IV 
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 train-
ing 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-edu-
cated 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 aca-
demic 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 cam-
puses, the majority of youth improve their literacy by 
more than 2 grade levels, leave with a high school di-
ploma 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 in-
genuity has led to local and large employers and labor 
representatives providing Job Corps students with hands- 
on, 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 op-
erators 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 commu-
nity 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 tal-
ents 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, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes the 50th anniversary of the national Job Corps pro-
gram. 
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