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USDA Forest Service
Daniel Boone
National Forest
1700 Bypass Road
Winchester, KY 40391

Phone: 859-745-3100
FAX: 859-744-1568

Employment: Job Corps

Job Corps is a no-cost education and vocational training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that helps young people ages 16 through 24 get a better job, make more money, and take control of their lives.

The Forest Service operates 18 Job Corps Centers on National Forest Land in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor. Dating back to the Civilian Conservation Corps of 1930's, the Forest Service has a long history of involvement with employment programs. The Forest Service is a conservation agency, and what better place for a conservation agency to be than in Job Corps where the work is that of conserving the nation's most precious resource, its youth?

At Job Corps, students enroll to learn a trade, earn a high school diploma or GED and get help finding a good job. When you join the program, you will be paid a monthly allowance; the longer you stay with the program, the more your allowance will be. Job Corps provides career counseling and transition support to its students for up to 12 months after they graduate from the program.

As a national, primarily residential training program, Job Corps' mission is to attract eligible young adults, teach them the skills they need to become employable and independent, and place them in meaningful jobs or further education.

The Daniel Boone National Forest hosts two Job Corps centers.

Frenchburg Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
HCR 68 - Box 2170
Highway 77
Mariba, KY 40322
606-768-2111

Pine Knot Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
PO Box 1990
U.S. Highway 27
Pine Knot, KY 42635-1990
606-354-2176

Title: Employment
Last Updated: December 22, 2008

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