There’s no more vexing and persistent issue today than youth unemployment, particularly in America’s largest cities. And to the extent that great moments can be born from great challenges, this moment may be the opportunity for Job Corps, an organization that serves approximately 60,000 youths annually, to answer the skills crisis among disaffected youth.
Indeed, this widely respected 50-year-old organization, already a leading provider of education, career training and job placement for disengaged youth, is poised to reinvent itself into “America’s 21st-century Skills Hub.”
