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A restraining order has been granted, but this is only temporary. Keep letting your congresspeople know this program should not be cut! #JobCorps #KeepJobCorpsOpen
Judge blocks Trump administration's effort to eliminate Job Corps
A U.S. judge on Wednesday temporarily stopped the Trump administration from moving ahead with an effort to eliminate the Job Corps, the largest U.S. job training program for low-income youth.
www.reuters.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
CALL YOUR SENATORS! #JobCorps #KeepJobCorpsOpen
June 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Outrageous! Job Corps had bipartisan support for 60 years. Funding was appropriated till 6/30/ 2026. DOL just announced that they’re closing Job Corps--part of Trump’s 2026 “funding goals”--meaning 24,000 students will be scrambling to complete their job training. #JobCorps #KeepJobCorpsOpen 1/
June 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
June 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Unsafe? “Data from a GAO report shows that students enrolled in Job Corps are: 3 times less like to experience a sexual assault than students on college campuses, 1.5 times less likely to experience an assault than their peers, 3 times less likely to die than their peers.” #JobCorps PLEASE SHARE
May 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Infractions??? The DOL reports 14,913 “infractions,” but doesn’t explain that Job Corps sites are required to record and report infractions as minor as being late to class, using profanity, and untucked shirts. #JobCorps PLEASE SHARE /8
May 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Bad data: The DOL gives Graduation rate as 38.6%, but they’re looking at a period when Job Corps AND every school and college had COVID-era challenges. Grad rate is higher today. Additionally, 82% of Job Corps graduates have a job within 90 days of graduation. #JobCorps PLEASE SHARE /7
May 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Not right: 20,000+ students will have until this Friday (June 6) to leave their residential Job Corps program. Many of these students are *homeless* without Job Corps. #JobCorps #KeepJobCorpsOpen PLEASE SHARE 6/
May 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Empty promise? The DOL says it will work with “state and local workforce partners” to “assist” current students and connect them with “education and employment opportunities,” but ZERO details have been given. There’s ZERO accountability that they’ll deliver. #KeepJobCorpsOpen PLEASE SHARE 5/
May 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Bad data: Who picks up a call from a number they don’t know these days? Plus, if you're at work, in school, or in the military, you probably won't race to answer a phone survey from the DOL. #JobCorps #KeepJobCorpsOpen PLEASE SHARE 4/
May 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Misleading: DOL gives as a reason for closure that graduates only earn an average of $16.7k, but that’s based on a post-graduation survey that reaches only about 5% of graduates. If a graduate isn’t reached, they’re recorded as $0. #JobCorps PLEASE SHARE 3/
May 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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America needs Job Corps training: Automotive and Machine Repair, Construction, Finance and Business, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Hospitality, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Renewable Resources & Energy, and Transportation. *This is a hand up, not a hand out!* #JobCorps PLEASE SHARE 2/
May 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Outrageous! Job Corps had bipartisan support for 60 years. Funding was appropriated till 6/30/ 2026. DOL just announced that they’re closing Job Corps--part of Trump’s 2026 “funding goals”--meaning 24,000 students will be scrambling to complete their job training. #JobCorps PLEASE SHARE 1/
May 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Some of my favorite signs from the march today in Buffalo, NY. #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Some of my favorite signs from the march today in Buffalo, NY. #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Some of my favorite signs from the march in Buffalo today. #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
There were a lot of people marching in Buffalo, NY today. #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM