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Documentation of progress toward goal: The Employment Services area will closely work with Child Welfare to document progress toward this goal, utilizing their Informational system. B. County Developed Perfermaace Outcome Goals 1. Prevention of Welfare Dependency a. Activities/support services that will enable us to meet this goal: The · department will continue the New Focus diversion program to meet this goal. New potential applicants requesting WFFA will be diverted to Employment Services Intake, where they will have a full family comprehensive assessment done. Once this is completed, there will be efforts made by the social worker and other agency staff to meet their short-term needs through financial assistance, counseling, as well as on-site employment assistance provided by ESC staff. The proposed increase in Diversion Assistance payments to $1,200.00 will assist in this effort. Diverted clients, as always, are encouraged to apply for medicaid and food stamps. Wc do recognize and take very seriously the need for dependent coverage for working families and those seeking work in the area of medical insurance. Many small employers, in particular, provide partly subsidized group insurance, but in many cases, it is entirely up to the employee to provide insurance for their dependent children. In Cabarrus County, we are making strong efforts in providing outreach for NC Health Choice for Children through a Covering Kids grant. b. Who will carry these services out: These services will be provided by DSS staff, ESC, UFS, CCM, and other extemal providers. c. Location of these services: Services will primarily be located at DSS, but referrals may be made to outside resources. d. Measurement of outcomes: The department already has internal tool for measuring this, and will continue to utilize this. e Increased Number of Individual Development Accounts (IDA's) Established to Assist Working Families Activities/support services that will enable us to meet this goal: Our goal is to expand IDA's to not only assist families in securing affordable housing, but to assist the children in the household in saving for post-secondary education or training, Our plan is to work closely with Cabarms County Community Development Corporation, our partnering agency for IDA's, to expand this program. We plan t° develop partnerships and grants for mentoring and tutoring to further prepare students up through high school for post-secondary training. Staff is presently being sent to state training on IDA's in order to assist us in being better prepared to meet this challenge. This will involve closely assessing families to determine needs and their long- term goals. 12