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29 County Outcomes 1. 100% of the Work First participants who no longer qualify for assistance will have access to a safety net of services, including education and skills training. 2. 100% of the Work First participants who are employed below a living wage will have access to a safety net of services, including education and skills training. Short Term Strategies for Support Services. • Develop a personalized transportation plan that includes what the recipient can do on their own behalf, who they can ask for help and what to do in emergencies • Expand existing services and develop new services • Advertise the rural Orange bus schedule • Collaborate with the Triangle Transit Authority to install ride - share, van pool signs in northern part of county • Issue transportation vouchers for Work First recipients to use on public buses and van pools or for private transportation services such as buses and taxis • Contract with privately owned services such as taxis and bus systems • Seek good Samaritan legislation to limit liability for volunteers who drive Work First participants or their children. • Collaborate with the local public school systems for Work First participants to serve as bus monitors • Seek additional state funds for subsidized child care for WORK FIRST participants • Create a dedicated child care funding source for mandatory recipients • Seek legislation to remove the self - support reserve in calculating child support for non custodial parent. • Work with District Court Judges to gain better enforcement of child support orders • Advocate for legislation to provide tax incentives to employers who provide sick child care and child and dependent care during non - traditional hours • Contract with other agencies to employ alternative strategies to help the hard to place participants Long Term Strategies for Support Services • Work with city bus system to make bus schedules more compatible with worker's schedules and not so exclusively tied to UNC schedule • Expand the County transportation system • Develop centralized pickup and drop -off points and park -ride lots • Develop church car pools that are accessed through centralized phone services, especially for emergency transportation needs • Expand donor car program to make donated cars in good condition available to Work First participants • Develop relationship with car repair shops to donate $300 or more per year worth of car repairs per year for Work First recipients • Work with local schools and community colleges to provide low cost car repair for Work First participants in cooperation with car repair training programs at local high schools • Hire a transportation (mobility) manager to coordinate transportation ideas W