Title 29 — Labor
Part C · Chapter 32 — Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
§ 3203. Community participation
Statutory text
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.
Networks
The activities carried out by each Job Corps center under this section shall include—
establishing and developing relationships and networks with—
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;
applicable one-stop centers and applicable local boards, for the purpose of providing—
information to, and referral of, potential enrollees; and
job opportunities for Job Corps graduates; and
entities carrying out relevant apprenticeship programs and youth programs;
labor-management organizations and local labor organizations;
employers and contractors that support national training contractor programs; and
community-based organizations, non-profit organizations, and intermediaries providing workforce development-related services; and
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.
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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Pub. L. 113–128 title I § 153 · 128 Stat. 1425
Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 3203
(Pub. L. 113–128, title I, § 153, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1550.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 113–128, title I, § 153, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1550.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 153. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. (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.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the first day of the first full program year after (), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.