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Orange County Work First <br />Purpose <br />Work First is an employment and training program that focuses on work and <br />personal responsibility in moving people from welfare to work. Work First <br />helps families move to independence and self - sufficiency. <br />Orange COunty Work First Profile <br />(Specific Chapel Hill - Carrboro Data) <br />Households <br />Average of 500 on public assistance. <br />52% of recipients live in Chapel Hill and Carrboro <br />168 participants must work at least 35 hours per week <br />Full-time jobs needed for 87 residents in Chapel Hill <br />and Carrboro <br />Approximately 520 of the 1000 children receiving assistance <br />reside in Chapel Hill- Carrboro <br />66% of people receiving assistance are children <br />Approximately 400 children are impacted by the work requirements <br />46% of children are between the ages of 0 -5 <br />The typical Work First participant is a single woman, 24 years old with <br />two children <br />50% of participants have high school education or better <br />Average AFDC payment is $215 a month <br />67% on public assistance less than 2 years <br />20.6 %, 2 -5 years <br />12.4 %, more than 5 years <br />Refer to Orange County Work First Plan <br />Contact Gwen Price at 732 -8181, Orange County DS <br />