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List of Job Corps Locations Closing in June Amid Trump Admin Cuts

List of Job Corps Locations Closing in June Amid Trump Admin Cuts

Newsweek3 days ago

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President Donald Trump's administration issued a "phased pause in operations" for Job Corps centers across the United States.
Job Corps operates as a federally funded educational and career training program for low-income Americans aged 16 to 24. The centers have been instrumental in helping many Americans learn job skills and enter careers in construction, welding, culinary arts and more. All 99 centers have until the end of the month to close down.
Why It Matters
The Trump administration has made numerous cuts to federal agencies, including the Department of Labor and the Department of Education, to curb what it sees as waste and fraud.
Without the Job Corps locations in operation, tens of thousands of students attending the program might not be able to graduate, and fewer low-income Americans would be able to enter different industries.
What Is Job Corps?
The Job Corps program, originally established in 1964 as a free service for low-income Americans, has been paused as Trump seeks to meet his budget proposal goals.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025.Which Locations Are Closing? State-by-State List
The full list of Job Corps offices closing is as follows:
Washington
Cascades
Curlew
Fort Simcoe
Columbia Basin
Oregon
Tongue Point
Springdale
Timber Lake
Angell
Wolf Creek
California
Sacramento
Treasure Island
San Jose
Los Angeles
Inland Empire
Long Beach
San Diego
Idaho
Centennial
Nevada
Sierra Nevada
Arizona
Phoenix
Fred G. Acosta
Alaska
Alaska
Hawaii
Hawaii
Maui
Montana
Kicking Horse
Anaconda
Trapper Creek
Wyoming
Wind River
Colorado
Collbran
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Roswell
North Dakota
Quentin N Burdick
South Dakota
Boxelder
Nebraska
Pine Ridge
Kansas
Flint Hills
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Talking Leaves
Guthrie
Texas
North Texas
Gary
Laredo
David L. Carrasco
Minnesota
Hubert H Humphrey
Iowa
Denison
Ottumwa
Missouri
Excelsior Springs
St. Louis
Mingo
Arkansas
Little Rock
Cass
Louisiana
Shreveport
Carville
New Orleans
Wisconsin
Blackwell
Milwaukee
Illinois
Paul Simon Chicago
Jollet
Tennessee
Dr. Benjamin L Hooks
Jacobs Creek
Mississippi
Mississippi
Finch Henry
Gulfport
Michigan
Flint/Genesee
Detroit
Indiana
IndyPendance
Atterbury
Kentucky
Whitney M Young
Muhlenburg
Great Onyn
Pine Knot
Frenchburg
Carl D Perkins
Alabama
Gadsden
Montgomery
Ohio
Cleveland
Dayton
Cincinnati
West Virginia
Harpers Ferry
Charleston
Maine
Penobscot
Loring
Vermont
Northlands
New Hampshire
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Exeter
Massachusetts
Shriver
Grafton
Connecticut
Hartford
New Haven
New York
Glenmont
Oneonta
Westover
Irequois
Delaware Valley
South Bronx
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Edison
Pennsylvania
Red Rock
Keystone
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Maryland
Woodland
Woodstock
Delaware
Wilmington
Virginia
Old Dominion
Blue Ridge
Flatwoods
North Carolina
Kittrell
Oconaluftee
Schenck
Lyndon B Johnson
South Carolina
Bamberg
Georgia
Atlanta
Brunswick
Turner
Alabama
Gadsden
Montgomery
Florida
Jacksonville
Pinellas Valley
Miami
Why Is Job Corps Shutting Down?
The Job Corps locations are all closing after years of financial trouble, according to the Department of Labor.
"The Job Corps program has faced significant financial challenges under its current operating structure," the DOL said in a statement.
In 2024, the program had a $140 million deficit, with that number predicted to reach $213 million in 2025.
An internal review also found many reports of sexual assault, violence and drug use amongst the students enrolled in the program. To participate in the training, students were required to pass background checks and undergo drug testing; however, problems still arose at centers across the country.
"A startling number of serious incident reports and our in-depth fiscal analysis reveal the program is no longer achieving the intended outcomes that students deserve," U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said in a statement.
How Much Does Job Corps Cost?
Job Corps has historically been offered free of charge to eligible low-income students between the ages of 16 and 24.
"This is another example of this administration's attack on the poor," Drew Powers, the founder of Illinois-based Powers Financial Group, told Newsweek.
"It is dizzying to see proposed Medicaid legislation with more stringent work requirements while simultaneously cutting programs like the Job Corps, essentially taking away an outlet to obtain the education and training required to get said work.
What People Are Saying
Alex Beene, a financial literacy instructor for the University of Tennessee at Martin, told Newsweek: "The suspension of centers is the result of an internal overview of the current program, its successes, and its failures. It's difficult to tell what the long-term effect will be, as it will more than likely vary per state and a location as to how much each population depending on these centers for services, but the move does reflect the administration's continued push to restructure many nationwide programs it sees as not effectively being a good use of taxpayer funding."
Drew Powers, the founder of Illinois-based Powers Financial Group, told Newsweek: "It just does not make sense to me. There are Job Corps sites in all 50 states, and election battleground states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, and Florida are home to multiple Job Corps locations. There is already bipartisan pushback as representatives envision how this may affect their constituents and future elections."
What Happens Next
All Job Corps centers have until June 30 to shut down their offices.
The closures could impact both current students on track to graduation and the job prospects for low-income Americans in these communities in the future.

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