Two unique job training centers in Hawaii are slated for closure in a Trump administration move to terminate the federal government’s 61-year-old Job Corps program.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday that Job Corps operations nationwide, which provide low-income youth and young adults with vocational training and schooling, will cease by June 30.

Labor Department officials said the federally funded program operated by contractors has high costs and failed to achieve satisfactory results.

“Job Corps was created to help young adults build a pathway to a better life through education, training, and community,” Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said in a statement announcing the decision. “However, a startling number of serious incident reports and our in-depth fiscal analysi

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