Job Corps

Job Corps is the largest nationwide no-cost residential career training program in the country and has been operating for 60 years. It is administered by the Office of Job Corps (OJC) in the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Employment and Training Administration (ETA). With a mission to attract eligible young people, teach them the skills they need to become employable and independent, and place them in meaningful jobs or further education, the program helps eligible young people ages 16 through 24 complete their high school education, trains them for meaningful careers, and assists them with obtaining employment. Job Corps has trained and educated over two million individuals in it’s over 120 centers nationwide.