Youth Employment Act of 1979, Part 3; Hearings before the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Sixth Congress, First Session on H.R. 4465 and H.R. 4534 (New York, New York on September 17; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 20, 1979).

This is a report of hearings held in New York City on September 17, 1979, and in Philadelphia on October 20, 1979, on two federal youth employment bills: H.R. 4465 and H.R. 4534. H.R. 4465 proposes to combine immediate work and training and training opportunities with long term changes in the institutions and programs which serve young people. H.R. 4534, The Full Youth Employment Act, would establish a program of full employment, vocational training, and placement for all young people, ages 16 to 24. Also discussed in this document is H.R. 4536, a bill which would extend the Targeted Jobs Act credit to in-school youth who are between 16 and 18 years old and economically disadvantaged. Testimony is included from sixty-one individuals and groups including the following: (1) in New York City, representatives of the City Human Resource Administration, and the Department of Employment, New York State Division for Youth, and Community Council of Greater New York, The Youth Unemployment Coalition, All-Craft Foundation, and The People's Development Corporation; (2) in Philadelphia, representatives of City Council of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Urban League, Area Manpower Planning Council, Education to Work Council of Philadelphia, Private Industry Council, and Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America. Copies of the bills are not included in this third volume of the hearings. (MEK)