Exeter Job Corps suspending operations by end of June

Updated at 2:57 p.m.

PBN Staff

05/30/2025

THE EXETER Job Corps will shut down by the end of next month as part of a nationwide pause by the U.S. Department of Labor. Pictured is one of the program's culinary students in 2023. / COURTESY SPENCER GOSSY — THE EXETER Job Corps would shut down by the end of June as part of a nationwide pause proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor. Pictured is one of the program's culinary students in 2023. / COURTESY SPENCER GOSSY

PROVIDENCE – The Exeter Job Corps will shut down by the end of June as part of the U.S. Department of Labor’s nationwide “pause” of the free education and vocational training program amid questions surrounding its effectiveness. The agency announced on May 29 that it will begin a phased pause in operations at contractor-operated Job Corps

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