legislation: 95-s-2979
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| 95-s-2979 | 95 | s | 2979 | Opportunities Industrialization Centers Skills Training and Private Sector Job Creation Welfare Reform Act | Labor and Employment | 1978-04-24 | 1978-04-24 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 0 | Opportunities Industrialization Centers Skills Training and Private Sector Job Creation Welfare Reform Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to (1) enter into a contract with Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Incorporated, for the creation of jobs and the provision of skills training for hard-core unemployed welfare recipients in urban and rural depressed areas, and unemployed persons in depressed areas whose unemployment insurance has expired, and (2) enter into contracts with other national community-based organizations, such as the National Urban League, for the provision of comprehensive employment services to such persons. Directs the head of each agency administering authority under any of specified Acts or programs, including the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, the Housing and Community Development Act, and public works assistance programs, to take steps to assure that consideration will be given to national community-based organizations for the provision of comprehensive employment services and job opportunities to welfare recipients pursuant to those Acts and programs. | 2025-09-02T17:14:11Z |