Video: Career counselor at Little Rock Job Corps says federal pause on operations nationwide leaves students with nowhere to go

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The NAACP in Arkansas is calling for immediate action in response to the closing of Job Corps centers in the state.

The NAACP Arkansas State Conference, along with the NAACP Little Rock Branch, NAACP Sebastian County Branch, and NAACP St. Francis Branch, referred to the centers as “vital” in a statement released on Thursday.

NAACP officials said the shuttering of key facilities has impacted thousands of young Arkansans, especially those from low-income and minority backgrounds, cutting them off from critical career training and life development resources.

“The closures directly threaten the future of workforce readiness, educational access,

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