DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN United APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2000 LINARY OF COP HEARINGS SEF 29.1889 BEFORE A TRANSFER SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois, Chairman NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking S. ANTHONY McCann, Robert L. KNISELY, CAROL MURPHY, SUSAN ROSS FIRTH, Management Panel (DOL, HHS, DOE, RRB, SSA) 383 Inspectors General Panel (DOL, HHS, DOE, RRB, SSA) 1055 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Pension and Welfare 1371 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-058558-9 KF27 .A653 19019 24. 1, vol.2 GOPY/ LL COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS RALPH REGULA, Ohio C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman JERRY LEWIS, California JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois JOE SKEEN, New Mexico FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia RON PACKARD, California CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma HENRY BONILLA, Texas JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan JAY DICKEY, Arkansas JACK KINGSTON, Georgia RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington ZACH WAMP, Tennessee TOM LATHAM, Iowa ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin JULIAN C. DIXON, California ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio NANCY PELOSI, California PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana NITĄ M. LOWEY, New York JOSÉ E. SERRANO, New York CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina ROBERT E. "BUD" CRAMER, JR., Alabama JESSE L. JACKSON, JR., Illinois 1/ Represents a real transfer from Infomation Technology Systems and Related Expenses. Introduction The Job Corps, authorized in title I, subtitle C, of the Workforce Investment Act, is a nationwide network of residential facilities chartered by federal law to provide a comprehensive and intensive array of training, job placement and support services to at-risk young adults. The mission of Job Corps is to attract eligible young adults, teach them the skills they need to become employable and independent, and place them in meaningful jobs or further education. Participation in the program is voluntary and is open to economically disadvantaged young people in the 16-24 age range who are unemployed and out of school. Most Job Corps students come from disruptive or debilitating environments, and it is important that they be relocated to residential facilities where they can benefit from the highly structured and carefully integrated services provided by the Job Corps program. A limited number of opportunities are also available for non-residential participation. Funding for this activity for the past five years has been as follows: The 2000 budget request for Job Corps totals $1,347,191,000, which is $37,977,000 above the 1999 funding level. The request provides $1,272,562,000 for base level operating expense and facility construction and rehabilitation. An additional $41,942,000 is being requested as the third year installment of a 5-year program to carry out three quality enhancement initiatives. Additional new quality and WIA compliance initiatives are also being requested in the amount of $19,187,000. Finally, the amount of $13,500,000 in construction funding is being requested to complete the fourth center initiated under the 1998 and 1999 appropriations in order to increase Job Corps training-slot capacity. The following table provides a break down of the funding request: |