[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 162 (Wednesday, October 26, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1945]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF HUMPHREY JOB CORPS CENTER

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                          HON. BETTY McCOLLUM

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 26, 2011

  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to commemorate the 30th 
anniversary of the Hubert H. Humphrey Jobs Corps Center in Saint Paul, 
Minnesota, and to honor the students, staff and volunteers who make the 
Center a success.
  Job Corps provides hope and the opportunity to create a better life 
for thousands of young Americans every year, through career technical 
and academic training. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey was one of the 
early architects of Job Corps, and it is a fitting tribute to his 
leadership that Minnesota's Job Corps Center continues to proudly bear 
his name 30 years after the first students walked through the doors on 
July 15th, 1981.
  The Humphrey Job Corps Center gets results. By 1985, the Center's 
job-placement rate reached 90%, and in 1986 the Center became one of 
the first Job Corps Centers in the nation to be accredited by the North 
Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
  Humphrey Job Corps continues to grow and innovate. Today it serves 
between three-hundred to four-hundred students each year, offering 
training in subjects ranging from business technology to medical office 
support, to drivers education. Recently, the Center has embraced 
innovations in the Green Sector. All students entering advanced 
manufacturing, automotive, and construction fields receive training in 
renewable and sustainable practices. Earlier this year, it was an honor 
to participate in the ribbon cutting of the official opening of the new 
Technology Trades Building and the Single Mothers' Dorm.
  Not only does Humphrey Job Corps give students the practical skills 
they need to succeed professionally, it has helped build and connect 
communities. Humphrey Job Corps students regularly volunteer their time 
and energy to serve their neighbors in crisis nurseries; and 
organizations such as Toys for Tots; the Special Olympics; and the 
Veterans Rest Camp in Hugo, Minnesota.
  Students' services are not limited to their neighborhood, or even 
their state. Humphrey Job Corps students have partnered with 
communities across the upper Midwest to assist in times of need. They 
have traveled to Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rushford, Minnesota; Saint 
Peter; Minnesota; and Fargo, North Dakota to help communities heal 
after recent natural disasters. Today, Humphrey Job Corps students give 
more than 5,000 volunteer hours each year.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to submit this statement for the 
Congressional Record in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Hubert 
Horatio Humphrey Job Corps Center and all the students, staff and 
volunteers.

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