Condemning the Trump Administration for cutting federal funding to Job Corps programs and shuttering Job Corps facilities and centers across the U.S.

Condemning the Trump Administration for cutting federal funding to Job Corps programs and shuttering Job Corps facilities and centers across the U.S. WHEREAS, Founded in 1964 as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, Job Corps is a program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that offers free education and vocational training to young people ages 16 to 24; and WHEREAS, Job Corps was created to combat youth unemployment by providing opportunities for participants to learn basic skills and conduct service projects across the country. Job Corps applicants are screened for eligibility, and progress through three stages of the program: career preparation, career development, and career transition; and WHEREAS, While other Johnson Administration proposals were still in incubation, the work of the Job Corps Task Force under President John F. Kennedy allowed for a blueprint for the program that allowed Johnson to roll it out quickly, allowing Job Corps to become a centerpiece of the War on Poverty. Despite drawing the ire of conservative Republican Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, the program has enjoyed bipartisan Congressional support for decades; and WHEREAS, There are a total of 99 Job Corps centers spread across six regional offices, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico. There are three Job Corps centers in Pennsylvania. The program has trained and education over 2 million Americans since its inception, including iconic heavyweight boxing champion “Big”…