Whitney Young Job Corps Center

The Department of Labor's Office of Job Corps Whitney Young Job Corps Center is a sub-agency within the federal job-training system that operates as a residential training facility focused on youth workforce development. The center procures goods, services, and operational support for its facility and training operations through competitive federal contracting.

The Whitney Young Job Corps Center has awarded eight federal contracts cumulatively since 2010, generating a combined potential value of $898.8 million with $136.6 million obligated to date. Recent activity shows 2 awards in 2025, 1 in 2023, 3 in 2017, 1 in 2016, and 1 in 2010. The most recent award closed on 2025-06-01.

Only three distinct prime contractors have been awarded contracts across the portfolio lifetime. Over the last five years, Horizons Youth Services, L.C. received 1 award valued at $64.3 million combined potential value, while Distinction LLC holds 2 awards with $4 million combined potential value. Competitive concentration is highly fragmented by recent award count—the top two primes account for 100 percent of the three awards issued in the last five years—though the potential-value distribution reflects the dominance of the single Horizons Youth Services contract. The disparity between the small number of recent awards and the large combined portfolio potential value reflects long-term, multi-year or option-based contract structures that generate value across extended performance periods.

The set-aside mix is predominantly unrestricted: 63 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. The remaining 37 percent split between 8(a) Sole Source (13 percent), Total Small Business (13 percent), and Woman-Owned Small Business Sole Source (13 percent) designations.

No recent contract opportunities or grant activity is recorded against the agency or its descendant offices in the current data.