Horizons Youth Services

Muhlenberg Job Corps wins big at HYS Leadership Meeting

Muhlenberg Job Corps Center took three first place awards at the Horizons Youth Services Leadership Meeting, Jan. 20-24 in Glassboro, N.J. Each year HYS presents a number of annual awards to the highest ranking centers it operates or serves as a sub-contractor for.

Muhlenberg Job Corps employees celebrate seven new awards.

The Muhlenberg Job Corps Center received first place in Safety & Environmental Health for having the highest Student Satisfaction Survey scores, Occupational Safety & Health scores and overall assessment ratings. Muhlenberg’s Finance & Administration department won first place for timeliness, accuracy and fiscal integrity of all financial operations.  Muhlenberg also won first place in Energy Conservation for having the largest reduction in water, gas and electric consumption of all centers operated by HYS.

HYS currently operates Muhlenberg, the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center in Prestonsburg, Ky., the Charleston (W.Va.) Job Corps Center, and the Sacramento (Calif.) Job Corps Center. Additionally, HYS serves as a sub-contractor for the Cleveland (Ohio) Job Corps Center and the Turner Job Corps Center in Albany, Ga.

In addition to its three first-place awards, Muhlenberg came in third place for being a High Performance Center in the Outcome Measurement System rankings which compare all 126 Job Corps centers in the nation. Muhlenberg’s welding and clinical medical assistant career technical training programs received the “Top 10 Best Career Technical Training” award and its Heavy Truck Driving program placed third in the “Highest Performance CTT10” category.

The Muhlenberg Job Corps Center currently ranks 62nd in the nation out of 126 Job Corps centers in OMS rankings.