Perkins Signs New WBL Agreement With Judge Executive’s Office

On March 28, Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center’s Business & Community Liaison Jimmie Slone and Floyd County Judge Executive R.D. “Doc” Marshall signed papers as part of a new partnership between the center and the Floyd County Judge Executive’s office. This new partnership will provide work-based learning internships for CDP students within different departments of the county government.

Students earn work-based learning credits several different ways, including completing internships with employers, volunteering for community service projects related to their chosen career area and working on campus projects to help improve Job corps facilities and programs. These WBL experiences provide students with ways to improve their local communities, put the career skills they are learning to use while giving back, and develop a greater appreciation for volunteer service, showing that “Job Corps Works.”