[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 73 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 73

Expressing the sense of Congress that Job Corps is a long-term program 
that invests in America's future and should serve as the cornerstone of 
                        youth policy in America.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 1993

   Miss Collins of Michigan (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
Murphy, Mr. Ford of Tennessee, Mrs. Meek, Mr. Scott, Mr. Towns, and Mr. 
 Romero-Barcelo) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress that Job Corps is a long-term program 
that invests in America's future and should serve as the cornerstone of 
                        youth policy in America.

Whereas by the year 2000 and beyond the workforce in the United States will 
        require high levels of basic literacy and employment skills in order to 
        meet the challenges of the marketplace;
Whereas there are millions of at-risk youths who represent a generation of 
        disenfranchised Americans ill-equipped to meet the challenges of a 
        changing workplace;
Whereas any proposal to remedy the many problems of such youths must be 
        comprehensive and provide total support for their economic and social 
        needs;
Whereas since 1964 over 1,500,000 at-risk youths have benefited from education, 
        training, and job placement in the Job Corps established under the Job 
        Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.);
Whereas the Job Corps is America's only residential education and vocational 
        training program targeted to underprivileged youths who face multiple 
        barriers to economic self-sufficiency by providing academic preparation 
        leading to a high school diploma or the equivalent, vocational skills 
        training and work experience, safe and secure housing, classes on 
        parenting skills and family planning to single mothers, and complete 
        health care;
Whereas the average Job Corps participant is an 18-year old high school dropout 
        who reads at a 7th grade level, has never held a full-time job, comes 
        from a family with an average income of $5,803, and has had a disruptive 
        home life;
Whereas these youths are considered the least likely to succeed, but over 75 
        percent of Job Corps participants obtain jobs, join the military, or 
        continue their education;
Whereas independent studies have found that for every $1 invested in the Job 
        Corps, $1.46 is returned to the economy through reductions in income 
        maintenance payments, the costs of crime and incarceration, and through 
        increased taxes paid by graduates of the Job Corps; and
Whereas the Job Corps is the only Federal youth program that has a documented, 
        long-term successful track record (approximately 30 years) and that 
        provides a return on investment greater than its cost through immediate 
        economic stimulus and long-term economic growth in depressed local 
        communities: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the Job Corps established under the Job Training 
        Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) is a long-term program 
        that invests in America's future and should serve as the 
        cornerstone of youth policy in America;
            (2) the Job Corps 50/50 plan is a long-term initiative that 
        should be expanded to enrich and improve the Job Corps by the 
        year 2000; and
            (3) enhancements to the Job Corps should be made to--
                    (A) incorporate environmental protection and 
                preservation into the existing curriculum;
                    (B) incorporate advanced technology and other 
                skilled manufacturing initiatives into the existing 
                curriculum;
                    (C) incorporate Job Corps participants into 
                community development and infrastructure improvement 
                projects in low-income communities; and
                    (D) use Job Corps centers and their existing 
                curriculum as adult literacy programs.

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