NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction to stop the U.S. Department of Labor from shutting down Job Corps, a residential program for low-income youth, until a ...

In the DOL’s requested budget for fiscal year 2026, $176 million was requested for “closeout costs” to shut down Job Corps.

Job Corps centers will now remain open, but the labor department can continue to fight the rulings. All the uncertainty has ...

Still, for Connecticut’s two Job Corps centers, the future is uncertain. Earlier this year, the New Haven center was near capacity with 146 participants and a waiting list.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, joined Campbell, Munoz and Troy Sanders, a 22-year-old plumbing apprentice through the Job Corps, to decry the federal government's hindrance to the program.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Caleb Hunget, a 22-year-old from Cadillac, Michigan, finds hope in the midst of uncertainty after a federal judge issued an injunction Wednesday, ordering the Department of ...