As the Hubert Humphrey Job Corps Center in Saint Paul prepares to close its doors, dozens of young adults are facing an uncertain future. The closure leaves many without housing, education, or other skills needed to succeed in the workforce.

The free education and training program, which serves 417 at-risk young adults in the Garden State and thousands nationally, will shut down by June 30.

River Brown, 23, has been floating around food service jobs since she was 15. Struggling to pay for the cost of living and facing homelessness, she joined the Albuquerque Job