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# Job Corps: Fighting For a Future
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/whro-news/specials/job-corps-fighting-for-a-future-akfei6-2/
- Published: 2025-11-03T13:03:03.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-11T17:00:15.000Z
- Description: Under Trump, a lifeline for young women in rural Virginia fights to survive.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: WHRO News, #ZZZ_Show_654e867c-867c-40b9-9fa4-7cf81f7743ae, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_30291a02-ebc0-488d-ae5c-422f541baef3, #special

Rehab and juvenile detention didn’t bring Crystal Sierra to the milestone she’s about to celebrate: One year of sobriety. For that, she credits Job Corps, a federal vocational program for troubled and low-income youths. President Donald Trump’s administration has been trying to cut or close it for months.