[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                             THE IEA PROGRAM

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                           HON. HOWARD COBLE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 1994

  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, a successful school-to-work training program 
is being conducted in Greensboro, NC, that can be replicated across the 
country in order to meet the needs of providing skilled workers to the 
home building industry. The Industry-Education Alliance [IEA], as the 
program is known, is a school-to-work training program for dislocated 
adults seeking jobs in the residential homebuilding industry.
  The IEA program is offered through the Greater Greensboro Builders 
Association and Guilford Technical Community College. Assistance is 
also provided nationally by the Home Builders Institute, the 
educational arm of the National Association of Home Builders, and PAVE, 
the Educational and Training Foundation.
  The only goal of the program is to help train these dislocated 
adults, turning them into skilled carpentry framers and place them in 
jobs in the building industry. By providing the students with quality 
classroom instruction and hands-on training at the work site from 
professionals in the home building industry, the IEA program helps 
students prepare for work in the homebuilding industry. In fact, 100 
percent of the students completing the program have been placed in jobs 
in the homebuilding industry.
  As we look for successful models in which to prepare young Americans 
for industries of the future, I urge everyone to examine the IEA 
program in Greensboro. It is an excellent example of the private sector 
(home builders) and the public section (local schools) working in 
partnership in order to prepare students for quality careers in the 
building industry. On behalf of the citizens of the Sixth District of 
North Carolina, we congratulate IEA for a job well done.

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