[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15376]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     SIERRA NEVADA JOB CORPS CENTER

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate the Sierra 
Nevada Job Corps Center on its 25th Anniversary.
  Since its beginning in 1979, the Sierra Nevada Job Corps Center has 
provided 16- to 24-year-old men and women with the tools they need to 
become skilled workers and successful citizens.
  Under contract to the Department of Labor, the Sierra Nevada Center 
continuously trains 560 young adults in residential and non-residential 
programs. It helps them attain high school diplomas and general 
equivalency degrees, and provides counseling and 15 different 
vocational training courses.
  These programs not only teach the basic reading and mathematics 
skills that are crucial for a successful career, they also instill the 
positive work ethic and good work habits that are equally important to 
success.
  Thanks to the Sierra Nevada Job Corps, more than 20,000 men and women 
have become productive, employed citizens. By offering an alternative 
to welfare and unemployment, the center not only provides a long-
lasting benefit to its students, but also to the entire State of 
Nevada.
  This organization has been an inspiration to thousands of 
underprivileged Nevadans, giving them the motivation and confidence to 
pursue opportunities that would have otherwise been beyond their reach.
  Please join me in congratulating director Kenneth C. Dugan, his staff 
and the thousands of graduates of the Sierra Nevada Job Corps on this 
program's 25th anniversary.

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