JOB CORPS “Sense of community is a feeling that members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members’ needs will be met through their commitment to be together.” ― David McMillan. On August 26, 2021, Cleveland...
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Exceptional Work Ethic and Proficiency
Cleveland Job Corps Center Clinical Medical Assistant graduate Jamesia Heath is employed at Cleveland Clinic. The twenty-two-year-old is a Medical Assistant in the Department of Infectious Disease. "I really love my job," stated Jamesia. Impressed with Jamesia's work...
Cleveland Job Corps Center Alumni Earns Her LPN
“Job Corps taught me discipline, how to listen, and to budget,” explained Shakia Smith. “But the most notable thing I learned was to apply myself to everything I do.” The Cleveland Job Corps Center alumni recently completed the Licensed Practical Nurses program at...
Golfing On Center
The Cleveland Job Corps Golf Training Club has resumed. The club was created in 2018 by former Cleveland Job Corps trainees’ interest in learning the game of golf. The club is overseen by Math Instructor Robert Levey, Assistant Buyer Reginald Bryant, and Safety,...
Meet Dahja Smith
My Life before Job Corps was typical; I was hanging with the wrong crowds, easily influenced, quick-tempered, and very angry. I had many family issues that were taking a toll on me and what I wanted to become. I couldn’t afford college, but Job Corps would be the...
Cleveland Job Corps Partners with Youth Opportunities Unlimited Y.O.U.
Cleveland Job Corps Center (CJCC) is pleased to announce they entered a partnership with Youth Opportunities Unlimited on June 21, 2021. The alliance will permit CJCC students between the ages of 16 and 19 to be employed by Y.O.U. while still completing their training...
Cleveland Job Corps Student Government Association Election
The results are in, and the Cleveland Job Corps Center is proud to announce the winners of the Student Government Association (SGA) 2021 election. SGA officers serve as a channel of communication between the Center and the student body. Please join us in...
Cleveland Job Corps Is Life-Changing
When Angelyse Carson (22) arrived at the Cleveland Job Corps Center, her biggest challenge was her insecurities. She did not believe in herself, nor in her ability to complete the program. There were also times she became very homesick and wanted to go home. “Thinking...
Cleveland Job Corps From Challenging to Liberating
Without a high school diploma and no real job skills, Ashirae Brown (27) found herself unable to find work. Her father, Dennis Brown, is a Joliet Job Corps Center alumnus. He encouraged her to attend the Cleveland Job Corps Center to obtain career training and her...
Cleveland Job Corps I Owe My Success to the Staff at Job Corps
After graduating from high school, Irvin Grant did not know what he wanted to do in life until his Aunt Donna Toomer recommended Job Corps. In May 2017, he earned his Clinic Medical Assistant certification and began working for a plasma clinic. However, in 2018 Irvin...
Cleveland Job Corps National Read Across America
In a celebration of literacy, Cleveland Job Corps staff and students read to St. Jerome Elementary School’s preschool and first grade classes in March 2021, for National Read Across America Day. Launched in 1998 by the National Education Association (NEA), Read Across...
Cleveland Job Corps Encouraged and Helped Me
Raevyn Lloyd completed the United States Air Force basic military training at Keesler Airforce Base in Biloxi, Mississippi in August 2020. She will be working in Administration. Looking for a career and not just a job, Raevyn enrolled in the Cleveland Job Corps in...
Cleveland Job Corps Spanish Club “ESPERANZA”
Cleveland Job Corps Center Residential Counselor Wally Espada is rekindling the Spanish Club “ESPERANZA” this year. The mission of the club is to assist students and staff in learning to speak, read and understand Spanish as well as promote interest in the Hispanic...
Cleveland Job Corps Black History Month
The Cleveland Job Corps Center planned various activities throughout the month of February in celebration of Black History Month. Students and staff engaged in a Black History Scavenger Hunt where students answered questions to receive prizes. Students and staff...
The Cleveland Job Corps Leaders of Tomorrow (LoT) Work Group
On January 30, 2021, Cleveland Job Corps Center students Jamesia Heath, Kiara Maye, and Juuan Pinson were selected to serve alongside eight Cleveland young adults between the ages of 18 – 26 in the Leaders of Tomorrow (LoT) Work Group. The purpose of the group is to...
Cleveland Job Corps The Sky’s The Limit
After earning his high school diploma from Pike High School located in Indianapolis, Indiana, Ziountae Banks began working odd jobs. Ziountae decided to enroll in Job Corps, he arrived at the Cleveland Job Corps Center on June 8, 2019. In a year, Ziountae earned his...
Cleveland Job Corps MLK Day Commemoration
To honor the memory and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the staff at the Cleveland Job Corps Center held a MLK Day Commemoration. On January 18, 2021, Residential Counselors Stephen Furlow-Munn, and Joseph Clark highlighted the work and service of the great...
Cleveland Job Corps Helped Me Jump Start My Career & Find Love
While attending the Cleveland Job Corps Center, Christopher Sharp met his wife, Andrea Adams State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA). On March 29, 2017, they graduated together and started working together at Euclid Hospital in Euclid, Ohio. “I wanted to establish a...
Cleveland Job Corps Machining
The Cleveland Job Corps Center’s Machining trade can be your next step into a career as a machinist! The program focuses on the core skills every machinist is expected to know and takes a minimum of 750 hours to complete. Machining Instructor Greg Witter has over 20...
Welcome Back Cleveland Job Corps Students
The National Office of Job Corps identified the Cleveland Job Corps Center to resume on-campus operations effective January 12, 2021. Based on the information the center provided, it safely onboarded 22 students during the first cohort. Center selections are based on...