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40 EMPLOYMENT An adequate safety net for children and families exists when... • all have work and/or meaningful activity. • parents have jobs that provide an adequate living wage for themselves and those for whom they are responsible. Key Components ► Living wage for families with children ► Supplemental support when wages are inadequate. ► Work place policies that promote families caring for their children. Essential Services ✓ Skills training and retraining. Job skills training is essential, and must be coordinated and available, at both an entry and advanced levels. Welfare recipients, high school students and displaced homemakers should receive special assistance. Support groups should be available for those who are unemployed. Vocational education services should be available at schools and in the community. ✓ Job Creation. Jobs must be created that support families with adequate incomes to care and provide for their children and other family members. ✓ Child Care. Quality child care services must be an essential component of any employment effort in the county. ✓ Transportation. Transportation services must be an essential component of any employment effort in the county. ✓ Work Place Policies. Work place policies should be encouraged that support flex-time for parents, school mentoring, and opportunities for community education, such as health care and parenting, at the work-site. ✓ Wage Supports. When families earn minimum wages, there are not able to escape poverty and adequately care for their children and other family members. Wage Supports or enhancements should be available to support families. ✓ Work-site Protection and Lowrance. Work-site injury prevention must be maintained at the county level,and disability insurance must be available for all workers in all employment fields.