From Defeat to Triumph

Some students come to Job Corps for education; some come for the career training. For Chellbie, Job Corps was a safe haven. 

Chellbie found out about Job Corps during her senior year of high school, when she was struggling with school and her home situation. When Chellbie’s high school counselor suggested she check out the program and told her she’d be able to earn her high school diploma and get a driver’s license there, she jumped at the opportunity. 

“I thought to myself, I can be a brand-new person. I can live the way I want to live.”    

Thanks to the support of her teachers and peers, Chellbie blossomed at Trapper Creek Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center. Dorm chief, recreation hall president, dorm hours leader, wellness leader, safety officer, squad boss, recreation secretary, dorm safety leader. These are all accolades and leadership roles that she earned.  

While completing her forest conservation training at Trapper Creek, Chellbie also participated in Job Corps’ work-based learning program that gives students on-the-job experience even before they graduate, adding timber market, trail building, bridge building, timber harvest and vegetation skills to her resume. 

Chellbie’s love of the outdoors and experience at Job Corps have led her to a career in the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. Her goal is to become a forest firefighter, and she’s well on her way. 

“Job Corps didn’t just help me grow as a student, but as a person too.”    

We’re ready to help youth find their next step.  

Learn more about the resources we have that you can use with your students to help them find their path and a career. 

Help them get started: 

• Learn about Job Corps’ eligibility requirements.
• We have open enrollment, so your students can start their application today, tomorrow or whenever is right for them. 

Our local admissions counselors will support them every step of the way through the process. 

Please forward this e-mail to the foster youth and families you work with to let them know about new opportunities at Job Corps.   

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