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Released: February 18, 2013
Job Corps closes the door on new recruits
Source: Sarah Halzack and Josh Hicks - The Washington Post
The Department of Labor has suspended new enrollment into one of the nation’s largest job-training programs for low-income youths, citing cost overruns that critics have blamed on mismanagement.
The Job Corps enrollment freeze could close the door on as many as 30,000 young adults struggling in a troubled economy and could cost about 10,000 staff jobs, according to the association that represents private operators for the program.
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