[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR670.800]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 670--THE JOB CORPS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart H--Community Connections
 
Sec. 670.800  How do Job Corps centers and service providers become involved in their local communities?


    (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

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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.