Jobcorps Student Portal (2024)

FAQs

How long does it take Job Corps to respond? ›

Campus staff will review your information to determine your acceptance. This step in the process takes about 30 days. I've been accepted to Job Corps.

After you graduate, Job Corps will provide you with a transition allowance based on your academic and career skills achievement while in the program.

Privacy of Person and Possessions

The Job Corps center director must ensure that each student's area, including any storage for belongings, remains private. Neither students nor their belongings may be searched or examined except under circumstances described in Chapter 5, Section 5.3, Safety and Security.

What should I leave at home? If you will be living at the Job Corps center, you cannot bring hot plates, cooking utensils, portable heaters or similar items. We discourage bringing large television sets, stereos, boom boxes, etc.

At Job Corps, students have access to room and board while they learn skills in specific training areas for up to three years.

Resignation Separation – Student freely decides to quit Job Corps. Resignations must be accepted at any time a student requests unless they are pursuing it as a means of avoiding a disciplinary discharge.

Regardless of where you live during your Job Corps experience, we'll make sure to provide everything you need to succeed in your training and education goals. When you live at Job Corps, you can expect: Being assigned a dorm (male and female dorms are separate) and having at least one or more roommates.

Its effectiveness was evaluated using a randomized controlled trial conducted in 48 states and the District of Columbia. This report found statistically significant, positive impacts of Job Corps on participants' employment, earnings, and education and training outcomes measured after four years.

Job Corps centers are located across the U.S. If there isn't a center near you or a center that offers a program you are interested in, Job Corps allows you to be a part of programs in other states.

Centers may recommend that the applicant be readmitted to Job Corps, but may recommend that the applicant not be readmitted to the previous center the applicant attended, in cases where rejoining the original center would decrease the applicant's likelihood to succeed in the program.

What is the youngest age to go to Job Corps? ›

The applicant must be at least 16 years of age and not more than 24 years of age on the date of enrollment (i.e., date of arrival at the center, or date of departure for a center if using government-furnished transportation).

All Job Corps students must wear the appropriate attire based on the centers' student dress codes. For all students, regardless of gender identity, Job Corps centers must not maintain dress codes that restrict the clothing or appearance of students on the basis of gender.

Dear Job Corps Student or Guardian: As a Job Corps program student, you are eligible to receive a Chromebook or equivalent equipment and wireless hotspot through Job Corps' Student Loaner Device Program to facilitate your participation in distance learning.

Job Corps provides free career training and education for 16- through 24-year-olds. We have over 120 campuses across the U.S. where students gain the experience needed to begin a career or apprenticeship, advance to higher education, or join the military.

If approved, you'll have to wait three months after the refugees arrive in the United States to apply again. Timelines vary depending on each unique case. You should expect that it will take a minimum of six months up to a few years from the time you submit a completed application.

Within two weeks of submitting your application, you should receive notice of whether or not your application has been put under review. Only the most competitive applicants will be contacted later to schedule an interview.