Sprucing Up Job Corps on DOL’s New Year’s Resolution List

The Labor Department will update its most expensive job training program in the new year.

The agency is looking to inject changes in the 55-year-old Job Corps program by working with several state governors to implement a new pilot curriculum for students, a senior department official told Bloomberg Law. The agency will also establish new measures to determine the success of centers involved in the $1.7 billion vocational training program.

The live-in program, which exists nationwide at more than 120 locations, helps young workers between the ages of 16 and 24. While it’s the largest job program of the DOL’s ...