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24 t <br /> Recommendations /Stratebies <br /> • Urge Orange County Commissioners to convene a"Conference on Poverty" to formulate <br /> partnerships and develop strategies. Such a conference should include: <br /> • Private business and industry <br /> • Churches <br /> • Local units of government <br /> • Educational institutions <br /> • Community leaders <br /> • Develop and implement a sound networking system to identify those students who actually <br /> live in poverty and need assistance <br /> • Provide special training for teachers to work on the critical element of guidance services, as <br /> well as to eliminate built-in attitudes regarding poverty. <br /> • Provide action and awareness sessions on poverty to combat feelings of hopelessness, <br /> helplessness and isolation in disadvantaged youth. <br /> • Provide parity in both school systems, with equal educational opportunities for all school <br /> children. <br /> • Urge school superintendents to provide leadership in addressing the adverse effects of <br /> poveny on students in public schools. <br /> • Promote a greater awareness of a continuous tend of poverty that can only erode growth in <br /> our society and become more taxing on the educational system. <br />