20 CFR § 686.500 - What services must Job Corps centers provide?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s686.500"
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title: "20 CFR § 686.500 - What services must Job Corps centers provide?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "686.500"
section_name: "What services must Job Corps centers provide?"
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "686"
part_name: "THE JOB CORPS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Secs. 142, 144, 146, 147, 159, 189, 503, Pub. L. 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014)."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 56443, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
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# 686.500 What services must Job Corps centers provide?

(a) Job Corps centers must provide an intensive, well-organized, and fully supervised program including:

(1) Educational activities, including:

(i) Career technical training;

(ii) Academic instruction;

(iii) Employability and skills training; and

(iv) Independent learning and living skills development.

(2) Work-based learning and experience;

(3) Residential support services; and

(4) Other services as required by the Secretary.

(b) In addition, centers must provide students with access to the career services described in secs. 134(c)(2)(A)(i)-(xi) of WIOA.