IV
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 73
Expressing the sense of Congress that Job Corps is a long-term program
that invests in America’s future and should serve as the cornerstone
of youth policy in America.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 25, 1993
Miss COLLINS of Michigan (for herself, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. CLAY, Mr. MUR-
PHY, Mr. FORD of Tennessee, Mrs. MEEK, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. TOWNS, and
Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´) submitted the following concurrent resolution;
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress that Job Corps is a long-
term program that invests in America’s future and
should serve as the cornerstone of youth policy in
America.
Whereas by the year 2000 and beyond the workforce in the
United States will require high levels of basic literacy and
employment skills in order to meet the challenges of the
marketplace;
Whereas there are millions of at-risk youths who represent a
generation of disenfranchised Americans ill-equipped to
meet the challenges of a changing workplace;
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Whereas any proposal to remedy the many problems of such
youths must be comprehensive and provide total support
for their economic and social needs;
Whereas since 1964 over 1,500,000 at-risk youths have bene-
fited from education, training, and job placement in the
Job Corps established under the Job Training Partner-
ship Act (29 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.);
Whereas the Job Corps is America’s only residential edu-
cation and vocational training program targeted to un-
derprivileged youths who face multiple barriers to eco-
nomic self-sufficiency by providing academic preparation
leading to a high school diploma or the equivalent, voca-
tional skills training and work experience, safe and secure
housing, classes on parenting skills and family planning
to single mothers, and complete health care;
Whereas the average Job Corps participant is an 18-year old
high school dropout who reads at a 7th grade level, has
never held a full-time job, comes from a family with an
average income of $5,803, and has had a disruptive home
life;
Whereas these youths are considered the least likely to suc-
ceed, but over 75 percent of Job Corps participants ob-
tain jobs, join the military, or continue their education;
Whereas independent studies have found that for every $1 in-
vested in the Job Corps, $1.46 is returned to the econ-
omy through reductions in income maintenance pay-
ments, the costs of crime and incarceration, and through
increased taxes paid by graduates of the Job Corps; and
Whereas the Job Corps is the only Federal youth program
that has a documented, long-term successful track record
(approximately 30 years) and that provides a return on
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investment greater than its cost through immediate eco-
nomic stimulus and long-term economic growth in de-
pressed local communities: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the Job Corps established under the Job
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.)
is a long-term program that invests in America’s fu-
ture and should serve as the cornerstone of youth
policy in America;
(2) the Job Corps 50/50 plan is a long-term ini-
tiative that should be expanded to enrich and im-
prove the Job Corps by the year 2000; and
(3) enhancements to the Job Corps should be
made to—
(A) incorporate environmental protection
and preservation into the existing curriculum;
(B) incorporate advanced technology and
other skilled manufacturing initiatives into the
existing curriculum;
(C) incorporate Job Corps participants
into community development and infrastructure
improvement projects in low-income commu-
nities; and
(D) use Job Corps centers and their exist-
ing curriculum as adult literacy programs.