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4 2 resident could be a working poor person requiring public assistance, or an unemployed high school graduate looking for work. However, there are also distinct job skill development needs for each of these groups. The following are brief summations of each need group, including a group definition, the approximate numbers (where available) of each group, and key needs. Special needs such as disabilities are included in all groups. 1. People on Public Assistance Includes persons receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children(AFDC) and Food Stamp recipients. AFDC recipients include persons with deprived children under the age of 18 due to the continued absence of one parent, incapacity, or unemployment/underemployment of the principal wage earner(working less than 100 hours per month). The majority of AFDC recipients also receive Food Stamps. Under the new Work First program, approximately 240 individuals must be placed into employment during the first year. It is possible that as many as 100 more people will require job placement and skill development assistance as early as January 1, 1996. Limited short-term training is available under Work First with day care and transportation assistance. According to Department of Social Services (DSS) figures, there are currently 811 AFDC cases (1,932 recipients). There are 898 additional cases of persons who are receiving Food Stamps but not AFDC or other forms of public assistance (Social Security, Supplemental Security Income). This is a total of 3,852 Food Stamp recipients. Needs include targeted recruitment; co-location for employment and education resources; an ESC office in the northern part of Orange County, and continuing education courses. 2. Under-Employed This segment includes employed persons where the employee's talents, skills and/or abilities exceed his/her current employment requirements, and retraining may be an option. People currently working part-time seeking full-time employment are included in this group. At present there is no accurate way to identify how many people are part of this group who are, for the most part, self-identified. Needs include a comprehensive inventory of existing skill training and degree granting institutions in one single, one-stop location; a more up-to-date on-line inventory of available jobs; and, at the one-stop location, services including vocational/interest testing, employment counseling; counseling to help with obstacles to training (transportation, child care, etc.), and benefits counseling. 3. Unemployed Includes those residents 16 and older who are not employed but are looking for work and are available to accept a job, including persons who have been laid off and are waiting to be called back.