Editing Job Corps (section)

{{Short description|Voluntary program in the United States}}
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| agency_type   = Vocational Education
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'''Job Corps''' is a program administered by the [[United States Department of Labor]] that offers free education and [[vocational training]] to young people ages 16 to 24.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://recruiting.jobcorps.gov/en/about.aspx |title=What Is Job Corps? |publisher=Job Corps |date=September 25, 2009 |access-date=January 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821204349/http://recruiting.jobcorps.gov/en/about.aspx |archive-date=August 21, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="cost_2014_05_19_wapo">{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jobs-corps-benefits-lead-to-questions-on-programs-costs/2014/05/19/80136056-db86-11e3-8009-71de85b9c527_story.html?noredirect=on| title = Great Society at 50: LBJ's Job Corps will cost taxpayers $1.7 billion this year. Does it work?|date=May 19, 2014 | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref name="failng_2018_08_26_nytimes">[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/us/politics/job-corps-training-program.html $1.7 Billion Federal Job Training Program Is ‘Failing the Students,’] August 26, 2018, ''[[New York Times]], retrieved June 6, 2024</ref>