Court hearing looms on closing Iowa's 2 Job Corps centers, 120 across US - Radio Iowa

Closing Job Corps is not just bad policy — it’s a profound abandonment • Minnesota Reformer

The Hubert Humphrey Job Corps Center in St. Paul, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)We’ll call her Anaya, but she could be any of our daughters, nieces, classmates, or friends — someone who’s struggled to hold a job, manage chronic pain or overcome instability and trauma. Anaya was finishing her Job Corps training to become a nursing assistant. As a physician at her center, I’d gotten to know her through a chronic …

Court hearing looms on closing Iowa's 2 Job Corps centers, 120 across US - Radio Iowa

A federal judge in New York is scheduled to hear more arguments Wednesday in the Trump administration’s effort to close all 120 Job Corps centers nationwide, including those in Denison and Ottumwa. There are 240 young people at the Ottumwa center, while the Denison center serves 450 youth each year. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, a […]