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GOALS <br />(continued) <br />3. Enabling 85% of Work First <br />Participants Who Leave Welfare to <br />Stay Off for 12 Months <br />ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORT SERVICES <br />Support Services: <br />• Substance abuse assessment and treatment <br />• Child care <br />• Clothing closet <br />• Health services <br />• Emergency assistance <br />• Transportation <br />• Work related grants for job supplies and <br />equipment <br />• Participant education on advanced earned <br />income tax credit <br />• Employer education on tax credits <br />Activities: <br />• 12 month follow -up services for families <br />who leave welfare <br />• Short term training to enhance job skills <br />• Education and follow -up on advanced <br />earned income tax credit <br />• Individualized transportation plans <br />WHO/WHERE <br />• OPC Mental Health - on site at DSS <br />and in treatment facilities <br />• Partnership for Young Children, Day <br />Care Services, DSS <br />• Friends of DSS, faith community, and <br />Commission for Women <br />• Medical providers <br />• DSS, Orange Congregations In <br />Mission (OCIM), Inter -Faith Council <br />(IFC), JOCCA <br />• Orange County CAT system, Public <br />transportation, school buses, private <br />contractors <br />• DSS, OCIM, IFC, JOCCA <br />• DSS, ESC <br />• Chamber of Commerce, Economic <br />Development Commission (EDC), <br />ESC, DSS <br />• Possible contract with non - profit <br />• Skill Development Center, Community <br />Colleges <br />• DSS, ESC <br />• Orange County CAT system, public <br />transportation, school buses, private <br />contractors <br />N <br />