In the face of massive welfare reform and an increase in the number of uninsured youth and young adults, the Center must evaluate its operations and long-term plans. In addition, when legal advice is needed, toll-free telephone support will be provided to women 60 or older by three female attorneys. The goal of the boutique is to assist women in making a favorable impression during the job interview and to provide an initial wardrobe for the first critical weeks of work. This project will train new executive directors, middle managers and advocates to build management, fund raising, and legislative skills. Mentors will provide girls in grades six through eleven with direction, support and encouragement in achieving their goals so that they can build a better sense of self-esteem.
Clients strengthen their parenting skills, educational plans and health.
This teen violence prevention curriculum, targeted for middle and high school youth, will train facilitators, educators, students and parents to increase awareness of teen violence and to effect a positive attitude change concerning these issues. The computer systems will provide staff the ability to increase services to clients and improve the professionalism and accuracy of financial statements and statistics. It addresses excessive absences in school due to the physical and mental health of teen mothers and will provide summer workshops, classes, homebound instruction, sick child care, and on-site health services as a complement to the vocational training already offered at Careerline tech. Its primary goal is to prevent teen pregnancy by educating girls on decision making skills, setting goals, and developing healthy relationships with the opposite sex. A secondary goal is to educate parents about the messages taught in the video and reinforce those messages at home.