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42 U.S. Code § 12656. Urban Youth Corps
(a) FindingsThe Congress finds the following:
(1) The rehabilitation, reclamation, and beautification of urban public housing, recreational sites, youth and senior centers, and public roads and public works facilities through the efforts of young people in the United States in an Urban Youth Corps can benefit these youths, while also benefiting their communities, by—
(A)
providing them with education and work opportunities;
(B)
furthering their understanding and appreciation of the challenges faced by individuals residing in urban communities; and
(C)
providing them with a means to pay for higher education or to repay indebtedness they have incurred to obtain higher education.
(2)
A significant number of housing units for low-income individuals in urban areas has become substandard and unsafe and the deterioration of urban roadways, mass transit systems, and transportation facilities in the United States have contributed to the blight encountered in many cities in the United States.
(3)
As a result, urban housing, public works, and transportation resources are in need of labor intensive rehabilitation, reclamation, and beautification work that has been neglected in the past and cannot be adequately carried out by Federal, State, and local government at existing personnel levels.
(4)
Urban youth corps have established a good record of rehabilitating, reclaiming, and beautifying these kinds of resources in a cost-efficient manner, especially when they have worked in partnership with government housing, public works, and transportation authorities and agencies.