[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 108 (Monday, August 8, 1994)]
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                               JOB CORPS

  Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, I want to assure my colleague from Hawaii 
that I will not use anywhere close to 10 minutes.
  I just want to respond that I understand there was some criticism of 
the Job Corps made today. Sixty-five thousand young people annually are 
being helped by the Job Corps. My staff has a note here that it returns 
a net benefit to society of $1.46 for every $1 invested, according to 
the Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Study and several subsequent 
independent reviews.
  But in terms of the criticism that it has high dropout rates, it is 
important that we are talking about young people who are marginal. 
Eighty percent of those who go into the Job Corps are high school 
dropouts. And yet, we have very remarkable results in terms of what 
they do after they get through. Sixty-five percent of the Job Corps 
students are placed in jobs or enrolled in full-time education. It is 
true, about one-third drop out within 3 months. But even that one-
third, who knows how they may have been helped.
  Another criticism was that Job Corps executives receive high 
compensation. The reality is those who are in charge of the Job Corps 
do not, but there is an allegation. If somebody from the private sector 
comes on and works 1 day a week, there is an apportionment of that 
person's private sector salary, and sometimes those do get a little 
high. But when you annualize that, you give a very false impression of 
what is happening.
  They say that Job Corps centers that are not operating well continue 
to be permitted to operate. The reality is that 20 contracts had been 
dropped by the Job Corps.
  The Milton Eisenhower Foundation says:

       The Job Corps results have been consistently positive, and 
     its performance is highly effective.

  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the groups of 
organizations that endorse the Job Corps be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the list was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                  Organizations Committed to Job Corps


                   academic and research institutions

       Grand Rapids Public Schools.
       Tuskegee University.
       University of Nevada-Reno.


                            advocacy groups

       Bread for the World.
       Center for Law & Social Policy.
       Child Welfare League of America, Inc.
       Children's Defense Fund.
       Coalition on Human Needs.
       National Child Labor Committee.
       National Urban League.
       U.S. Conference of Mayors.


                                business

       Adams and Associates, Inc.
       Career Systems Development Corporation.
       Coyne American Institute.
       Dau, Walker & Associates.
       Dynamic Education Systems, Inc.
       DMJM/HTB.
       Education Management Corporation.
       ITT Job Training Services, Inc.
       Management and Training Corporation.
       The MAXIMA Corporation.
       MINACT, Inc.
       National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
       Res-Care, Inc.
       Teledyne Economic Development Company.
       The EC Corporation.
       Training and Development Corporation.
       Vinnell Corporation.
       Wackenhut Education Services, Inc.


              education, training & Service organizations

       Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
       American Youth Policy Forum.
       Association of Jewish Family & Children's Agencies.
       Council of Jewish Federations.
       Empire State Organization of Youth Employment Services.
       F.E.G.S.-New York City.
       Home Builders Institute, the educational arm of the 
     National Association of Home Builders.
       Jobs for Youth-Boston.
       Jobs for Youth-New York.
       National Youth Employment Coalition.
       Pacific Education Foundation.
       Texas Educational Foundation.
       Utah Youth Employment Coalition.
       YouthBuild USA.


                            federal agencies

       U.S. Department of Agriculture--Forest Service.
       U.S. Department of the Interior--Bureau of Reclamation.
       U.S. Department of the Interior--Fish and Wildlife.
       U.S. Department of the Interior--National Park Service.
       U.S. Department of Labor.


                              labor unions

       Appalachian Council AFL-CIO.
       International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades 
     AFL-CIO.
       International Masonry Institute.
       International Union of Operating Engineers AFL-CIO.
       National Maritime Union of America AFL-CIO.
       Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International.
       Transportation-Communications International Union.
       United Auto Workers AFL-CIO.
       United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.


                     native american organizations

       Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
       Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai.
       Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation.


                   Volunteer/Community service groups

       Fresh Air Fund.
       Joint Action in Community Service.
       Opportunities Industrialization Centers for America.
       Puerto Rico Volunteer Youth Corps.
       Women in Community Service: American G.I. Forum Women, 
     Church Women United, National Council of Catholic Women, 
     National Council of Jewish Women, and National Council of 
     Negro Women.
       YWCA of Los Angeles.

  Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, the Home Builders of America have been 
particularly active in this field. The Job Corps works with young 
people who are not the valedictorians and the salutatorians of their 
class. Again, 80 percent of them did not make it to graduation. They 
are young people who need help, and the Job Corps, I think, does an 
effective job of helping them.
  I am pleased to join in supporting the Job Corps and pleased that the 
committee is continuing its support of the Job Corps.
  I yield the floor, Mr. President.
  Mr. INOUYE addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii is recognized. I 
remind the Senator we are still in morning business, with a 10-minute 
limitation on speakers.
  Mr. INOUYE. That was my inquiry, to find out the pending business.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. DeConcini). The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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