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b. Activities and Support Services to be Provided: As in the previous goals, the provision of transportation, child care, EA, and participation expenses will be needed to meet and maintain participation levels. c. Who Will Manage Activities and Support Services: The Work First social work staff, and IM case management staff, will have primary responsibility for ensuring that all activities are pulled together in such a way as to meet participation. It will also be the responsibility of the clients to participate the required number of hours, and to assume personal responsibility for themselves and their children. d. Where Will This Take Place: This will take place primarily at DSS, but staff will go wherever they are needed to ensure that this goal is met. This can require home visits when there are client absentee problems, or employer visits, when there are work place problems. e. How We Will Measure Outcomes for This Goal: We will use the state system to obtain the statistics for this goal, as well as our local employment database. The state system has this rate in RMDS report "DHRWFJ ALL FAMII,[ES COUNTED". Meeting the "Two Parent" Participation Rate: How Will This Goal Be Met: Presently the participation rate for this population is 75%. Both parents together in two parent families must be participating at a sum total of 35 hours per week. Effective October 1998, this increases to 90%. Historically, in Cabarrus County, this has been the most difficult population with which to work. In most cases, this involved male clients, who were working "under the table" and not reporting wages. It involved many home visits, with intensive social work intervention, and in many cases was still not successful. We anticipate that this population will be no less difficult to work with in the future, and in many cases haore difficult due to the numerous low paying jobs available and the strict work requirements. It will require quick intervention "off the starting block" with basically no let up, if we ever hope to succeed in meeting this rate. A close working relationship with ESC ( 1st Stop and Contract Staff) and Employment and IM staffwill be imperative to make sure that there is no lag time from when a client inquires about assistance, and when theY are prompted and counseled about employment on all fronts. Intensive job readiness counseling will be provided by DSS and ESC staff, as well as thorough assessments by social workers to detemdne if there are underlying problems causing this family to have barriers to employment. In the event there are problems, they 10