The Job Corps was founded in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. It gives low-income, disadvantaged youth a place to live and intensive job training in trades like construction and car repair.

Job Corps is caught between a court order keeping it open and federal decisions that have frozen its admissions and threaten its funding.

A U.S. judge on Wednesday temporarily stopped the Trump administration from moving ahead with an effort to eliminate the Job Corps, the largest U.S. job training program for low-income youth.

Job Corps also provides housing and schooling for young adults. In the last month, the Corps’ programs plunged into uncertainty after the Trump Administration ordered a pause on its operations.

On Wednesday, U.S District Judge Andrew Carter in Manhattan temporarily blocked the Trump administration from eliminating the Job Corps program while the case plays out.

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from suspending operations at Job Corps centers across the country. U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter, an appointee of former President… ...

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A federal court has stopped the Department of Labor's attempt to shut down Job Corps centers, which the administration claimed suffered from violence and security issues and was not cost-effective.

Nearly 200 House members signed onto a bipartisan letter this week to express support for Job Corps after the Department of Labor recently announced it would soon be pausing operations at centers n… ...

The Trump administration is closing Job Corps centers across the country, including one here in the Valley. The downtown Phoenix location will be shut down by the end of the month.