Saebra Grannis was working on earning her high school diploma at the Brunswick Job Corps until the federal government abruptly decided to close the job training program that is helping more than 200 young adults in Coastal Georgia.
On May 29, the head of the Brunswick center received notice to cease all activities and remove all students from housing provided by the organization by June 6. This week, a federal judge granted a two-week temporary block on the order.
The Brunswick office is one of 99 contractor-operated centers facing the end of its vocational training in 11 trades, diploma certificates and stable housing. At least 25 of the students in Glynn County will be homeless if federal funding ceases for the program that started in 1964 to support low-income youth.
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