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The U.S. Department of Labor is pausing Job Corps operations across the country, including in Pittsburgh. Job Corps is a free residential career training program for low-income teenagers and young ...
The U.S. Department of Labor announced on May 29 that it would begin a phased pause in operations at the 99 ...
The Job Corps program has long been the subject of debate, but it is now also a point of contention in the administration’s ...
U.S. Job Corps centers around the country, including a site in Pittsburgh, will remain open — at least for now. A federal judge in New York City on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order that ...
The 60-year-old free education and training program is one of 99 such centers that are closing after the U.S. Department of ...
After decades of operation, the Pittsburgh Job Corps center in Highland Park is set to close, a decision made by the Department of Labor. The Department of Labor has cited inefficiency in several ...
The Pittsburgh Job Corps is closing, displacing hundreds of students and staff. The move comes after the Department of Labor said that the program was “no longer achieving the intended outcomes ...
The fate of nearly 100 Job Corps centers nationwide hangs in the balance as legal challenges unfold, with significant implications for workforce training and community support. Job Corps locations ...
Pittsburgh and Allegheny County officials pursue a new task force as a local response to federal budget cuts by the Trump ...
About 600 students attend Job Corps here in Pittsburgh. Many of them are nervous about the program's future. I asked one student where she would be without Job Corps on the streets or in *** shelter.
Students at Pittsburgh's Job Corps Center tell me they are in survival mode right now faced with the planned shutdown of their center where many of them live, work, and are pursuing their education.