About Us

What We Do

Job Corps is a no-cost education and career technical training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that helps young people ages 16 through 24 improve the quality of their lives through career technical and academic training. The Job Corps program is authorized by Title I-C of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. For more information about the Job Corps program at a national level, please visit our Official Public Web Site.

At Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks Job Corps Center, we support the Job Corps program's mission of teaching eligible young people the skills they need to become employable and independent and placing them in meaningful jobs or further education.

Who We Are

Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks Job Corps Center is overseen by the Atlanta Regional Office of Job Corps and is operated by MINACT, Inc. Our Center Director is James T. Harris. For additional staff information, please see our Center Staff page.

Our History

Our center first opened in 1998 as the Memphis Job Corps Center. In 2006, the center name was changed to honor Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks, a leader of the civil rights movement.

General Contact Information

You may contact us at:

Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks Job Corps Center
1555 McAlister Drive
Memphis, TN 38116
Phone: (901) 396-2800
Fax: (901) 396-8712

Additional contact information for our center is available on our Contact Us page.

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Page last updated: Thursday, September 08, 2011