Task Corps, Better Targeted Career Training and Improved Pre-enrollment Info Might Boost Female Residential Trainee Recruitment and Retention
Developed in 1964, Task Corps is the nation’s largest property, educational, and profession training program for financially disadvantaged youths. Administered by the Dept. of Labor (Labor), Task Corps received about $1.6 billion in program year 2007 and served about 60,000 students. Some have actually expressed concern that Job Corps centers are not meeting planned registration objectives, especially for women. This report evaluated the: (1) degree to which Task Corps centers are operating at or near capacity for residential trainees; (2) significant elements that affect the recruitment and retention of residential students, particularly women; and (3) steps, if any, Labor has taken to address the recruitment and retention of residential trainees. Illustrations.
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