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7 <br /> <br />M. Parrish came to the JOCCA office in .Chapel Hill to apply for JTPA <br />assistance so that she could attend Durham Technical Community College to <br />study computer programming. At the time, M. Parrish was a 24 year old <br />single mother with the sole responsibility of caring for her young son. M. <br />Parrish was employed in a low wage job as a child care worker at a local day <br />care center. Since M. Parrish's son attended the same day care, the job met <br />a dual purpose of providing her with needed wages and of allowing her the <br />opportunity to monitor the activities of her son. With M. Parrish's son being <br />older and more independent, she felt that the time was ideal for her to <br />resume her education and work towards realizing her goal of becoming self <br />sufficient. M. Pamsh enrolled in a Bachelor's Degree program at a local <br />university after she graduated from high school. M. Parrish was forced to <br />drop out shortly thereafter when -she unexpectedly became pregnant. M. <br />Parrish had the opportunity to return home to live with her parents, but she <br />refused to do that. M. Parrish was adamant that she would take responsibility <br />for her life and for the consequences of her actions. With the help of DSS, M. <br />Parrish obtained the food stamps, AFDC and Medicaid assistance that she <br />needed to provide for the needs of her family. M. Parrish then devoted her <br />time and efforts to becoming a good mother to her son. Based on M. <br />Parrish's demonstrated sincerity, commitment and positive attitude, JTPA <br />determined her to be a suitable JTPA candidate. Objective assessment <br />results indicated that M. Parrish had above average reading, math and <br />reasoning skills as well as above average clerical perception, visual acuity <br />and manual dexterity. Indications are that M. Parrish has the potential to <br />succeed at her choice of careers. JTPA provided M. Parrish with the <br />assistance that she requested. M. Parrish excelled in her program from the <br />very beginning. In fact, she was invited to join an honor society in her first <br />year of training, but she declined because of a fear that the society's activities <br />would detract from her training. M. Parrish augmented her training with <br />computer networking classes in her second year to increase her opportunities <br />