House Resolution 1272 Summary

• Honors the memory of Dr. Carl Schenck, Capp Price, Arthur H. White, and George and Elizabeth Kittrell for their contributions to Job Corps centers in North Carolina.

• Recognizes August 18-22, 2014, as "Celebrate Job Corps 50 Week" to commemorate 50 years of the Job Corps program serving at-risk youth.

• Acknowledges four North Carolina Job Corps Centers located in Brevard, Cherokee, Franklin, and Kittrell that provide residential academic and career technical education to disadvantaged youth ages 16-24.

• Notes that Camp Arrowood Job Corps (later renamed Lyndon B. Johnson Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center) opened on August 27, 1964, in Franklin, North Carolina, predating the commonly cited first Job Corps opening in January 1965.

• Urges North Carolina residents to salute the Job Corps centers for 50 years of success in reducing poverty and strengthening communities.