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( 3) By comparison, for the period of October 1 , 1976 to June 30, 1977, the Title I training program served 783 persons . Please notice thesi axe three quarter figures , not the full year. Pre- liminary inLoations show that approximately 975 individuals re- ceived some service from the basic training program by September 30. One-ha f of the 975 will still be in training on September 30,1977. They are scheduled to complete their training after October 1, 1 77. Those 783 individuals , who were served, received training th ough a variety of activities which include classroom vocational raining at Durham Technical Institute, on-the-job skill training wih private and public employers , part-time after school jobs for hi h school youth, high school equivalency training for school drop�uts, job experience for new entrants into the labor force and unskilled persons, vocational exploration for economi- cally disad antaged high school youth, and training of the unem- ployed and economically disadvantaged on how to find a job and retain a jo . In the Classrooms, Vocational training activity, the program served 284 persons in curriculums such as practical nurse education, respiratory therapy, auto mechanics , keypunching, and secretarial, skills . Another 155 persons received actual on-the- job training i with public and private employers (78 persons with public employers and 77 with private employers) . Part-time jobs for 132 high school youths provided job experience and the oppor•- tonity to leaxn good work habits . The training program provided 103 persons, who had less than a high school education, with the opportunity to complete the high school equivalency and improve their chances of finding work. Job Preparation classes for 40 persons focused on learning job-seeking skills and job-zetaini.ng skills. Job experience and vocational exploration training went to 80 persons who lacked skills and lacked actual. experience in a job. To offer these training opportunities , the program expended $875 , 826 from October 1 , 1976 to June 30,1977. Title III funds for the 1977 Summer Youth Employment program provided jobs to 794 economically disadvantaged youths. Expendi- tures in this program amounted to $526,024 . Additionally, the Title I trai ing program provided summer jobs to another 130 young- sters. In a 1, the summer youth employment program expanded $609, 896 on 924 young tern between the ages of 14 and 21. Another 248 unemployed persons were served in the public service jobs program between October 1, 1976 to June 30, 1977. Expenditures on behalf of these persons totaled $993, 580. These 2 8 persons were employed through 150 Public Service Employment positions . For Fiscal. year 1978, the Durham-orange program will fund 267 positions. Sixty-seven positions are for Orange Count residents , one hundred-seventy positions are for City of Durh m residents , and thirty positions are for the resi- dents of the Balance of Durham County. Under the President' s Economic Stimulus Program, the Public Service Jobs Program of 267 positions ha a funding level of more than $2. 6 million. As you axe aware , t ese positions provide important public services such