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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />51 <br />M <br />Employment: Job Fairs <br />• Job fairs help unemployed and underemployed residents of Orange County <br />locate employment <br />• Many employers hire on the spot <br />• Last year more than 40 employers were available to accept applications and <br />recruit new employees <br />• Over 600 individuals attended job fairs in 2013 seeking employment <br />Employment: Building Futures Program (WIA) <br />• It is a youth development program that offers comprehensive year -round services <br />to help at -risk youth ages 16 -21 become successful at school and in employment <br />• Activities include: <br />Summer employment activities <br />Leadership development <br />Dropout prevention <br />Work experience <br />Tuition /educational assistance <br />Employment: FNS Employment and Training <br />• A voluntary program for recipients of FNS <br />• Helps unemployed and underemployed individuals to enhance job seeking skills <br />and obtain employment <br />• Implemented in October, 2013 <br />• Includes job fairs and weekly job clubs <br />• 26 people have been hired since the program began in October <br />Sharon Hinton said the Skills Development Center has also been called the Joplin <br />Center and is in the midst of recertification with the Department of Commerce to remain at a <br />level 1 status. She said this will be determined by the end of June. <br />Sharon Hinton said the Building Futures Program inherited about 70 participants, and <br />has received another 115 new referrals since January. <br />Robert Gilmore presented the following slide: <br />Employment: Work First <br />• Work First is North Carolina's TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) <br />plan to help families move off of welfare and into jobs. To help families, Work <br />First provides employment services; supportive services and time limited cash <br />assistance to families with children under age 18 who meet income and <br />resources guidelines. <br />Robert Gilmore said he has been the Human Services Supervisor for the Work First <br />program for over 14 years. He said the program provides for families in a holistic manner. A <br />video was shown of a participant in the Work First program. <br />Nancy Coston said there is another face to the impact of poverty, and these situations <br />often involve the social work staff with adult and child protective services. She said some of the <br />County emergency funds are used to help these programs. <br />Dustan Lowell presented the following slides: ( *this was a change in the order of slides <br />included in the abstract) <br />