CLEVELAND (WJW) -- Local leaders fought for years to expand the federal Job Corps in Cleveland back in the late 1990s and the Coit Road center opened.

Since then, thousands of young people have gone through there and received job training.

It's something the Cleveland United Pastors in Mission said has to continue.

"It's a sad day when you have to close down one of our major institutions that becomes the last resort for our families and our children. It is there that they get a career started," Rev. Larry Macon Sr. said.

The U.S. Department of Labor said it wants to close down the 99 Job Corps campuses nationwide, including centers in Cleveland, Dayton and Cincinnati.

The department said an internal review of the Job Corps found that the centers aren't working well, citing that fewer

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