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· Meeting both Federal Participation Rates · Remaining off Work First for employment · Employed 6 and 12 months after leaving Work First · Reducing the Work First caseload · Prevention of Welfare Dependency Work Experience a. Description: Work Experience has been useful in the past to not only provide recipients of Work First with the opportunity to gain good work habits, work skills, and development of a work ethic. It has also served as a strong incentive to secure paid employment, as the thought of spending hours working for no pay seems somewhat unpleasant, even if skills are being learned. Work Experience in Cabarrus County has generally been used as a last resort for those who have not been able to secure any kind of job. b. Provision: Cabarrus County'DSS negotiates the work site contracts with several providers as is deemed necessary throughout the year. In previous years, public schools attracted some to Work ExPerience, but the County Landfill did not. It was used to give recipients a "push" to move on to better jobs. c. Contribution to meeting of goals: Work Experience can contribute to the meeting of the following goals: · Adults entering employment · Meeting both Federal Participation Rates · Providing employment services · Remaining off'Work First for employment · Reducing the Work First caseload GED/HS Completion for Teen Heads of Household a. Description: It is the objective to make every effort to ensure that teenage heads of household remain in school and graduate or receive a high school equivalency. They must satisfactorily attend school, and this will be determined by the public school or community colleges definition of "satisfactory". In some cases, teens have dropped out of school prior to graduation to supplement the family income. This is a short-term and inadequate solution to a problem, and must be avoided whenever possible. b. Provision: The Work First employment program will identify and target teen heads of household as quickly as possible once they are recipients of Work First to ensure that they do indeed remain in school and satisfactorily attend. This will be monitored monthly, with notification that school officials should contact the social worker if there are attendance or performance problems. The social workers will work with families to better ensure that households are not in a position where teens in school feel compelled to drop out to assist in the support of the household.