[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 201 (Wednesday, December 6, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5811]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SENATE RESOLUTION 488--RECOGNIZING JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES FOR 
   HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE OF TRULY GREAT PROMISE IN THE UNITED STATES 
SUCCEED IN SCHOOL, ON THE JOB, AND IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, LEADING 
           TO GENERATIONS OF PRODUCTIVE AND REWARDING CAREERS

  Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Carper, and Mr. Sullivan) submitted 
the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 488

       Whereas Jobs for America's Graduates (referred to in this 
     preamble as ``JAG'') is a State-based national nonprofit 
     organization dedicated to serving youth who face significant 
     challenges and helping them reach economic and academic 
     success;
       Whereas Jobs for Delaware Graduates was founded and tested 
     in 1979 in the State of Delaware with the bipartisan 
     leadership of Governor Pete du Pont and members of the 
     General Assembly of the State of Delaware, and became the 
     model for the creation of JAG;
       Whereas JAG has served over 1,600,000 young people since 
     its inception in 1980;
       Whereas JAG has affiliates across 39 States and 
     territories, including Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, 
     California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, 
     Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, 
     Mississippi, New Jersey, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, 
     North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, 
     Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, 
     Virginia, the United States Virgin Islands, West Virginia, 
     and Wisconsin;
       Whereas the Board of Directors of JAG is made up of leading 
     Governors, executives of Fortune 500 companies, and national 
     community leaders;
       Whereas the JAG model consists of a comprehensive set of 
     services designed to keep young people in school through 
     graduation and improves their success rates in education and 
     career by--
       (1) providing classroom instruction;
       (2) delivering competency-based instruction that seeks to 
     equip students with not less than 37 JAG Employability Skills 
     competencies;
       (3) providing project-based learning;
       (4) using trauma-informed care;
       (5) advising students as they make significant career and 
     life decisions during the school year and beyond;
       (6) exposing students to job opportunities and career 
     pathways in their own communities;
       (7) developing student civic engagement, public service, 
     leadership development, career preparation, and social 
     awareness;
       (8) helping graduates identify job opportunities and post-
     secondary education; and
       (9) helping to ensure that young people achieve success at 
     work and in postsecondary education during the year following 
     graduation;
       Whereas JAG participants have regularly achieved higher 
     than 90 percent graduation rates since the establishment of 
     JAG, and a 95 percent graduation rate since 2019;
       Whereas, every year, JAG meets the goals of employers in 
     having well-prepared young people enter the workforce; and
       Whereas the JAG National Student Leadership Academy will 
     take place from November 30, 2023, to December 2, 2023, with 
     more than 250 elected student officers: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) acknowledges the significant accomplishments of the 
     members, volunteers, alumni, and community partners of Jobs 
     for America's Graduates in helping at-risk youth reach 
     economic and academic success; and
       (2) congratulates the young people enrolled in 2023 across 
     39 States in Jobs for America's Graduates.

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