JOB CORPS The Cleveland Job Corps Academy (CJCA) is proud to announce the selection of not one, but two CJCA students as National Job Corps Youth Ambassadors for Program Year 2009. Teondra L. Mills and Sean Barnett were selected from over one hundred applicants and will...
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Faces of Job Corps: Derrick Stirling
Derrick Stirling was a high school dropout from North Carolina who had gotten some odd jobs but needed credentials in order to fulfill his dreams. The 24 year old came to Angell and entered the plumbing program. He became a dorm captain, obtained his GED, was...
Oneonta Student Shares Success
Faces of Job Corps: Amanda S. Amanda came to Oneonta Job Corps Academy at the age of 17, hoping to get away from a dramatic home life and be able to focus on getting an education that would allow her to be successful. After enrolling Amanda accomplished the...
Faces of Job Corps: Mark Smith
Mark Smith came to the Albuquerque Job Corps Center as an Advanced Welding student after completing basic welding at the Woodstock Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He already had his High School Diploma and was an exemplary student back home. He claims that his Mom...
Faces of Job Corps
Student Success Story: Alexander K. Alexander K. came to Homestead Job Corps Center to learn a vocational trade and earn his High School Diploma. Prior to that, he attended five different local high schools with no success. The staff at Homestead Job Corps Center,...
A Story of Student Success
Faces of Job Corps: Guadalupe Guadalupe was sure that her parents were not going to be able to afford her college education but going to school was incredibly important to her. After struggling for a few years trying to get financial aid for school, she learned about...
Job Corps Student Success Story
Student Success Story: Jeffrey P. Jeffrey P. had just about decided to give up. He had a tough home life, dropped out of school, never held a consistent job, was moving from home to home and had no real prospects for anything. That was when his brother asked him if...
Faces of Job Corps
Face of Job Corp: Aaron B. Aaron B. grew up in a tough neighborhood in a single parent household. Because of this negative environment, he felt that he didn’t have much of a future so he came to the Edison Job Corps Center in hopes of better opportunities and more...
Job Corps Success Story
Student Success Story: Christopher B. Christopher B. enrolled at the Delaware Valley JCC after moving from job to job and growing extremely frustrated with his lack of motivation. After months of hardships and questioning of where he was and growing more and more...
Faces of Job Corps: Melodie L.
Job Corps Student Success Story: Melodie L. Before Job Corps Melodie was told by her father that she’d be lucky to make it through high school. During her senior year, she lived in a motel for 6 months, lived in a residence with heroin addicts, and then a 27 foot...
Faces of Job Corps
Michael M., 24 Years old, Baton Rouge, LA Mike describes himself as a someone who thought he could never get caught. Making bad choices, next time to get high. When it came to making bad choices he had them all down. Many friends smiling faces that were really frowns...
Faces of Job Corps
Shente, 21 years old from Jefferson, Georgia, states that she always followed others and those she chose to follow were going no where positive. She never felt good about herself; consequently, she never completed anything. She enrolled at the Brunswick Job Corps...
Faces of Job Corps: Zachary G.
Zachary G., 21 years old. Laurel, Maryland. Every since he was a teenager Zachary also wanted to go to Job Corps, however due to financial and family commitments it was postpone for over two years. Without his high school diploma, Zachary was only able to obtain...
Profiles of Student Leadership, Ashley S
The Student Government Association of the Phoenix Job Corps Center is proud to announce their first Leadership Hall of Fall Honoree, Ms. Ashley S. Ashley fulfilled her goals as a student leader on June 11th 2010, completing two trades- MA and CNA. She is employed with...
Curlew Job Corps Celebrates Earth Day
On April 23, Curlew Job Corps staff and students enjoyed a hamburger BBQ, before going out in groups to pick up litter on both sides of the Kettle River to Curlew, as part of Ferry County Pride Month and Earth Day Every Day activities. According to Gaitlin G., a...
Faces of Job Corps: Kenya N.
Congratulations to Woodstock student Kenya N. for being selected as a 2010 Scholar of the Week. Kenya, an EST student at Woodstock, began training at Job Corps in April 2009. As part of her special honor Kenya will be featured on Fox 45 in April. The award was...