LA Job Corps anniversary

Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43) was joined by congressional, state and local leaders at the Los Angeles Job Corps 60th Anniversary Celebration Program on Aug. 14th in Downtown Los Angeles.
The Job Corps was established in 1964 as a vocational education program administered by the United States Department of Labor. Its mission is to help young people ages 16 through 24 improve the quality of their lives through vocational and academic training, aimed at gainful employment and career pathways.
Waters applauded the Job Corps administrators and staff for their broad contributions to the young people of Los Angeles and reminded the audience that the agency was established by then President Lyndon Johnson to fight the War on Poverty. The Job Corps idea was well along in the planning stage and could be deployed rapidly, so the Labor Department Job Corps Task Force was appointed to the task Force for the War on Poverty and the Job Corps was slated to be the initial operational program.
“I am a big supporter of the Job Corps,” Waters said. “Not only do you prepare young men and women for a broad range of vocational occupations from culinary arts and welding to nursing and construction, you also help those young people develop life skills that help them become productive employees, entrepreneurs and community leaders.”
The celebration culminated with a parade of the 2024 Job Corps graduates who took center stage in the uniforms of their chosen profession for which they had received training from the Job Corps for a photograph with the panelist of elected officials, Job Corps staff and local leaders.