The Joint Subcommittee Studying the Feasibility of a Virginia Comprehensive Youth Employment Program was established pursuant to House Joint Resolution No. 180 of the 1980 General Assembly.

Robert E. Washington of Norfolk, Chairman of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce, and chief patron of HJR No. 180, was elected Chairman of the subcommittee. Other members of the House of Delegates appointed to the subcommittee were Warren G. Stambaugh of Arlington; Joseph A. Johnson of Abingdon; William P. Robinson, Sr., of Norfolk; Thomas J. Michie, Jr., of Charlottesville, and Dorothy S. McDiarmid of Vienna.

Senator Elmon T. Gray of Waverly was elected Vice-Chairman of the subcommittee. Other Senate members appointed to serve were Joseph T. Fitzpatrick of Norfolk; Virgil H. Goode, Jr., of Rocky Mount, and Richard L. Saslaw of Annandale.

C. William Cramme', III, and Hugh P. Fisher, III, of the Division of Legislative Services served as legal and research staff for the subcommittee. Anne R. Howard of the Clerk's Office of the House  of Delegates performed administrative and clerical services for the subcommittee.