29 U.S.C. § 3203: Community participation

Summary

Directors of Job Corps centers must build useful links with businesses and the local community so the centers work better. They must set up networks with employers (nearby and farther away), local job help centers and local boards to recruit students and find jobs for graduates, apprenticeship and youth programs, labor groups, contractors tied to training, and community non-profits and intermediaries that offer workforce services. Directors must also keep local residents informed about center projects and any rule or activity changes that could affect the neighborhood, and plan events that benefit both the center and the community. New centers must have these relationships in place at least 3 months before they accept their first enrollee.

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(a)Business and community participation

The director of each Job Corps center shall ensure the establishment and development of the mutually beneficial business and community relationships and networks described in subsection (b), including the use of local boards, in order to enhance the effectiveness of such centers.

(b)Networks

The activities carried out by each Job Corps center under this section shall include—

(1)establishing and developing relationships and networks with—

(A)local and distant employers, to the extent practicable, in coordination with entities carrying out other Federal and non-Federal programs that conduct similar outreach to employers;

(B)applicable one-stop centers and applicable local boards, for the purpose of providing—

(i)information to, and referral of, potential enrollees; and

(ii)job opportunities for Job Corps graduates; and

(C)(i)entities carrying out relevant apprenticeship programs and youth programs;

(ii)labor-management organizations and local labor organizations;

(iii)employers and contractors that support national training contractor programs; and

(iv)community-based organizations, non-profit organizations, and intermediaries providing workforce development-related services; and

(2)establishing and developing relationships with members of the community in which the Job Corps center is located, informing members of the community about the projects of the Job Corps center and changes in the rules, procedures, or activities of the center that may affect the community, and planning events of mutual interest to the community and the Job Corps center.

(c)New centers

The director of a Job Corps center that is not yet operating shall ensure the establishment and development of the relationships and networks described in subsection (b) at least 3 months prior to the date on which the center accepts the first enrollee at the center.

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.

§3203 Community Participation

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Title 29, §3203

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