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depending on the availability of funds.
The program includes an assessment of each client, followed by counseling with a local social worker to tailor a program to that individual’s needs.
The program includes educational services, tutoring and classes leading to a G.E.D. diploma, as well as daycare, transportation and counseling.
Once the clients begin the work phase of the program, they are taught basic interpersonal skills, including how to get along with others on the job and what is expected of a person in an employment situation.
The program will be headquartered in Culpeper, because of its central location to the five counties of PD 9. Most of the training will take place there, and the program is trying to arrange with the Community Services Board to use its shuttle bus runs to transport the clients who live in the other counties.
Commissioner Jackson acknowledged that the program “will probably cost an arm and a leg.” But, he added, “the state cannot afford not to do this. This is an investment in our future. You can’t write off an entire generation . . . certainly not everybody is going to be a success — but there should be some."
To the naysayers who question whether the program will work, or how it differs from similar attempts in the past, Commissioner Jackson said, “This program has to do with looking into the future and seeing what will happen if we don’t educate our job pool. It doesn’t matter why they are not making it.”
County residents who are interested in more information about the Jobs/JTPA program should contact Mrs. Bowen at the Department of Social Services (675-3313).
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