[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E541]
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             RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOB CORPS

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                           HON. ED WHITFIELD

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 21, 2015

  Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Job Corps 
program as it celebrates its 50th anniversary.
  For fifty years, Job Corps has served America's most at-risk and 
vulnerable youths by providing an opportunity to finish their education 
while obtaining career training and the skills necessary to become 
productive members of society. It is Job Corps' unique model, 
partnering the federal government with private industry that has made 
the program so successful for so many years. Each year Job Corps serves 
over 50,000 at-risk youth at 125 residential campuses located across 
the country, and over eighty percent of Job Corps graduates find 
employment, enlist in the military, or enroll in higher education 
classes.
  I am honored to represent two of these outstanding centers: the Earle 
C. Clements Job Corps Center in Morganfield and the Muhlenberg Job 
Corps Center in Greenville. These centers are true assets to their 
communities. I have visited these centers in person, and I have met 
with educators, staff, and students. It is the students who are the 
true testament to the success of this program, and I am moved each time 
I visit with them and hear just how much Job Corps has changed their 
lives.
  I cofounded the Friends of Job Corps Congressional Caucus in 2006 
because I believe in this program. I congratulate Job Corps on its 
fifty years of success, and I hope it will continue to enrich the lives 
of many more young people in the years to come.

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