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OPA News Release: [02/08/2007]
Contact Name: David James or Mike Volpe
Phone Number: (202) 693-4676 or x3984
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Number: 07-0233-NAT
U.S. Labor Department to Open Three New Job Corps Centers
First Job Corps Centers Ever in New Hampshire and Wyoming
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today announced that Manchester, N.H., Riverton, Wyo., and Ottumwa, Iowa, will each be the site of a new Job Corps center. The Manchester center will be the first located in New Hampshire and the Riverton center will be the first ever located in Wyoming. The Ottumwa site will be the second Job Corp center in Iowa.
"These new centers further Job Corps' mission of helping young Americans overcome barriers to employment," said Secretary Chao. "The Manchester, Ottumwa and Riverton Job Corps Centers will provide education and skills training that young workers need to succeed in the 21st century worldwide economy."
The new Job Corps centers will provide academic assistance and career technical training. High school and General Equivalency Diploma programs will also be offered. Career technical training courses will be available that will help prepare young people for careers in high-skill, high-growth industries in the 21st century worldwide economy.
Among the criteria for selecting sites for Job Corps centers is a plan that incorporates strong community support and cooperation with state and local agencies, community colleges, local school districts and civic groups.
"Job Corps is the nation's largest and most comprehensive residential, education and job training program for at-promise youth," said Job Corps Director Esther R. Johnson. "These centers not only benefit young people in need of help, but local employers as well. Each year, Job Corps deploys to communities around this country young people who have found their place in society, young people who are ready for the workforce of the 21st century and young people who are ready to change their communities for the better."
Since its inception in 1964, Job Corps has opened the door to opportunity for more than two million disadvantaged young people ages 16-24.
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