JOB CORPS NEWS

On Tuesday, June 30th Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Youth to Youth (Y2Y) leadership group received a $1,500 grant from the Mountain Regional Prevention Center (MRPC) to combat the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drug use in our community. The MRPC challenged the Y2Y...

Patrick Kent, a student at Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center, is following in his father's footsteps by choosing Job Corps to jump-start his career. Patrick Kent, right, continues a family tradition of Job Corps training that started with his father, Frederick Kent,...

Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic the National Office of Job Corps took action early on to protect the students and staff of the Job Corps community by implementing an unscheduled Spring Break for students on March 16, 2020. Staff teleworking from home followed soon after....

Carl D. Perkins Job Corps' digital learning career technical training program for May is Harold Auxier's Core/OSHA class. Auxier has had 100 percent participation in distance learning since it began on May 11th. He also completed training for HPIP (High Performance...

Former Carl D. Perkins graduate Ricky Tracy is working 2 jobs and attending college courses. Let’s talk about a go getter! Tracy came to Carl D. Perkins in October of 2018 formerly of Winchester, KY. While there he completed his NCCER, OSHA-10, HPIP certifications and...

Friday, May 29 brought the very first virtual (CBA) Center Business Assembly to Carl D. Perkins Job Corps with over 100 staff and student participants via Zoom! During normal circumstances prior to Digital Learning Job Corps Centers hosts weekly CBA's usually in their...

In a former post from May 1, found here: https://www.jobcorpsnews.org/carldperkins/carl-d-perkins-student-working-front-lines-during-spring-break Perkins Office Administration student Shelby Wagenaar began working the front lines during pandemic on April 17. Wagenaar...

Carl D. Perkins students have had a nice spring break and are ready to get back to training. On Monday, May 11, Perkins students began participating in online training via Google Classroom technology. Each student has their own schedule based on their specific...

Carl D. Perkins Job Corps graduate Peter Larkin is proof that Job Corps changes lives. Larkin, 29, now is a full-time technician employed at Toyota in Florence, KY, owns and manages his own business, Larkin's Lube, Express & Mechanical, and has purchased his first...

Shelby Wagenaar, a Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Office Administration trainee, is spending her Spring Break working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Wagenaar began working part time as a receptionist at Dolphin Pointe Health Care in Jacksonville, FL...

On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 our Nation and Perkins Job Corps students celebrated it's 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. This week is also National Volunteer Week April 19-25. Celebrations were a little different this year being held remotely in the comfort of our...

Three advanced security graduates from Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center began employment as correctional officers with Luther Luckett Correctional Complex on March 23 after completing a six-week training. The three new officers are Ariceldata Horn, Isiah Riddick and...

Gavin Walden's life in Winchester, KY before Job Corps was crumbling. He was 16 years old, removed from the public school system, facing truancy in homeschool, and being lured into the easy money of the "street life" as he refers to. Nothing was going right in his...

Though our students are home for Spring Break, we would like to continue to recognize and celebrate their successes. Recently the Recreation Department hosted an Art Contest with the following guidelines: submit a work of art (painting, drawing, sketch, etc.) inspired...

In an effort to clean up our parks and recreation lakeshore, Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Security students have been providing community service this week of March 9-13 at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park. Every year through a collaborative partnership between Jenny Wiley...

Carl D. Perkins students began classes to become welders through a partnership between Big Sandy Community and Technical College and the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center. In mid February 2020, 7 Carl D. Perkins students began their journey in the arc cutter...

Current students of the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps program enrolled at Big Sandy Community and Technical College earned certificates of achievement for their GPA's (grade point average). Students enrolled at Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center complete a career plan...

Valentine's Day at Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center is a time to share the love. As the old saying goes, "It is better to give than to receive," That's definitely a moral instilled in the hearts of our students. On Thursday, November 13th Carl D. Perkins Youth 2 Youth...

Monday February 3, 2020 The Mayor of Prestonsburg, Les Stapleton invited all members of the community to assist with showcasing the City of Prestonsburg in an effort to win HGTV's Hometown Makeover contest. The Mayor made a face book request for all organizations to...

Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center met with local and distant business representatives Thursday, January 30 to kick off the 2020 New Year with a focus on Business Engagement and Employer needs and trends. The meeting began at 11:30am in the movie room where the Center...