Trump administration budget plan would cut $238M from job training program serving low-income young adults
Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 9:22 am
The Daily News - 5/27/2017 - Ginger Adams Otis - The Trump administration has proposed a $238 million cut to a federally-funded job training program for low-income youths, raising fears among educators that several centers will have to close. There are 125 Job Corps education centers across the U.S. and in Puerto Rico. Each of them is a place where disadvantaged students ages 16 to 24 can get free job training and access to industry internships — as well as the kind of support and mentoring many need but didn’t find in their homes or traditional schools. Read more @ http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa ... -1.3199176