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127001 1 (1985-05-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobactlz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 3-!5/ SUMMARY OF GAO TESTIMONY BEFORE THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING REGARDING GAO'S WORK ON THE JOB CORPS PROGRAM In response to a request from this Subcommittee, GAO reviewed the Department of Labor's actions regarding (1) the pro- posed termination of the Job Corps program and (2) the status of $21.7 million provided in the 1984 Second Supplemental Appropria- tions Act (Public Law 98-396) for renovating Job Corps centers. In addition, GAO compared the characteristics of enrollees in Job Corps and title IIA of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). In summary, GAO found no indications that Labor had acted to dismantle the Job Corps program. Although the administration's budget, presented on February 4, 1985, proposed a phase-out of the Job Corps and a Labor staff member was assigned to plan for the possible phase-out, program activities generally have not been affected. Contracts for center operations have been renewed routinely, Job Corps center relocations have generally continued as scheduled, and program enrollment has been stable. The $21.7 million supplemental appropriation was the amount needed to make certain renovations identified by the Job Corps in June 1984, but the appropriation act did not require that the funds be used for those specific repairs. Although Labor has requested proposals for the architectural and design phase of these repairs and plans to award those contracts during June and July, it appears unlikely that by June 30, 1985, the last day of the obligation period, much of the $21.7 million will be obligated for the specific projects on which the appropriation was based. Labor plans, nonetheless, to fully obligate the $21.7 million supplemental on other Job Corps center renovations before June 30, 1985. Our comparison of Job Corps and JTPA enrollee characteris- tics showed some significant differences. Participants of the Job Corps program are more likely to be high school dropouts and black.

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