Job Corps is a major part of federal efforts to provide education and job training to disadvantaged youths. It provides comprehensive services: basic education, vocational skills training, health care and education, counseling, and residential support. More than 60,000 new students between the ages of 16 and 24 enroll in Job Corps each year, at an annual cost to the federal government of more than $1 billion. Currently, the program provides training at 119 Job Corps centers nationwide. The National Job Corps Study is being conducted under contract with the U.S. Department of Labor to provide Congress and program managers with the information they need to assess how well Job Corps attains its goal of helping students become employable, productive citizens.
- National Job Corps Study: Assessing Program Effects on Earnings for Students Achieving Key Program Milestones(2001)
- National Job Corps Study: Impacts by Center Characteristics(2001)
- National Job Corps Study: Methodological Appendixes on the Impact Analysis(2001)
- National Job Corps Study: The Benefits and Costs of Job Corps(2001)
- National Job Corps Study: The Impacts of Job Corps on Participants' Employment and Related Outcomes(2001)
- National Job Corps Study: The Impacts of Job Corps on Participants? Literacy Skills(2000)
- National Job Corps Study: Job Corps Applicants' Programmatic Experiences (Final Report)(2000)
- National Job Corps Study: The Short-Term Impacts of Job Corps on Participants' Employment and Related Outcomes(2000)
- National Job Corps Study: Report on the Process Analysis(1999)
- National Job Corps Study: Report on Study Implementation(1999)
- National Job Corps Study: The Value of the Output and Services Produced by Students While Enrolled in Job Corps(1999)
- National Job Corps Study: Characteristics of Youths Served by Job Corps(1998)
- National Job Corps Study: Eligible Applicants(1998)
- National Job Corps Study: Methodological Appendixes on Sample Implementation and Baseline Interviewing(1998)
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