III 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 163 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 
Received and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of September 23, 2009, 
as ‘‘National Job Corps Day’’. 
Whereas over the course of 45 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 123 Job Corps campuses educate and train 60,000 
youth in the United States each year; 
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Whereas throughout its more than four decades of existence, 
Job Corps has successfully provided the Nation’s eco-
nomically disadvantaged youth with critical residential, 
academic, and vocational services; 
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, gain employability, learn life skills, 
and receive job placement assistance; 
Whereas Job Corps builds the lives of youth, many of whom 
are high school dropouts, read slightly below the 8th 
grade reading level, and have never held a full-time job; 
Whereas in an average 8 month stay at Job Corps the vast 
majority of youth leave with a high school diploma or 
equivalency, improve their literacy by more than two 
grade levels, and 75 percent of Job Corps graduates se-
cure employment or enter the military; 
Whereas Job Corps’ successful model of preparing youth in 
the United States has included partnerships and linkages 
with employers and labor representatives; 
Whereas this public-private partnership of American inge-
nuity has led to local and large employers and labor rep-
resentatives providing Job Corps students hands-on, 
practical experience through internships and helping dur-
ing the transition from student to employee; 
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 a local Job Corps center 
generate 100 permanent jobs, thus producing 15,000 
qualified and dedicated staff in 48 States, the District of 
Columbia, and Puerto Rico; and 
Whereas September 23, 2009, would be an appropriate day 
to designate as ‘‘National Job Corps Day’’, in honor of 
the 45th anniversary of Job Corps: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘National Job 
Corps Day’’; and 
(2) encourages State and local governments to 
observe the day with appropriate activities that pro-
mote awareness of Job Corps. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 
2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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