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GAO-20-240R 1 (2020-04-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeaxl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: cU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 April 14, 2020 The Honorable Robert C. Bobby Scott Chairman Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives Job Corps: DOL Should Provide Greater Transparency in Communicating Its Rationale for Closure Decisions Dear Mr. Chairman: Job Corps was created in 1964 and provides a comprehensive array of services to help low- income youth obtain the necessary skills to find a job, go to college, or enter military service.1 Job Corps is administered by the Office of Job Corps under the Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA). For fiscal year 2019, ETA was appropriated around $1.7 billion in funding for the Job Corps program.2 The program enrolls students at 118 centers located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.3 Ninety-four of the Job Corps centers are operated under DOL agreements with various service providers including businesses, Native American tribes, and nonprofit organizations. The remaining 24 centers, referred to as Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers (CCC), are operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Forest Service under an interagency agreement between USDA and DOL.4 The CCCs enrolled 3,512 students in program year 2018. In late May 2019, DOL and USDA announced plans to transfer the management of all CCCs from the Forest Service to DOL. Under the plan, nine CCCs would permanently close and the 1Job Corps was originally established by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Pub. L. No. 88-452, 78 Stat. 508. Job Corps was most recently reauthorized in 2014 by Title I, Subtitle C of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Pub. L. No. 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425, 1537 (2014) (codified at 29 U.S.C. § 3191 et seq.). In general, individuals must be age 16 to 21 at the time of enrollment to be eligible for the Job Corps program. While the law makes an exception to allow individuals who are ages 22 to 24 at the time of enrollment to participate in the program, their participation is limited to 20 percent of Job Corps overall participants. The age limits may be waived by DOL, in accordance with DOL regulations, for individuals with a disability. See 29 U.S.C. § 3194(a)(1). 2Congress appropriates funding for Job Corps on a fiscal year basis. However, Job Corps is operated on a program year basis, which runs from July 1 of a given year to June 30 of the following year. For example, program year 2018 ran from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. 31n program year 2018, the program enrolled approximately 50,000 students. 4Federal law states that Job Corps centers may include CCCs operated under an agreement between DOL and USDA. 29 U.S.C. § 3197(d).The number of CCCs reflects the number reported by DOL as of December 2019. GAO-20-240R Civilian Conservation Centers Page 1

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