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“RECOGNIZING MILWAUKEE JOB CORPS ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E463 on April 13, 2015.
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RECOGNIZING MILWAUKEE JOB CORPS ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY
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HON. GWEN MOORE
of wisconsin
in the house of representatives
Monday, April 13, 2015
Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to the Job Corps Program. Established in 1964, it was one of the central initiatives of President Johnsons' War on Poverty and modeled after President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal Initiative called the Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC). The CCC employed thousands of people during the Great Depression to help rebuild our country's infrastructure.
This is certainly a milestone year for the Job Corps Program nationally. I am honored, as an elected official, to have had a role in bringing this worthwhile program to the 4th Congressional District of Wisconsin. Job Corps assists low-income student ages 16 to 24 improve the quality of their lives through vocational and academic training. Because of its emphasis on providing academic and ``hands on'' training, graduates of Job Corps' program are assured the all-around skills needed to succeed in a career and in life.
The Milwaukee Center is just one of 125 Job Centers nationally serving 60,000 students each year. Since its inception, Job Corps has served more than three million young people. The benefits of this no cost education and career technical training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor are both tremendous and life changing. Over 80 percent of the Job Corps graduates obtain jobs, enroll in higher education or enter the military. In fact, Job Corps is the nation's largest and most successful residential training program.
In addition to the direct services provided to participants, Job Corps impacts the local communities in which they are sited with economic benefits. 228 local jobs are directly or indirectly supported by the average Job Corps campus each year and $1.91 in local economic activity is generated by each dollar invested in Job Corps.
Mr. Speaker, I am deeply proud of Job Corps success over the past 50 years. I commend them for their work and dedication to our nation's at-
risk, jobless and disenfranchised youth. I will continue to lend my support to the Job Corps mission of teaching eligible young people the skills they need to become employable or further their education. Congratulations on the 50th Anniversary of Job Corps and continued success in the 4th Congressional District and around the country.
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