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• bAhgry Rmuitment: Industrial/commercial property is available within the Gifford <br />community. For certain businesses, a readily available workforce would be an attractive <br />incentive. <br />• Industry Initiatives: Some businesses have expressed interest in hiring the chronically <br />unemployed and underemployed. Those businesses would work with the Gifford Youth <br />Activities Center, Career One Stop Center, WAGES Program, Indian River Community <br />College and other service providers. <br />•Child Care: Available, affordable day care is critical. Gifford Youth Activities Center• <br />provides limited child monitoring and day care based on job-related criteria. The Adderly <br />Home in Gifford may be converted to a child care center to handle up to 100 children. <br />Child care is not affordable for 2 parent families because they do not qualify for benfits. <br />• Life Skills Training: The chronically unemployed often lack the most basic skills in seeking <br />a job. Those skills include filling out a job application, how to interview, work ethics, <br />attitude, and elementary reading, writing and math skills. <br />• Criminal Records: Job seekers sometimes can not pass criminal record check; often for <br />crimes committed in their youth. Expungement may be available but is sometimes difficult <br />and expensive to obtain. <br />• Dn reoreneurshio T in; g: Indian River Community College has held one course in <br />"Entrepreneurship Training" that was attended by 12 people, another is planned. <br />• Hou ,sing: Many agricultural workers live in subsidized housing based on their earnings. -An <br />increase in earnings Will jeopardize their housing opportunities. <br />The majority of housing is H.U.D. housing. There is a need for private home owner <br />occupied housing opportunities. <br />MQ—S� Removal of the C.O.P.E. building has contributed to an increase in criminal <br />activity. <br />SHORT TERM (6 months) RECOMMENDATIONS <br />• Develop a structure to pursue future grants that would target the county's chronically <br />unemployed and underemployed. <br />• County officials should identify and talk to absentee owners of abandoned, distressed <br />properties; burn down remainder of crack houses and police known drug sales areas. <br />• Enforce all County codes, ordinances and laws consistently with other parts of the county. <br />• Identify the agencies and organizations that can provide the help being suggested in this <br />report. <br />• . Create better communications avenues for people to register for needed training classes. <br />AUGUST 8, 2000 <br />-55- <br />� <br />114 PG 509 <br />