Whitney M. Young Jr. Job Corps is far more than a job training program for Brittany Lafever. It’s also a home.
Lafever, from Louisville, KY, spend her childhood in foster care until she aged out of the program at 18. For the next two years, she was homeless. But her life started to improve dramatically when she heard about Job Corps from a mutual friend and enrolled at Whitney M. Young Jr. Job Corps.
Since coming to Whitney M. Young Jr. Job Corps, Lafever has obtained her high school diploma through Eminence High School and earned the Electronic Health Record, CPR, First Aid, Bloodborne Pathogens and HIPAA certifications.
When the Whitney M. Young Jr. Job Corps campus closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lafever was placed in a residential home because she had no home to return to. She began working at a warehouse, earning $12 an hour, saved her money and worked hard to complete her Certified Nurse Assistant training program on July 24th. She currently is employed as a home health aide for Elder Care for Family, earning $10 an hour, doing what she loves and living independently.
Lafever’s goal is to continue her education by enrolling in the nursing program at Jefferson Community Technical College to earn an associate degree in nursing.
When asked about the impact Job Corps has had on her life, Lafever says simply, “Job Corps saved my life. Job Corps saved me from being on the streets.”

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