1964
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Economic Opportunity Act into law and authorizes Job Corps....
1964
Charles “Hucklebuck” Logan, a 17-year-old from Baltimore, is the first person to sign up for Job...
1965
The first Job Corps center is inaugurated at Camp Catoctin, Maryland, with 30 students and 14 staff ...
1967
Future boxing champion George Foreman graduates from Job Corps, which he credits with teaching him t...
1968
The Office of Economic Opportunity sets goal of raising female participation in Job Corps to 50 perc...
1969
Job Corps is transferred from the Office of Economic Opportunity to the U.S. Department of Labor....
1970
Recognizing that a significant number of young mothers in low-income areas could not participate bec...
1970
Job Corps opens its first co-educational center in Oregon. Over the next 5 years, Job Corps adds 6 ...
1971
Job Corps’ GED success helps persuade the American Council on Education to lower testing age from ...
1972
Job Corps develops bilingual training at 8 centers designed specifically to accommodate about 5,400 ...
1976
91.8 percent of graduates are placed in careers, education programs, or the military....
1978
Job Corps institutes the Advanced Career Training (ACT) program, which allows Job Corps students to ...
1989
Job Corps celebrates 25 years of service. Job Corps’ placement rate is 83.5 percent, with 66.7 pe...
1990
Congress calls for long-term expansion of Job Corps. The 50/50 Plan is launched, focusing on improv...
1990
Job Corps launches educational initiatives that include pilot testing curricula for parenting, socia...
1995
A new code of conduct with zero tolerance for drugs and violence is implemented at all Job Corps cen...
2001
Job Corps adopts the CDSS (Career Development Services System) model for the program. Students go t...
2001
U.S. Department of Labor signs agreement with U.S. Department of Education, leading to the High Scho...
2004
Job Corps celebrates 40 years of service and has one of the highest job placement rates among the na...
2006
Career Success Standards are introduced into the curriculum at all Job Corps centers. Standards inc...
2008
Environmentally friendly practices are implemented on centers and into all training programs....
2009
Job Corps launches new career training offerings, including Weatherization Technician, Overhead Line...
2012
The program achieves a new milestone with the opening of Ottumwa Job Corps Center in Iowa—125 cent...
2013
Job Corps launches presences on social media with a Facebook page and a YouTube channel....
2013
Job Corps aligns its national career training programs with more than 350 industry-recognized creden...
2014
Job Corps celebrates its 50th birthday with 125 centers in 48 states, the District of Columbia, and ...
2014
Construction is underway for Manchester Job Corps Center in Manchester, New Hampshire. Plans are al...
–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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