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WA III. Staffing, Programming, and New Permanent Position Existing collaborative relationships with the Department of Social Services (DSS) - Work First, Durham Technical Community College (DTCC), Joint Orange Chatham Community Action Agency /Job Training Partnership Act (JOCCA/JTPA), Orange County Literacy Council (OCLC), Employment Security Commission (ESC) and Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) already strengthens the County's ability to serve citizens. The Skills Development Center will provide for co- location of these programs while improving the relationship among agencies and promoting simpler and immediate access to services for clients. A. DSS Staff : 3 Work First which represents North Carolina's welfare reform initiative, is an employment and training program designed to enable Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients to become self - sufficient and self - supporting. The program revamps the welfare system by emphasizing full -time employment (paid or unpaid) within a designated time period or short-term training or at least 30 hours per week. The program strives to improve the employability of AFDC recipients through training enhancement of job seeking and keeping skills and the provision of supportive services such as child care. The success of the Work First program is contingent on coordination and collaboration with numerous agencies and employers. B. DTCC Staff. 2 Human Resources Development - DTCC personnel will work with the Orange County Department of Social Services, Inter -Faith Council, JTPA and other human services agencies to identify students who will benefit from this federally - funded program for the chronically unemployed. Each HRD class will be designed to meet the specific needs of the population to be served; therefore, the length of the classes will vary between 40 and 80 hours. Computer Classes - A series of short-and long -term microcomputer classes will be offered in a computer lab. In addition to the eleven -week college credit course, Introduction to Microcomputers, DTCC will offer short-term, non - credit classes in Windows, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Word, Excel, Pagemaker, Computer Aided Drafting, and others as the need arises. Classes will be offered both during the day and evening hours.