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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 252 

Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the national Job Corps program as 

it celebrates 50 years of educating and training the Nation’s economically 

disadvantaged youth. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 5, 2015 

Mr. GIBSON (for himself and Mr. BISHOP of Georgia) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the national Job Corps 

program as it celebrates 50 years of educating and training the Nation’s economically disadvantaged youth. 

Whereas over the course of 50 years, nearly 3,000,000 youth 

in the United States have been provided a safe living and 

learning environment on Job Corps campuses nationwide; 

Whereas 126 Job Corps campuses educate and train 50,000 

youth in the United States each year; 

Whereas throughout its 5 decades of existence, Job Corps has 

successfully provided the Nation’s jobless and under-educated youth with critical residential, academic, and career 

preparation services; 


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Whereas Job Corps is considered the Nation’s largest and 

most successful high school dropout recovery and youth 

empowerment program; 

Whereas youth enrolled in Job Corps receive intensive academic remediation, gainful employment, life-learning 

skills, and job placement assistance; 

Whereas Job Corps builds the lives of its students, many of 

whom are high school dropouts and have never held a 

full-time job; 

Whereas in an average 10-month stay at Job Corps campuses, the majority of youth improve their literacy by 

more than 2 grade levels, leave with a high school diploma equivalency, and nearly 80 percent of Job Corps 

graduates secure employment or enter the military; 

Whereas Job Corps successful model of preparing youth in 

the United States has included strong partnerships and 

linkages with employers and labor representatives; 

Whereas this public-private partnership of United States ingenuity has led to local and large employers and labor 

representatives providing Job Corps students with handson, practical experience and the smooth transition from 

student to employee; 

Whereas Job Corps successful business model has relied on 

marketplace competition to identify the most qualified operators that are capable of securing the best outcomes for 

our youth and the best value for taxpayers; 

Whereas Job Corps students and staff have contributed to 

their communities through millions of hours of community service, signaling the importance of giving back to 

the communities in which they live; 


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Whereas dedicated Job Corps staff invest their time and talents in the lives of students and without whom Job Corps 

could not fulfill its mission; 

Whereas the economic benefits of each local Job Corps center 

is the generation of 100 permanent jobs, thus producing 

15,000 qualified and dedicated staff in 50 States, the 

District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; and 

Whereas 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the national 

Job Corps program in honor of Job Corps graduates, 

students, staff and campus operators, local employers, 

and community supporters across America: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog2 nizes the 50th anniversary of the national Job Corps pro3 gram. 

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