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Page 3 deficiencies might exist. Dual enrollment is arranged with Alamance schools for students who wish to take a course such as welding or machine shop for high school credit. (Dual enrollment is available also at Durahm Tech.). In the nursing programs and LPN can become an RN with one year's training. Many special students take one course in a field of personal interest. Fifty college graduates are now taking courses. After these individual presentations, the group discussed questions which had been provided in advance. What services are lackin: in Oran:e Count'? Child care and transportation are lacking for some people in CETA and WIN programs. Although CETA will pay for transportation, it cannot provide a car. In some cases ownership of a car, along with other assets, disqualifies a person for aid, so that it can become a "Catch 22" situation. Orange County lacks an Employment Security Commission office since recent budget cuts. WIN and CETA workers have more responsibility to find jobs for their clients with less Commission help. What services are likely to be cut? Eligibility requirements are tighter for AFDC and related programs: The food stamp program is hurt badly. Training funds are cut. WIN has no money for day care, and help from Social. Services is meager since their funds for day care are also cut. Workfare may replace job training, requiring people to work at unskilled jobs with little expectation of advancement. What 'lens are bein: made to hel. aeust to cutbacks? Agencies can increase cooperation by referring clients to other agen- cies to fill gaps in their own programs. Legislators need to be educated on the effects or regulations. Some rules make sense in most cases but are illogical in individual situations, e.g. an 8 year old boy dropped his paper route because it put the family into a bracket that provented the family from getting medicaid for his ' - chronically ill sister. Politicians will correct such rules if they are aware of the effects. The WIN tax incentive program has been improved by stricter regula- tions which prevent employers from retroactively claiming credit for people already on their payroll. Now, they must be certified as eligi- ble before employment, which encourages new employment of low income peo- ple. This is being explained to employers. A possible project for the Women's Commission would be to get heads of corporations together at a meeting to learn about tax incentives available to them. Employment Security could furnish a speaker.