Connecticut is home to two Job Corps centers, a federally funded residential program that trains 16- to 24-year-olds for jobs in health care, carpentry, plumbing, manufacturing, technology and other ...

Job Corps centers remain open but are not accepting new students due to a freeze on background checks. A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's attempt to shut down the program, but its ...

Despite the uncertain fate of the federally funded Job Corps program, its facility in Devens has begun recruiting more students to apply for free technical training. The Shriver Job Corps Center has ...