--- kind: "section" citation: "29 U.S.C. § 3198" title: "29" title_heading: "Labor" number: "3198" heading: "Program activities" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/3198" units: - "Chapter 32 — Workforce Innovation and Opportunity" - "Subchapter I — Workforce Development Activities" - "Part C — Job Corps" --- # §3198. Program activities - (a) **Activities provided by Job Corps centers—** - (1) **In general—** Each [Job Corps center](/usc/29/3192.md?p=7) shall provide [enrollees](/usc/29/3192.md?p=3) with an intensive, well organized, and fully supervised program of education, including [English language acquisition programs](/usc/29/3102.md?p=20), [career and technical education](/usc/29/3102.md?p=6) and training, work experience, work-based learning, recreational activities, physical rehabilitation and development, driver’s education, and counseling, which may include information about financial [literacy](/usc/29/3102.md?p=31). Each [Job Corps center](/usc/29/3192.md?p=7) shall provide [enrollees](/usc/29/3192.md?p=3) assigned to the center with access to career services described in clauses (i) through (xi) of [section 3174(c)(2)(A) of this title](/usc/29/3174.md?p=c-2-A). - (2) **Relationship to opportunities—** The activities provided under this subsection shall be targeted to helping [enrollees](/usc/29/3192.md?p=3), on completion of their enrollment— - (A) secure and maintain meaningful unsubsidized employment; - (B) enroll in and complete secondary education or postsecondary education or training programs, including other suitable [career and technical education](/usc/29/3102.md?p=6) and training, and apprenticeship programs; or - (C) satisfy Armed Forces requirements. - (3) **Link to employment opportunities—** The [career and technical education](/usc/29/3102.md?p=6) and training provided shall be linked to employment opportunities in in-demand industry sectors and occupations in the [State](/usc/29/3102.md?p=56) or [local area](/usc/29/3102.md?p=32) in which the [Job Corps center](/usc/29/3192.md?p=7) is located and, to the extent practicable, in the [State](/usc/29/3102.md?p=56) or [local area](/usc/29/3102.md?p=32) in which the [enrollee](/usc/29/3192.md?p=3) intends to seek employment after graduation. - (b) **Academic and career and technical education and training—** The Secretary may arrange for [career and technical education](/usc/29/3102.md?p=6) and training of [enrollees](/usc/29/3192.md?p=3) through local public or private educational agencies, career and technical educational institutions, technical institutes, or national [service providers](/usc/29/3192.md?p=10), whenever such entities provide education and training substantially equivalent in cost and quality to that which the Secretary could provide through other means. - (c) **Advanced career training programs—** - (1) **In general—** The Secretary may arrange for programs of advanced career training for selected [enrollees](/usc/29/3192.md?p=3) in which the [enrollees](/usc/29/3192.md?p=3) may continue to participate for a period of not to exceed 1 year in addition to the period of participation to which the [enrollees](/usc/29/3192.md?p=3) would otherwise be limited. The advanced career training may be provided through the eligible providers of [training services](/usc/29/3102.md?p=60) identified under [section 3152 of this title](/usc/29/3152.md). - (2) **Benefits—** During the period of participation in an advanced career training program, an [enrollee](/usc/29/3192.md?p=3) shall be eligible for full [Job Corps](/usc/29/3192.md?p=6) benefits, or a monthly stipend equal to the average value of the residential support, food, allowances, and other benefits provided to [enrollees](/usc/29/3192.md?p=3) assigned to residential [Job Corps centers](/usc/29/3192.md?p=7). - (3) **Demonstration—** The Secretary shall develop standards by which any [operator](/usc/29/3192.md?p=8) seeking to enroll additional [enrollees](/usc/29/3192.md?p=3) in an advanced career training program shall demonstrate, before the [operator](/usc/29/3192.md?p=8) may carry out such additional enrollment, that— - (A) participants in such program have achieved a satisfactory rate of completion and placement in training-related jobs; and - (B) for the most recently preceding 2 program years, such [operator](/usc/29/3192.md?p=8) has, on average, met or exceeded the expected levels of performance under [section 3209(c)(1) of this title](/usc/29/3209.md?p=c-1) for each of the primary indicators of performance for [eligible youth](/usc/29/3102.md?p=18) described in [section 3141(b)(2)(A)(ii) of this title](/usc/29/3141.md?p=b-2-A-ii). - (d) **Graduate services—** In order to promote the retention of [graduates](/usc/29/3192.md?p=5) in employment or postsecondary education, the Secretary shall arrange for the provision of job placement and support services to [graduates](/usc/29/3192.md?p=5) for up to 12 months after the date of graduation. Multiple resources, including [one-stop partners](/usc/29/3102.md?p=42), may support the provision of these services, including services from the [State](/usc/29/3102.md?p=56) vocational rehabilitation agency, to supplement job placement and job development efforts for [Job Corps](/usc/29/3192.md?p=6) [graduates](/usc/29/3192.md?p=5) who are [individuals with disabilities](/usc/29/3102.md?p=25-B). - (e) **Child care—** The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, provide child care at or near [Job Corps centers](/usc/29/3192.md?p=7), for individuals who require child care for their children in order to participate in the [Job Corps](/usc/29/3192.md?p=6). ## Source credit (Pub. L. 113–128, title I, § 148, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1547.) ## Notes ### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ### Effective Date Section effective on the first day of the first full program year after July 22, 2014 (July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.