The Brief
- The Treasure Island Job Corps location will be closing next month.
- A staff member tells KTVU the Department of Labor is asking youth to be out of all facilities by next week.
- Staff tells KTVU some students will have no place to go.
Students and staff members at the Treasure Island Job Corps facility say they are devastated by the plan to close all Job Corps locations by the end of June.
This week, the United States Department of Labor announced plans to close all Job Corps facilities nationwide, citing significant financial challenges.
Operations at all centers will be paused by June 30th, the Department said. However, staff on the ground at the Treasure Island location tell KTVU their students have been given an out date of June 6th, not June 30th. …