29 U.S.C. § 3191: Purposes

Summary

Keep a national Job Corps with States and communities to help eligible young people enter the workforce. The program gives strong social, school, career and technical training and service‑learning in mostly residential centers so participants can earn a diploma or recognized credential that leads to jobs in in‑demand fields or the Armed Forces, economic independence and advancement, or entry into college or an apprenticeship, and it supports responsible citizenship. Set rules for choosing participants, allow Job Corps centers to be run, and give the other powers and duties needed to operate and improve the program.

Title 29, §3191

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The purposes of this part are—

(1)to maintain a national Job Corps program, carried out in partnership with States and communities, to—

(A)assist eligible youth to connect to the labor force by providing them with intensive social, academic, career and technical education, and service-learning opportunities, in primarily residential centers, in order for such youth to obtain secondary school diplomas or recognized postsecondary credentials leading to—

(i)successful careers, in in-demand industry sectors or occupations or the Armed Forces, that will result in economic self-sufficiency and opportunities for advancement; or

(ii)enrollment in postsecondary education, including an apprenticeship program; and

(B)support responsible citizenship;

(2)to set forth standards and procedures for selecting individuals as enrollees in the Job Corps;

(3)to authorize the establishment of Job Corps centers in which enrollees will participate in intensive programs of activities described in this part; and

(4)to prescribe various other powers, duties, and responsibilities incident to the operation and continuing development of the Job Corps.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first full program year after

July 22, 2014 (

July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.

§3191 Purposes

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Title 29, §3191

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