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13 <br /> County Activities <br /> • <br /> j <br /> Orange ountv obUnk <br /> JP1 <br /> JobLink partners work together tor customer suoo, se-. <br /> Ten JobLink p: liners p: Iidpa4i M the fifth, annual Homelessness Project Connect held on Octobor 13, <br /> 2,011 t the Hargraves Community Center, 216 IN.. Riberson St, Chapel !Hilt 27516 <br /> 2310 guests ware ser ! the mend <br /> 175 guests ware sem! by Orange County doblink p: Int s <br /> 2344 client servoCes by g ! :K d service oviders were record <br /> *Disability Awareness Coun 1 conduct! annue w kali. on pcyimn i La gaining : gre: er <br /> understanding of Title I of the ADA. Ih:, ds-on,cud zioralive B'oblem-soll 'ng mono:sea in Ih:, dling[ <br /> WEIS that commonly arise in the : B Boicalion pr I be L'K and the workplace. Also they developed : piini and <br /> virtu: d/or web resource Ilibrary of mated: s in v .ous formats (print! videotape,CDs,computer soft- <br /> w: for lob seekers with dis: d use by other : !Jamie : in the Job °Links Center. <br /> *Joint Orange Chatham Community Action(JOCCA) <br /> Thirbii-eight p:rticipants were enroll in IA,the INA , lull PT !ram :rid Seventy-throe were enroll!II into the <br /> Isccaii Workar Prb!reM. MI.Z't of th plicants WENTG seeking :ststance with jui placement and/or Cc- <br /> cup: /wall ills Tr:'fling. Two B bole complete On-the-job training[and wer hired by the training OTTI- <br /> ployor, The job market w: : light for most 11 the ye but many B 1110 WING placed in employment <br /> Performance measures include: Forty-one (41) partici' M exited from the pro,gams during the ye:r;Thirty- <br /> six (36) participants enter! employment and Tecairke! a credential;and Forty-sol en participants (47) met <br /> the 6 month retention conformance measure. <br /> Success through Redemploymerit Serinces- <br /> Wanda Shua gr: :dual! with an associate in : B iid sw°9110G ITOM Alamance Community Coll t lie in Medical <br /> Office Administration in 22 July 2011, She : so received certificates in IHealth car o *erica, mt coding. <br /> billing and insurance nd m transoni ion, Sho was inducted in Phi litho: K: ii honor socialy.. <br /> Tammy NOBS@ gradu: with : ::ociate ! !tee in I:.olechnoli.*y on 22 Jury 2011 with honors :nd now is <br /> ample ! with Mar as algolech technician. l-1 e starting 5: is $1g.00 an hour. <br /> *JobLink customer suc ss. CA an Orange County JobLink Center cus Mar entered the Orange County <br /> Work First B' !ram in October 2010 :5 singlelmothar of : two ye:, old ughtor. She h: ill a work history :5 <br /> alive : nit but lost the j . due to subs°:d co : ousel. Realizing that she not lie to ch:, ge her <br /> path :rid s Iherself to account: *Mb;she B Boied for Work IFirst and to the Ruiz ins Substance ,111 <br /> During her time in IN I First. C.J. conquered he substance ETIMISO,won the 11 Bartunity to serve othe sub- <br /> soil nee : 'users at a new f *lily that Hartz Ins opone aril completed n extensive employmentlife <br /> class sponsor ' by Orange County Work IFirst, Orange County &blink and the Community Service I: ock <br /> Grant pr,!r: <br /> For two ye:,s she w e*icated lc the Vilirk First OPT,yam,completing all t: K fultilling[all t !lira- <br /> mants beyond pectalion. CA. tolk full : ilvaritage of all the pro,gams,utiliz!i the resources ETV ailable al the <br /> JobLink Center and : B I what she learn!II and in May 2011 she iblained unployment with PTA <br /> Thrift 511,is, Sho is looking forward to b .!ht fulura with lher d: Mar. <br /> Annual Report 2011-2112 13 <br />