Job Corps
National Office of Job Corps
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
200 Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20210
(800) 733-JOBS
website: www.jobcorps.org

Job Corps is a national job training program created in 1964 to give young men and women between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four a fresh start. It is a residential program with centers in forty-four states and the District of Columbia. It provides the skills students need to get good jobs in a wide variety of occupations and also offers students the opportunity to earn a GED certificate. Students receive a living allowance, and when they complete the program, they are given a readjustment allowance (based on the amount of time they spent at Job Corps) to help them when they leave the program. The Job Corps website provides information about the program and links to specific state...