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Benefits to Students

Students receive Job Corps Services at no-cost. In essence, students pay for services they receive by completing the program, becoming gainfully employed and contributing to the economy through spending and paying taxes.  Therefore, students are expected to actively participate in their education and training and make appropriate progress throughout the program leading toward transitioning to employment, college or advanced training.  They are expected to follow Job Corps' rules - especially the zero tolerance for violence and drugs.

Per Two week pay period

A clothing allotment paid at three intervals during a students' first year in Job Corps, and amounting to $317 total during that year.

Transition pay is for Job Corps graduates and the amount of transition pay depends on specific completion criteria for students.

Follow-up survey payments of $20 per survey are made to those graduates who complete the Job Corps follow-up surveys.

Eco passes for use on the Santa Clara County bus and light rail system.

Meals are served daily for residential students and available to non-residential students on training days. Food service is cafeteria style with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and evening snack on training days. On non-training days, brunch and dinner are served.

Dormitory living quarters for residential students. There are separate dorms for men and women, all supervised by resident advisors whenever students are in the dorms. No male students are allowed in female dorms and no females are allowed in male dorms.

Vocational training in more than 25 career options is available. Often students will complete more than one vocational course in order to expand their career options or to enhance opportunities in one career by completing a complimentary course.

Career exploration and assessment assists students in making training and career decisions.

Communications classes help students develop verbal and written communications skills needed for employment success.

Basic academic classes help students gain basic skills upgrades needed for vocational training success and as preparation for GED or high school courses.

Students are encouraged to earn a GED or high school diploma in one of the two charter schools located on the Job Corps campus. Students often earn a GED and follow that with their high school diploma.

Driver's education gives students the opportunity for a California Driver's License.

Recreation and leadership opportunities enable students to develop leadership skills that enhance their career pathways through a variety of leisure-time activities.

A phase system allows students to earn additional privileges as they progress through Job Corps. It is an incentive to do well while in the program.

Career preparation and transition readiness classes provide essential employability skills, knowledge of the One-Stop Career Centers and related programs, information on labor market and the projections for various occupations, and independent living and other transition to employment skills.

Work-based learning affords students with on-the-job, paid and unpaid, real world opportunities to gain experience with employers. These opportunities occur in the career development, in career transition readiness and career transition phases of the program.

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San Jose Job Corps Center, 3485 East Hills Drive, San Jose, CA 95127-2970
Phone (408) 254-5627 Fax (408) 254-5663

For more information please contact rich.kathy@jobcorps.org