(a) Job Corps representatives serve on Youth Councils operating
under applicable Local Boards wherever geographically feasible.
(b) Each Job Corps center must have a Business and Community
Liaison designated by the director of the center to establish
relationships with local and distant employers, applicable One-Stop
centers and local boards, and members of the community according to
procedures established by the Secretary. (WIA sec. 153(a).)
(c) Each Job Corps center must implement an active community
relations program.
(d) Each Job Corps center must establish an industry advisory
council, according to procedures established by the Secretary. The
industry advisory council must include:
(1) Distant and local employers;
(2) Representatives of labor organizations (where present) and
employees; and
(3) Job Corps students and graduates.
(e) A majority of the council members must be local and distant
business owners, chief executives or chief operating officers of
nongovernmental employers or other private sector employers, who have
substantial management, hiring or policy responsibility and who
represent businesses with employment opportunities in the local area
and the areas to which students will return.
(f) The council must work with Local Boards and must review labor
market information to provide recommendations to the Secretary
regarding the center's vocational training offerings, including
identification of emerging occupations suitable for training. (WIA
sec.154(b)(1).)
(g) Job Corps is identified as a required One-Stop partner.
Wherever practicable, Job Corps centers and operational support
contractors must establish cooperative relationships and partnerships
with One-Stop centers and other One-Stop partners, Local Boards, and
other programs for youth.
