{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Radio Chatskill","title":"Callicoon Job Corps Students Return After Court Stops Sudden Closure","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":718,"description":"The future of the Delaware Valley Job Corps Center in Callicoon — and dozens of similar training centers nationwide — remains uncertain, but a federal court ruling has temporarily halted efforts to shut them down.On Wednesday, a U.S. District Court judge in New York City granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from proceeding with its plan to suspend operations at contractor-operated Job Corps centers across the country. That includes the Delaware Valley Job Corps in Sullivan County.The decision follows a lawsuit filed by the National Job Corps Association against the U.S. Department of Labor, arguing that only Congress has the authority to dismantle the long-running workforce training program for low-income youth.A Sudden Closure OrderJennifer Cha, of Adams and Associates, which operates the Callicoon-based center, told Radio Catskill the center received a “termination for convenience” notice from the Department of Labor on May 29. The order directed them to immediately stop all student training, begin sending students home, and shutter the facility by June 30.“We were told to immediately start sending students home and provide a list of any students that would not be gone within a week,” said Cha. “It was not a pause — it was a closure.”The sudden shutdown would have affected 177 students and 101 staff members, many of whom were left reeling from the uncertainty. The center is one of the largest employers in Sullivan County.Vulnerable Students Caught in the MiddleAmong the most at-risk students are those without stable housing. Nationally, about 20% of Job Corps students are unhoused or aging out of foster care. Cha confirmed that while some students were able to return home, others had no safe place to go.“We do not send any students away without them having a home of record to go to,” she said, noting that several housing-insecure students remained on site. “Luckily, we were granted the restraining order and did not have to...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q7XXsnSXT_u4mZLCn3chUorwDmUD_kWiB272D6emB18/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80N2Uy/OGY5MWUwZThkYTEw/NDVkZGM2ZGZkZDIw/ZjliOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}