[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H. Con. Res. 163 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 163


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2009

Received and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                                Pensions

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing support for designation of September 23, 2009, as ``National 
                            Job Corps Day''.

Whereas over the course of 45 years, nearly 3,000,000 youth in the United States 
        have been provided a safe living and learning environment on Job Corps 
        campuses nationwide;
Whereas 123 Job Corps campuses educate and train 60,000 youth in the United 
        States each year;
Whereas throughout its more than four decades of existence, Job Corps has 
        successfully provided the Nation's economically disadvantaged youth with 
        critical residential, academic, and vocational services;
Whereas Job Corps is considered the Nation's largest and most successful high 
        school dropout recovery and youth empowerment program;
Whereas youth enrolled in Job Corps, receive intensive academic remediation, 
        gain employability, learn life skills, and receive job placement 
        assistance;
Whereas Job Corps builds the lives of youth, many of whom are high school 
        dropouts, read slightly below the 8th grade reading level, and have 
        never held a full-time job;
Whereas in an average 8 month stay at Job Corps the vast majority of youth leave 
        with a high school diploma or equivalency, improve their literacy by 
        more than two grade levels, and 75 percent of Job Corps graduates secure 
        employment or enter the military;
Whereas Job Corps' successful model of preparing youth in the United States has 
        included partnerships and linkages with employers and labor 
        representatives;
Whereas this public-private partnership of American ingenuity has led to local 
        and large employers and labor representatives providing Job Corps 
        students hands-on, practical experience through internships and helping 
        during the transition from student to employee;
Whereas Job Corps students and staff have contributed to their communities 
        through millions of hours of community service, signaling the importance 
        of giving back to the communities in which they live;
Whereas dedicated Job Corps staff invest their time and talents in the lives of 
        students and without whom Job Corps could not fulfill its mission;
Whereas the economic benefits of a local Job Corps center generate 100 permanent 
        jobs, thus producing 15,000 qualified and dedicated staff in 48 States, 
        the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; and
Whereas September 23, 2009, would be an appropriate day to designate as 
        ``National Job Corps Day'', in honor of the 45th anniversary of Job 
        Corps: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) supports the designation of ``National Job Corps Day''; 
        and
            (2) encourages State and local governments to observe the 
        day with appropriate activities that promote awareness of Job 
        Corps.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 2009.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.