Job Corps

Job Corps
Agency overview
Formed1964
TypeVocational Education
JurisdictionUnited States
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
Agency executive
  • Erin McGee, Director
Parent departmentDepartment of Labor
Websitewww.jobcorps.gov

Job Corps is a program administered by the United States Department of Labor that offers free education and vocational training to young people ages 16 to 24.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "What Is Job Corps?". Job Corps. September 25, 2009. Archived from the original on August 21, 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
  2. ^ "Great Society at 50: LBJ's Job Corps will cost taxpayers $1.7 billion this year. Does it work?". The Washington Post. May 19, 2014.
  3. ^ $1.7 Billion Federal Job Training Program Is ‘Failing the Students,’ August 26, 2018, New York Times, retrieved June 6, 2024