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<br />III. <br /> <br />3. Concern that a "block grant" is capped, unlike an entitlement <br />program, and that some potentially could not get served. <br /> <br />Outcomes and Goals for the County <br /> <br />A. Statewide Work First Goals <br />1. Adults Entering Employment: 31 <br />2. Remaining off Work First for Employment: 90% <br />3. Providing Diversion Assistance: 68 <br />4. ProvidinglEmployment Services: <br />a. All-parent: 80% <br />b. Two-parent: 100% <br />5. Meeting 50% All Parent Participation Rate: 50% <br />6. Meeting 90% Two Parent Participation Rate: 90% . <br />7. Employed 6 Months After Leaving Work First (60% goal): 60% <br />8. Employed 12 Months After Leaving Work First (50% goal): 50% <br /> <br />.j <br /> <br />The methods for achieving the above goals are described in. Section IV below. <br /> <br />B. County Developed Outcome Goals <br /> <br />1. Prevention of Welfare Dependency: It will continue to be the goal of <br />Cabarrus County DSS to provide necessary services when feasible to <br />prevent welfare dependency. This should occur in 65% of the cases where <br />an able bodied adult requests Work First cash assistance, and is seen by an <br />Employment Social Worker through the New Focus diversion. Efforts <br />will continue to be made to strengthen and effectively use short-term <br />assistance'programs, coupled with family and financial counseling to <br />prevent an application for ongoing cash welfare. <br />2. Use of Wage Supplementation (Grant Diversion) to encourage <br />employers to hire Work First recipients: Work First cash assistance <br />will be frozen and diverted to supplement salaries when it is determined <br />that recipi~t1ts receiving employment services need this option to <br />encourage employers to hire them. Lack of or poor work histories and the <br />status oftbe economy can contribute to the need for wage <br />supplementation. It is the goal to have 6 of these wage supplementation <br />positions created during each fiscal year. <br />3. Providing Optimal Living Situations for Children in Child-Only <br />Work First Cases: Depending on staffing, Cabarrus County DSS will <br />work when possible with children in child-only Work First cases to best <br />assure that they are living in the most secure and caring situation possible. <br />This will be through working to secure adoptions, guardianships,and legal <br />custody arrangements, as well as working with Child Support to <br />aggressively pursue child support for the children. When Work First staff <br />is able to provide services to 'child-only' cases, it is the goal to improve <br />the living situations of 15 children each fiscal year. The NC General <br /> <br />5 <br />(1.-5 <br />