Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 87.djvu/895

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PUBLIC LAW 93-203-DEC. 28, 1973

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salary or stipend, training and supportive services, and administrative costs. From the information received pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall compile the information on a State, regional, and national basis. (c) The Secretary is authorized to carry out a special program to ^o'^^her's^^orec"-'* demonstrate the efficacy of providing certificates or vouchers to eco- nomicaiiy disadnomically disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed persons vantaged. entitling private employer's who provide employment, training, and services to each person volunteering to participate in such program to l)ayment in amounts equal to the face value of the certificate for specified periods of time during which each such person may not be fully productive. KEMOVxVL o r

A R T I F I C I A L BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT A N D

ADVANCEMENT

SEC. 314. The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government, shall conduct a continuing study of the extent to which artificial barriers to employment and occupation advancement, including civil service requirements and pr'actices relating thereto, within agencies conducting programs under this Act, restrict the opportunities for employment and advancement within such agencies and shall develop and promulgate guidelines, based upon such study, setting forth recommendations for task and skill requirements for specific jobs and recommended job descriptions at all levels of employment, designed to encourage career employment and occupational advancement within such agencies. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL

ASSISTANCE

SEC. 315. The Secretary, in consultation wuth the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and other appropriate officials, where appropriate, shall provide directly or through grants, contracts, or other arrangements, preservice and inservice training for specialized, supportive, and supervisory or other personnel and technical assistance which is needed in connection with the programs established under this Act. TITLE IV—JOB CORPS S T A T E ^ I E N T OF

PURPOSE

SEC. 401. This title establishes a Job Corps for low-income disadvantaged young men and women, sets forth standards and procedures for selecting individuals as enrollees in the Job Corps, authorizes the establishment of residential and nonresidential centers in which enrollees will participate in intensive programs of education, vocational training work experience, counseling and other activities, and prescribes various other powers, duties, and responsibilities incident to the operation and continuing development of the Job Corps. The purpose of this title is to assist young persons who need and can benefit from an unusually intensive program, operated in a group setting, to become more responsive, employable, and productive citizens; and to do so in a way that contributes, wdiere feasible, to the development of National, State, and community resources, and to the development and dissemination of techniques for working with the disadvantaged that can be widely utilized by public and private institutions and agencies.

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