Job Corps is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive residential, education, and job training program for at-risk youth, ages 16 through 24. The program provides disadvantaged youths with the integrated academic, vocational, and social skills training they need to gain independence and secure high-quality, long-term jobs or further their education. Job Corps services are delivered in three stages: outreach and admissions, center operations, and placement. Center operations—the heart of the program—involve academic education, vocational training, residential living, health care, and a wide range of other services, including counseling, social skills training, health education, and recreation.
Job Corps participation significantly reduces arrest and conviction rates and time spent in jail. Twenty-three percent of program members were arrested during a 30-month period, compared with 28 percent of control group members, a statistically significant difference. Moreover, there were reductions in incarcerations resulting from a conviction. In addition, 90 percent of program participants increased their education and training (compared with 64 percent of the control group). Researchers reported “striking” positive effects for 16- and 17-year-old youths.
National Institute of Justice: Exemplary program
Job Corps National Office
Suite N4463
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20210
Phone: (202) 693-3000
Fax: (202) 693-2767
E-mail: national_office@jobcorps.gov
Web site: www.jobcorps.gov
Office of Job Corps
61 Forsyth Street, Room 6T95
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 302-5400
Fax: (404) 302-5415
E-mail: atl_region@jobcorps.gov
Web site: http://www.jobcorps.gov/contact/atlanta.aspx
Office of Job Corps
Room E-345
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
Boston, MA 02203
Phone: (617) 788-0186
Fax: (617) 788-0131
E-mail: bos_region@jobcorps.gov
Web site: http://www.jobcorps.gov/contact/boston.aspx
Office of Job Corps
Federal Building
230 South Dearborn Street, Room 676
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 596-5470
Fax: (312) 596-5471
E-mail: chi_region@jobcorps.gov
Web site: http://www.jobcorps.gov/contact/chicago.aspx
Office of Job Corps
525 Griffin Street, Room 403
Dallas, TX 75205
Phone: (972) 850-4100
Fax: (972) 850-4101
E-mail: dal_region@jobcorps.gov
Web site: http://www.jobcorps.gov/contact/dallas.aspx
Office of Job Corps
The Curtis Center, Suite 815 East
170 South Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3315
Phone: (215) 861-5500
Fax: (215) 861-5520
E-mail: phi_region@jobcorps.gov
Web site: http://www.jobcorps.gov/contact/philadelphia.aspx
Office of Job Corps
90 Seventh Street, Suite 12-100
San Francisco, CA 91403
Phone: (415) 625-2600
Fax: (415) 625-2590
E-mail: san_region@jobcorps.gov
Web site: http://www.jobcorps.gov/contact/san_francisco.aspx
Burghardt, J.; Schochet, P. Z.; McConnell, S.; Johnson, T.; Gritz, R. M.; Glazerman, S.; Homrighausen, J.; and Jackson, R. (2001). Summary of the National Job Corp Study. Princeton, N.J.: Mathematical Policy Research, Inc.
Schochet, P. Z.; Burghardt, J.; and Glazerman, S. (2000). Job Corps Study: The Short-Term Impacts of Job Corps Participation on Employment and Related Outcomes. Princeton, N.J.: Mathematical Policy Research, Inc.