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5 3 Based on 1990 Census figures, there were 2,004 persons, or 3.8% of the Orange County population, unemployed. The most recent figure is 2.4% unemployment, according to the Employment Security Commission. (See Chart 1) Needs include employment skills; life skills training (literacy, conflict resolution, foreign language); information and referral assistance; assessment services; entrepreneurship training; financial management; and budget counseling. 4. School Dropouts/Kickouts 5. High School Graduates Looking for Work Each year the number of students from the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Schools and the Orange County schools in these categories vary. County your unemployment rates are estimated at around 10%. Without intervention, these recent students may quickly end up in one of the other categories. Recent graduates from Chapel Hill High School or Orange High School and are unemployed and looking for work. Needs include more opportunities for work experience and ongoing life skills training. 6. Working Poor This group includes those individuals who are employed but living at or just above the poverty level. There is no accurate way to identify exactly how many people are part of this group, who are for the most part self-identified. However, in 1990, the InterFaith Council Emergency Services Division served 1,454 persons of whom 26% were employed full-time and 20%were employed part-time. According to the 1990 Census, there was a 3.8%unemployment rate in Orange County while 13.0% of the population lived at the poverty level, indicating that a significant number of working persons qualified as "working poor". In Orange County, 19% of families earn less than $20,000 with an additional 30% earning between $20,000 and $40,000. The average private sector job, as of the 3rd quarter 1994, pays $20,950/year. 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. 7. People Lost Outside the System Includes persons who may not be captured in the other traditional groupings who have unique education and training needs. Subgroups include: the homeless; recovering substance abusers; older workers; displaced homemakers; persons on probation/parole; and migrant and seasonal workers.