Did You Know?

• Administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, Job Corps provides career technical training and education to students ages 16 through 24 on a voluntary enrollment basis.

• Employing Job Corps graduates can earn you tax credit. The Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program offers tax credit of up to 40 percent of the first $6,000, or up to $2,400, in wages paid during the first 12 months for each new hire.

• Students learn and practice their career skills on-center and at actual work sites under the direction of Job Corps' employer partners (called work-based learning). This makes students skilled and trained, ready to make an immediate impact.

• At Job Corps, students have the opportunity to earn a high school diploma or GED - the first step to becoming "workforce ready."

• Job Corps in the Southeast offers more than 60 career areas, including auto body repair, business office technology, carpentry, cement masonry, computer repair, culinary arts, health occupations, information technology, painting, retail sales and welding. Descriptions of each can be found on this site.

• There are 122 Job Corps centers, located in 46 of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

• Job Corps enrolls approximately 60,000 youths ages 16 through 24 annually and has assisted more than 2 million since its inception in 1964.

• Job Corps has partnerships with companies like Dell, Roto-Rooter, Sears, AAMCO, Home Depot and Walgreens, to name a few.

• Job Corps has also formed partnerships with high-tech industries to offer career training in high demand areas like computer repair and nursing. Examples include Sun Micro Systems, Cisco Systems and HCR Manor Care.

• Job Corps provides a safe environment for its students, with on-campus security and a Zero Tolerance Policy for drugs and violence, making sure you get a great employee.

• Once students graduate from Job Corps and secure a job, our staff remains in contact with them for up to 18 months after graduation, helping graduates make the transition from student to working professional.

• 88 percent of Job Corps graduates join the workforce, enlist in the military or enroll in higher education programs.

• Job Corps students give back to their communities. Collectively, the 19 centers in the Southeast (Job Corps Atlanta Region) donated more than 28,000 hours of community service in 2003. Each year approximately 30,000 Job Corps students and staff participate in volunteer initiatives such as National Youth Service Day, Make a Difference Day and Groundhog Job Shadow Day.

• The average Job Corps student receives 1,000 or more hours of classroom instruction - the equivalent of one additional year of high school.

• Former Olympic and heavyweight champion George Foreman learned to box at Job Corps, and he is a graduate of the program.