Job Corps Scholars Program

The Jobs Corps Scholars Program is a competitive grant to accredited community colleges, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and tribal colleges and universities (TCCUs) to provide one year of tuition and intensive educational and career training to designated scholars.

Administering Agency:

DOL

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Key Details:

Funding Overview:

The Jobs Corps Scholars Program is a competitive grant to accredited community colleges, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and tribal colleges and universities (TCCUs) to provide one year of tuition and intensive educational and career training to designated scholars.

Common Uses:

One year of tuition, intensive career and personal counseling services, employment services, transportation, and student school and lab supplies.

Issue Area(s): Criminal Justice, Other

Eligibility: State

Key Usage Options: Hire Staff, Transportation, Workforce Development

Funding Amount/Range: Up to $1,186,900

Allocation Frequency: Every 2 years

Funding/Expending Period: 2 years

Funding Type: Competitive Grant

How to Obtain: Application Process

Match Requirement: No

Notes:

Eligible applicants are community colleges, HBCUs, and TCCUs. Participation in Job Corps is associated with a lower rate of future arrest, conviction, and incarceration.