Labor Dept. Halts Enrollment in Job Corps

[The Straight Story]

Labor Dept. Halts Enrollment in Job Corps

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The Department of Labor closed off new enrollment to Job Corps until at least June 30 after lawmakers complained about a budget shortfall that has now reached nearly $100 million.

The decision could impact as many as 30,000 young adults struggling to find work, and it could mean about 10,000 staffers losing their jobs.

More than 70 members of Congress from both parties wrote to the Labor Department wanting answers about the program’s budget problems.

Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-Maryland) told The Washington Post: “The timing of this freeze could not be worse. Though our economy is adding jobs, the number of unemployed remains high. If you add to that the fact that many of the unemployed do not possess the basic skills to fill even the few jobs that are available, what you have is a country standing at a crossroads.”

http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/labor-dept-halts-enrollment-in-job-corps-130219?news=847113

[RC]

1. We have plenty of money for war, but never enough to help our own.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. allegations of fraud

new enrollments are frozen pending investigations.

My son is at Tongue Point and he says it's pretty bad. The food has gone downhill and it was not that good to begin with. admitting staff has already been cut and the kids are worried.