05.29.25

Ranking Member Scott Statement on Trump Effectively Closing All Job Corps Centers

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Trump Administration ordered the effective closure of all Job Corps centers across the United States. 

“Once again, the Trump Administration is harming those most in need.  The Department of Labor sent notices to all 99 Job Corps centers with which it directly contracts, stating they are going to ‘pause’ operations.  Let’s be clear:  these are not pauses.  The Department is effectively closing all Job Corps centers.  Without new contracts, these centers will cease to operate and will have to kick at-risk youth off their campuses, many of whom are homeless or in foster care and have nowhere else to go.

“Since its creation in 1964, Job Corps has trained over three million young Americans in trades such as welding, carpentry, and medical assistant training.  Job Corps trains young, low-income people, helps them find good-paying jobs, and provides housing for a population that would otherwise be without a home.  

“The Administration should be working with Congress to advance a bipartisan reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and improve Job Corps, not end the program altogether.  I urge the Trump Administration to reverse this decision and give at-risk youth the support they need to access well-paying, stable jobs that will strengthen our communities and the economy.” 

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