What We Do
Job Corps is a no-cost education and career technical training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that helps young people ages 16 through 24 improve the quality of their lives through career technical and academic training. The Job Corps program is authorized by Title I-C of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. For more information about the Job Corps program at a national level, please visit our Official Public Web Site.At Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center, we support the Job Corps program's mission of teaching eligible young people the skills they need to become employable and independent and placing them in meaningful jobs or further education.
If you are an employer and would like to learn more about the advantages of hiring Job Corps students please visit: http://www.jobcorps.gov/business.aspx.
Who We Are
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center is overseen by the Philadelphia Regional Office of Job Corps and is operated by Horizons Youth Services. Our Center Director is Thomas Rainey. For additional staff information, please see our Center Staff page.Our History
Our center first opened in 1980 as the Prestonsburg Job Corps Center. In 1985, the center name was changed to honor of Carl D. Perkins, who served in the U.S. Congress for 35 years as a representative from the state of Kentucky.General Contact Information
You may contact us at:Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center
478 Meadows Branch Road
Prestonsburg, KY 41653-1501
Phone: (606) 433-2256
Fax: (606) 886-6048
Hi i put in an application, did orientation, did my interveiw, and am waiting for a call from the school. which has yet to happen. but im looking forward to the oppurtunity
ReplyDeletecan i contact that center about my file?
Thank you for your post and for your application. You can contact the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center HR Department directly to inquire about the status of your job application at Carl D. Perkins. Contact information is available through this link: http://carldperkins.jobcorps.gov/about.aspx.
ReplyDeleteIf you are a student interested in enrolling at Carl D. Perkins Job Corps, please contact the center's admission counselor at (800) 733-5627.