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The ichigan Employment
ecuri 'y Commission (MESC)
h entered into an agreement
with the U.S. Department of
Lab r to recruit young people in
the state for a federal job train
mg program.
ME.. Director Richard
Simm n. Jr. said the contract
c I� for the MES to recruit 800
Y' un pc pie tatewide for the
J b .orp program.
immons explained th t the
youth will "evenly divided be
tween men nd women and thar
pi n call for 25 percent of tbe
recruit to come from the Upper
Peninsula, 25 pe cent from the
, 'it of Dctr it and 50 percent
from t he remainder of the state.
J ob Corps i. a. federally
funded training and employ
m .nt pr ram f r 10w-iQCOme
y uth from 16 through 21 ears
of age who rc either high school
graduates or dropouts.
The pr ram prepares young
people for table, productive
j b. and for further education
nd training t vocation/techni
cal chool junior colleges or
ther institutions.
The corp provid s enrollees
with food housing, b ic educa
tion v cational training, medi
cal care, coun eling and other
upport . ervices.
Enrollees also receive a cash
. living allowance as ell as boo
and upplie ..
Job 'mps offers vocatinal
r ining in a wide range of oc
·upation. including auto repair,
.arpcntr .• painting, ma onry,
nur. in and other health care
jn. word proce ing, bu iness
and clerical kills, elding and
electronic sembly.
While enrollee may tay in
Jo Corp for up to 0 years,
the average length of s y is
about ight mon hs, which most
cnr 11 es find is enough time to
prepar rhemselve for a j b or
to ta advanced training, Sim- .
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mons explained.
immons said that under the
contract, MESC will recruit
youn people for the nin Job
Corp centers in Michigan, Wis
consin, Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio. Th Michigan centers are
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in Grand Rapids and Detroit.
Th MESC will be recruiting
for Job Corps through its 52 Job
Service office statewide. Each
office h designated a specialist
to recruit for and ans r ques- ..
tion a ut J rib Corps,
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