JOB CORPS NEWS

Name: Jaccarri Webb Age: 23 Center: Cleveland Job Corps Region: Chicago Hometown: Cleveland, OH Career Area: Building Construction Technology Dates in Job Corps: January 2015 - February 2016 When we last wrote about Jaccarri Webb in February, he was packing to further...

Name: Isaiah Flowers Age: 22 Center: Cleveland Job Corps Region: Chicago Hometown: Cleveland, OH Career Area: Medical Office Support & Nursing Assis-tant Dates in Job Corps: October 2015 – October 2016 After graduating from Cleveland Heights High School, Isaiah’s...

Name: Rynell Roper Age: 20 Center: Cleveland Job Corps Region: Chicago Hometown: Euclid, OH Career Area: HBI Facility Maintenance Dates in JC: October 2015 – October 2016 Employment: John Carroll University After graduating from Euclid High School in Euclid, OH,...

The Cleveland Job Corps Center would like to commend Erika Lottier and La’Stassia Sham-ble’tell for being accepted into AmeriCorps. AmeriCorps is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), an independent federal agency whose mission is to...

Cleveland Job Corps Center Health and Wellness Medical and Dental Clerk, Rolanda Wilson coordinated and hosted a Health Fair on Thursday, October 6, 2016, for the students and staff. Fifteen community vendor representatives from the Aids Task Force of Greater...

On Wednesday, October 12, 2016, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Chief of Police Calvin D. Williams, Fifth District Police Commander Dennis S. Hill, Councilman Mike Polensek, Councilman Kevin Conwell, Councilman T.J. Dow and other city officials, gathered at the...

In recognition of National Bullying Prevention Month, the Cleveland Job Corps Center held a Bully Prevention Assembly on October 25, 2016. Representatives from each department dramatized three-minute skits describing various forms of bullying. Each year during the...

 Wow, students working on Tucson Habitat for Humanity homes, four houses in 8 days, these students are making tremendous progress.

Fred G. Acosta HBI program students are working with volunteers to build 8 hours in 8 days starting on Thursday, October 20, 2016.  The projects are the Habitat for Humanity Tucson Blitz Day, building 8 houses in 8 days.  Students are in the the following programs: ...

Every year across the country community colleges and high schools host events to recognize National Manufacturing Day. This day highlights the US manufacturing industry and exposes students to the career pathways available in this industry. The skills that Auto Body...

The Cleveland Job Corps Center has a long tenured partnership with the Cuyahoga Community College that provides advanced career training for Cleveland Job Corps students. This excellent partnership between Cleveland Job Corps and Cuyahoga Community College provides an...

On September 5, 2016, more than thirty students and staff from the Cleveland Job Corps participated in the 45th Annual 11th Congressional District Com-munity Caucus Labor Day Parade. Cleveland Job Corps Receptionist, Ruby Key’s is the coach of the Tiny Might’s...

On Saturday, August 27, 2016, thirty-five Cleveland Job Corps Center stu-dents and staff arose early to volunteer at the National African-American Male Wellness 5K Walk & Run. The Na-tional African-American Male Well-ness Initiative raises awareness about...

On Thursday, September 22, 2016, the 100 Black Men of Greater Cleveland began a mentoring pro-gram at the Cleveland Job Corps Center. The theme for this first meeting was "What They See is What They Can Be". Each of the members spoke about their current careers,...

Staff and students faced off across a volleyball net to show which side had the skills to win the (temporary) title of Volleyball Champs. Career Services administrative assistant Megan Cruikshank had been coaching students in skills and rules. "We worked together to...

Age: 20 Center: Cleveland Job Corps Region: Chicago Hometown: Virgin Islands Career Area: Medical Office Support & Nursing Assistant Dates in Job Corps: January 25, 2016 Nelysa S. Ventura left her home in the Virgin Islands and moved in with her mother who resides...

“Violence and abuse were a part of my life almost every day,” revealed Yamslee Vega of her powerless and devastating adolescent years. As a child, she endured a decade of long-term physical and emotional abuse. Ms. Vega was only 14 years old when she had to make the...

Name: Samuel Perkins Age: 21 Center: Cleveland Job Corps Region: Chicago Hometown: Cleveland, OH Career Area: Building Construction Technology Dates in Job Corps: August 2012 – May 2013 Samuel Perkins heard about Job Corps from friends that told him Job Corps was like...