JOB CORPS On March 6th, the Alaska Job Corps Center did not stand passively by as the 85 dog teams raced to Nome, during the 2016 Iditarod’s running of the Last Great Race. Instead, they were at the starting line in Willow Alaska. Students and recreation staff cheered,...
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Health and Hope is Part of Alaska Job Corps Career Training
28 Alaska Job Corps students are now certified in the Alaska Youth Mental Health First Aid program. This involved an eight hour intensive training from Deb Cosello, project coordinator for “You Are Not Alone,” a youth led suicide prevention training and outreach...
Job Corps Graduates already Employed and More to Come
The gym was full and there were no more chairs. Or bleachers. Or standing room. The place was jam packed on Friday, Feb 26 when 57 students graduated at the Alaska Job Corps in Palmer. Community leaders, friends, family, alumni, colleagues, employers and staff watched...
Alaskans Benefit from Excellent Relationship between Job Corps and College
The Alaska Job Corps Center and the Mat-Su College have a good combined history, which strengthens every year. Both programs are located in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, near Palmer Alaska. There are many tight connections between the two facilities which both support...
Alaska Job Corps Recognizes Civil Rights Leader
Alaska Job Corps students partnered up with students from the University of Alaska's Mat Su College to celebrate and recognize civil and human rights on Elizabeth Peratrovich Day. Y2Y students and many Job Corps students participated in the tours, films and round...
Alaska Job Corps students graduate into High Paying and Long Term Careers In Water Management
At nearly any Water plant in the State of Alaska, you will see former Job Corps students. The Job Corps Water/Waste Water program has graduated dozens and dozens of certified students, whom have sat successfully for their State Boards and gone on to high paying and...
Job Corps Student Success reflected at Community Relations Council
Last week at the Alaska Job Corps' Community Relations Council, nearly 40 guests gathered to focus on the Job Corps program. The Culinary Arts class prepared special dishes from Celebrity Chef Suzette Lord Welton's cookbook entitiled "Suzette's Alaskan Cooking." The...
Alaska Job Corps students do well in Advanced Employment Training
Alaska Job Corps offers nine career trades and specializes in preparing young adults to be trained to work force needs. Last week three Job Corps college students were applauded by the professor of Refrigeration and Heating Technology. Daniel Mielke wrote that the...
Connection kept over Thousands of Miles
Alaska Job Corps students are on their holiday winter break. On December 17th, they started their homeward trek. Some are local from the Matanuska Susitna Valley. Some are from Anchorage, one hour away. But many are from far away villages, all across Alaska. It may...
Survival evolves into Success
Alaska Job Corps Office Administration student Ahava Faith James has read hundreds and hundreds of books in her short lifetime. Reading has been her love, her duty, and her survival. For years in isolation, books were her friends. Not surprisingly, her favorite genres...
Student Sable writes: The Y2Y Reach of Alaska
As the holiday grows near and people all around are reminded of cheer, happiness and good will towards man. We as Job Corps students intend to send each of our students home with 8 Pledge 4 Peace signature pledge cards. Students will take these to their villages,...
Alaska Native Job Corps Students love Mat Su Community College Culture Club
Alaska Job Corps students “came home” at the Mat Su College’s Alaska Native Cultures Club Wednesday, November 18. The community college extension of the University of Alaska hosted a full day celebration in honor of the coming of winter, also known as “Heyi nittu,”...
Leveling the Playing Field with Job Corps High School diplomas
The Alaska Job Corps program is proud to announce that 29 students have received their GED or high school diploma in the last few months. This is perhaps a understated phenomena of the Job Corps program. Many people assume--incorrectly-- that young people have a GED...
Homeless Never-more
Alaska Job Corps student Eugina is both alert and accomplished. But it wasn’t always this way. Eugina has had to fight her way to this level, a victim of foster systems, adoptions, homelessness and lack of education. But today, she is far away from those challenges....
Community appreciates Alaska Job Corps
Alaska Job Corps combines Training with important Public Service Projects
The Pump Track Kiosk is done, in the ground, and being used at Wilson Park in the City of Palmer. The Alaska Job Corps Carpentry students can check that particular project off their list. But their list is long. In the last year, these students in employment training...
Community helps Job Corps Students learn to budget
ALASKA JOB CORPS STUDENTS SPEND MONEY WISELY WITH GUIDANCE FROM COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS It took Robert exactly 12 seconds to figure out how to spend his entire Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend check. “Send it to my Gram,” is what he said with a big smile. “She lives in...
Y2Y And Partners 4 Peace sponsors Alaska Male Rap Artist of the Year at the Alaska Job Corps Center
Y2Y And Partners 4 Peace sponsors Alaska Male Rap Artist of the Year at the Alaska Job Corps Center Ak Rebel took to the stage on Friday, September 25th to deliver an Anti-Violence and inspirational message to the entire Alaska Job Corps student body. This is the 2nd...
Alaska Job Corps Stands Strong
On Tuesday, September 15th, Alaska Job Corps Y2Y students launched a powerful initiative to stop violence and bullying, on their center, in public areas, at their homes and in worksites. This roll-out effort is the result of weeks of work and planning. At a full...
Alaska Job Corps Removes Obstacles For Employment
Kayce Frantzich was almost 20 years old and had no GED, High school diploma, no certificates and little work experience. This was early 2002 and Frantzich had hit a major roadblock of opportunity. She found out about Alaska Job Corps Program, enrolled and was...