PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978 ((COMMUNITY
92 STAT. 1997
PARTICIPATION
"SEC. 460. The Secretary shall encourage and cooperate in activities 29 USC 933. to establish a mutually beneficial relationship between Job Corps centers and nearby communities. These activities shall include the establishment of community advisory councils to provide a mechanism for joint discussion of common problems and for planning programs of mutual interest. Youth shall be represented on the advisory council and separate youth councils may be established composed of enrollees and young people from the communities. The Secretary shall assure that each center is operated with a view to achieving, so far as possible, objectives which shall include— "(1) giving community officials appropriate advance notice of changes in center rules, procedures, or activities that may affect or be of interest to the community; "(2) affording the community a meaningful voice in center affairs of direct concern to it, including policies governing the issuance and terms of passes to enrollees; "(3) providing center officials with full and rapid access to relevant community groups and agencies, including law enforcement agencies and agencies which work with young people in the community; "(4) encouraging the fullest practicable participation of enrollees in programs for community improvement or betterment, with appropriate advance consultation with business, labor, professional, and other interested community groups; " (5) arranging recreational, athletic, or similar events in which enrollees and local residents may participate together; " (6) providing community residents with opportunities to work . with enrollees directly as part-time instructors, tutors, or advisers, either in the center or in the community; "(7) developing, where feasible, job or career opportunities for enrollees in the community; and "(8) promoting interchanges of information and techniques among, and cooperative projects involving, the center and community schools, educational institutions, agencies serving young people and recipients of funds under this Act. "COUNSELING AND JOB PLACEMENT
"SEC. 461. (a) The Secretary shall counsel and test each enrollee at 29 USC 934. regular intervals to measure progress in educational and vocational programs. "(b) The Secretary shall counsel and test enrollees prior to their scheduled terminations to determine their capabilities and shall make every effort to place them in jobs in the vocation for which they are trained or to assist them in attaining further training or education. In placing enrollees in jobs, the Secretary shall utilize the public employment service system to the fullest extent possible. "(c) The Secretary shall determine the status and progress of enrollees scheduled for termination and make every effort to assure that their needs for further education, training, and counseling are met, " (d) The Secretary shall arrange for the readjustment allowance to be paid to former enrollees (who have not already found employment) at the State employment service office nearest the home of any such former enrollee who is returning home, or at the nearest such office
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