job Corps Center
• Long Beach Job Corps Center
• Los Angeles Job Corps Center
• Partners in Vocational Opportunity Training (PIVOT) Job Corps Center
• Phoenix Job Corps Center
• Sacramento Job Corps Center
• San Diego Job Corps Center
• San Jose Job Corps Center
• Sierra Nevada Job Corps Center
• Springdale Job Corps Center
• Timber Lake Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
• Tongue Point Job Corps Center
• Treasure Island Job Corps Center
• Wolf Creek Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center

[edit] External link

• Official Job Corps web site