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By SHARON KILPATRICK
and LOU HATTER
Rappahannock News Staff Writers
Adelphia Cable Communications Inc., which applied to the county’s Board of Supervisors to submit a proposal for a cable franchise, has been moving into more and more areas of Virginia since 1987.
In November, 1987, Adelphia bought the MultiChannel T.V. Cable Company from the Samuel A. Horvitz Testamentary Trust. Multi-Channel owned and operated cable systems in Charlottesville, Staunton, Waynesboro, and Martinsville.
In February, 1988 Adelphia bought Commonwealth
Program targets
'hard core' jobless
By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Rappahannock County is the recipient of a $25,000 federal grant to establish a multi-faceted program to make long-term unemployed residents self-sufficient.
Social Services Director Beverly Bowen said the program, which is a joint effort of the Social Services departments in Rappahannock, Madison and Culpeper counties, is one of the first of its kind in Virginia.
In the past, she said, efforts to help these so-called “hard core” unemployed, Mrs. Bowen said, have been a “band-aid approach” and were generally unsuccessful. Though some efforts resulted in short-term success for the participants, over time most of them slipped back into the cycle of unemployment and dependence on public welfare programs.
This program, the director said, is a “total, comprehensive approach. The goal at the end is for these people to hold down a real good job.” And, in the process, they break the cycle of welfare dependency, becoming productive members of society and raising their own self-image as well, Mrs. Bowen added.
The first group of seven clients, including one Rappahannock County resident, began classes in Culpeper two weeks ago. The first focus of the program, Mrs. Bowen said, is a joint effort with the Culpeper Literacy Council to improve the participants’ academic achievement levels.
The joint program, which is funded through the federal Job Training Partnership Act of 1983 through the Piedmont Job Training Administration, provides day care and transportation to and from the training center in Culpeper, in addition to the classes in remedial studies, self-esteem and job skills.
For more information about the joint job training program, contact the Rappahannock County Department of Social Services (675-3313).
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