1964
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Economic Opportunity Act into law and authorizes Job Corps.... Read more 
1964
Sargent Shriver is appointed as Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity.... Read more 
1964
Otis Singletary is named National Director of Job Corps.... Read more 
1964
Charles “Hucklebuck” Logan, a 17-year-old from Baltimore, is the first person to sign up for Job... Read more 
1965
The first Job Corps center is inaugurated at Camp Catoctin, Maryland, with 30 students and 14 staff ... Read more 
1965
The first women’s center opens in Cleveland, Ohio.... Read more 
1966
The first center in Puerto Rico opens on Vieques.... Read more 
1967
Future boxing champion George Foreman graduates from Job Corps, which he credits with teaching him t... Read more 
1968
The Office of Economic Opportunity sets goal of raising female participation in Job Corps to 50 perc... Read more 
1969
Job Corps is transferred from the Office of Economic Opportunity to the U.S. Department of Labor.... Read more 
1970
Recognizing that a significant number of young mothers in low-income areas could not participate bec... Read more 
1970
Job Corps opens its first co-educational center in Oregon. Over the next 5 years, Job Corps adds 6 ... Read more 
1971
Job Corps’ GED success helps persuade the American Council on Education to lower testing age from ... Read more 
1972
Job Corps develops bilingual training at 8 centers designed specifically to accommodate about 5,400 ... Read more 
1974
Job Corps serves its 500,000th student.... Read more 
1976
91.8 percent of graduates are placed in careers, education programs, or the military.... Read more 
1978
Job Corps institutes the Advanced Career Training (ACT) program, which allows Job Corps students to ... Read more 
1979
Job Corps celebrates 15th anniversary.... Read more 
1982
Competency-based curriculum materials are developed for most vocational programs.... Read more 
1985
Job Corps adds a pilot program for 22- to 24-year-olds.... Read more 
1989
Job Corps celebrates 25 years of service. Job Corps’ placement rate is 83.5 percent, with 66.7 pe... Read more 
1990
Congress calls for long-term expansion of Job Corps. The 50/50 Plan is launched, focusing on improv... Read more 
1990
Job Corps launches educational initiatives that include pilot testing curricula for parenting, socia... Read more 
1992
Job Corps introduces performance-related student pay, incentives, and bonuses.... Read more 
1994
Nine new centers are announced in seven states.... Read more 
1995
A new code of conduct with zero tolerance for drugs and violence is implemented at all Job Corps cen... Read more 
2000
Average hourly wage is $7.97 for graduates; national minimum is $5.15.... Read more 
2001
Job Corps adopts the CDSS (Career Development Services System) model for the program. Students go t... Read more 
2001
U.S. Department of Labor signs agreement with U.S. Department of Education, leading to the High Scho... Read more 
2004
Job Corps celebrates 40 years of service and has one of the highest job placement rates among the na... Read more 
2006
Career Success Standards are introduced into the curriculum at all Job Corps centers. Standards inc... Read more 
2008
Environmentally friendly practices are implemented on centers and into all training programs.... Read more 
2009
Job Corps launches new career training offerings, including Weatherization Technician, Overhead Line... Read more 
2012
The program achieves a new milestone with the opening of Ottumwa Job Corps Center in Iowa—125 cent... Read more 
2013
Job Corps launches presences on social media with a Facebook page and a YouTube channel.... Read more 
2013
Job Corps aligns its national career training programs with more than 350 industry-recognized creden... Read more 
2014
Job Corps celebrates its 50th birthday with 125 centers in 48 states, the District of Columbia, and ... Read more 
2014
Construction is underway for Manchester Job Corps Center in Manchester, New Hampshire. Plans are al... Read more
–PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON (Special Message to the Congress Proposing a Nationwide War on the Sources of Poverty through the Creation of Job Corps and Other Programs)
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