An organization (part of the U.S. Department of Labor) which aims to provide young people from poor backgrounds with vocational skills and experience at (usually residential) training centres.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in The Newark Advocate.
Definition of Job Corps in US English:
Job Corps
noun
US
An organization (part of the U.S. Department of Labor) which aims to provide young people from poor backgrounds with vocational skills and experience at (usually residential) training centres.