In Cooperation With The Economic Development Administration Of The Department Of Commerce Creating Quality is a monthly newsletter for manufacturers. It contains short articles on management, personnel, team building, financing, business assessment, international markets, productivity, and regulations. For welfare reform to succeed in Missouri, one must first look at the nature and needs of existing business within the state, as well as analyze what type of job skills will be needed by existing business several years into the future. Training for these new jobs must begin now.
Prevention is an essential element of the state's plan for welfare reform.
This element is emerging within our schools through many new programs offered in the elementary and secondary education system. This program provides incentives to raise academic standards and provide career opportunities to high school students throughout the state. Students are actually allowed to work on projects and learn job skills such as welding, machining, CAD, photography, video production or whatever they feel interests them as a career option. Graduates of the program receive financial assistance to attend two years of college or vocational school. Preparatory programs are designed to make the individual employable, while supplemental programs are for those in the labor market who need to upgrade skills for one reason or another.