Job Corps

American

[job] / dʒɒb /

noun

U.S. Government.

an organization within the Department of Labor that operates rural conservation camps and urban training centers for poor youths.

Job Corps British

/ dʒɒb /

noun

a Federal organization established in 1964 to train unemployed youths in order to make it easier for them to find work

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He had applied to Job Corps, a federally funded career training program for lower-income teenagers and young adults.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

His mother, Nancy, convinced him to join the Job Corps aged 16.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025

Not long afterward, he saw a TV commercial for the Job Corps and persuaded his mother to sign him up.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

She briefly put her son in foster care with his godparents so she could complete Job Corps, a program that provides education and vocational training.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2023

Started in 1964 as a federal initiative, Job Corps was designed to help disadvantaged youth.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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