# § 3191. Purposes
The purposes of this part are—
**(1)** to maintain a national Job Corps program, carried out in partnership with States and communities, to—
**(A)** assist eligible youth to connect to the labor force by providing them with intensive social, academic, career and technical education, and service-learning opportunities, in primarily residential centers, in order for such youth to obtain secondary school diplomas or recognized postsecondary credentials leading to—
**(i)** successful careers, in in-demand industry sectors or occupations or the Armed Forces, that will result in economic self-sufficiency and opportunities for advancement; or
**(ii)** enrollment in postsecondary education, including an apprenticeship program; and
**(B)** support responsible citizenship;
**(2)** to set forth standards and procedures for selecting individuals as enrollees in the Job Corps;
**(3)** to authorize the establishment of Job Corps centers in which enrollees will participate in intensive programs of activities described in this part; and
**(4)** to prescribe various other powers, duties, and responsibilities incident to the operation and continuing development of the Job Corps.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–128, title I, § 141, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1537.)
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Section effective on the first day of the first full program year after (), see , set out as a note under .