Neighborhood Youth Corps

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The Neighborhood Youth Corps was a U.S. federal program that provided part-time employment and job training to low-income teenagers and young adults to help them stay in school and gain work experience.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Neighborhood Youth Corps canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government program ⓘ
federal youth employment program ⓘ
administeredBy community organizations ⓘ
local sponsors ⓘ
public agencies ⓘ
schools ⓘ
benefit on-the-job training ⓘ
wages for participating youth ⓘ
work supervision and counseling ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designedBy Office of Economic Opportunity ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion family low-income status ⓘ
school enrollment for in-school components ⓘ
employmentType part-time employment ⓘ
fundingSource federal government of the United States ⓘ
goal improve employability of disadvantaged youth ⓘ
provide income support to poor families through youth earnings ⓘ
reduce school dropout rates among disadvantaged youth ⓘ
inception 1964 ⓘ
legalStatus federally authorized program ⓘ
legislatedBy Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ
mainPurpose help participants gain work experience ⓘ
help participants stay in school ⓘ
provide job training to low-income youth ⓘ
provide part-time employment to low-income youth ⓘ
notableFeature combined work experience with continued schooling ⓘ
one of the earliest large-scale federal youth employment programs ⓘ
operatedBy U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ
participantAgeRange 14–21 (typical range) ⓘ
partOf Great Society programs ⓘ
linked to: Great Society

War on Poverty ⓘ
linked to: Great Society
policyArea anti-poverty policy ⓘ
education policy ⓘ
youth employment policy ⓘ
programFocus education retention ⓘ
job training ⓘ
work experience ⓘ
programModel work-study for disadvantaged youth ⓘ
replacedBy Comprehensive Employment and Training Act youth programs ⓘ
sector public sector employment ⓘ
supervisedBy U.S. Department of Labor Manpower Administration ⓘ
targetPopulation low-income teenagers ⓘ
low-income young adults ⓘ
timePeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
typicalWorksites hospitals ⓘ
libraries ⓘ
parks and recreation facilities ⓘ
schools ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 → createdProgram → Neighborhood Youth Corps ⓘ
Public Law 88-452 → createsProgram → Neighborhood Youth Corps ⓘ