COUNTY'S JOB OFFICE MAY MOVE, EXPAND.Byline: David Greenberg The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Daily News Staff Writer Ventura County would bolster This article is about the pillow called a bolster. For other meanings of the word "bolster", see bolster (disambiguation). A bolster (etymology: Middle English, derived from Old English, and before that the Germanic word bulgstraz its welfare reform program if the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday adds eight positions to the Workforce Development Division. Supervisor John Flynn wants to go further and place the job training and placement office under the umbrella of the county Public Social Services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales Agency. Flynn said the move should speed the process of helping welfare recipients find jobs under the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility for Kids program. ``You want to bring together under one agency those programs that are related,'' he said. ``If they are not there, it creates communication problems.'' To pay for the new positions, the supervisors are expected to approve spending $137,497 for the remainder of the budget year through June and $274,994 for the 1998-99 budget year. The county would be reimbursed for those expenditures by the federal government under the Job Training Partnership Act, from which the WDD (Windows Distributed Desktop) Software from Tektronix, Wilsonville, OR, that allows Unix workstations and X terminals access to Windows applications running under an enhanced version of Windows NT or Windows 2000 Server. was created. The eight positions are a one-stop service center coordinator, two job preparation trainers, a business resource center coordinator, three receptionists and a youth programs coordinator. They would be stationed at the one-stop service centers, which provide job training and referrals; drug, alcohol and emotional counseling; and legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. for parents seeking child support. About 8,600 welfare recipients countywide coun·ty·wide adv. & adj. Throughout a whole county: found at locations countywide; a countywide search. Adj. 1. entered the CalWORK program Jan. 1. The new reform law caps benefits at five years and strips new applicants of funding if they do not find a job, enter a job training program, or perform community service work after 18 months. Those receiving benefits before Jan. 1 have a two-year deadline. Flynn called for placing the Workforce Development Division within the Public Social Services Agency because the formerly independent operation has been under the interim control of the county Chief Administrator's Office for nearly two years. Many WDD offices across the state choose to remain independent of any county office, Flynn said. ``They don't want to be attached to the stigma stigma: see pistil. Stigma mark of Cain God’s mark on Cain, a sign of his shame for fratricide. [O. T.: Genesis 4:15] scarlet letter that welfare brings,'' he said. ``I don't think that virus has hit Ventura County.'' Marty Robinson, the county's chief deputy administrative officer, said she was not familiar with Flynn's plans and would not comment. PSSA PSSA Pennsylvania System of School Assessment PSSA Particularly Sensitive Sea Area PSSA Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa PSSA Political Science Student Association PSSA Photographic Society of Southern Africa PSSA Preliminary System Safety Assessment Director Barbara Fitzgerald, Chief Deputy Director Helen Reburn and Deputy Director Jerry Blesener were unavailable for comment. |
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