How to Get Free Job Corps Training for Your Teen or Young Adult

Job Corps Career Training

Each year, the federally-funded Job Corps program provides free career training to more than 60,000 teenagers and young adults. Training is available in a wide variety of career areas, including health care, security, automotive, bookkeeping, computer technology, education, engineering, heavy equipment operators, and many, many other areas. Most of the focus is on vocational training to learn specific skills. Job Corps is more than just a jobs-development program, as if offers assistance in many other areas of life as well. Here's how to find out if Job Corps is right for you, or someone you know.

Things You'll Need

• Completed (or fairly close to completing) a high school education

Instructions

1. 

   **Visit JobCorps.gov**

   At the Job Corps website, you'll find plenty of information on how the program works, and how to get started.

   In particular, it's important to understand that Job Corps offers assistance in many areas beyond just training for a career. Job Corps can help with food and housing costs (many programs are 'residency' programs that house trainees), provide health and dental insurance, help students complete their high school equivalency (GED) diploma, arrange apprenticeships and job interviews, prepare professional resumes, and assist in many other areas.

   Job Corps information is available in both English and Spanish.

2. 

   **Check the Requirements**

   There are age, educational and income requirements for participating in Job Corps training programs. Job Corps is chiefly aimed at helping students from low-income families develop the skills and gain the experience to pursue their chosen career path.

3. **Get Started**

   To fully explore if Job Corps is right for you, your next step should be to contact a local Job Corps counselor. Call their toll-free national number at (800)733-JOBS, to learn more about the program, and to find the contact information for the Jobs Corps counselor in your area.

   You can also communicate by email: [e-mail]