Show Help Is On Its Way For Female Students And Single Parents Parents' WASHINGTON DC D.C. Congress has has' approved a compromise bill that increases by 30 times the amount of money targeted to help women learn job skills for higher paying jobs Utah Sen Orrin Hatch a key sponsor of the bill and chief sponsor of oJ the amendment benefiting women said Senate and House Hous me members bers conferred on differing ve versions ions of the Vo Vocational Education Amendments HR and agreed to earmark more than 12 percent of annual appropriations for programs to help single parents and displaced hom homemakers makers job fob training The conference report won unanimous approval from the Senate Wednesday and the House Th Thursday day and requires only the presidents president's nt's signature before becoming law Hatch latch said the conference report conference report rep rt directs percent of federal vocational education monies to the women's training program or a total of million mIllion the current expenditures are roughly 04 percent of vocational education The measure will plug 86 million into training programs for single parents Programs would provide job training specifically designed for special needs of the group including provision of transportation and aid in child care Hatch said Single mothers and displaced homemakers are missed completely by many earlier programs They have not been able to get training for better jobs because they could not get to t the e training or because th they y had children who needed care during class times The second provision slots 28 million to adapt and improve current vocational programs to meet the needs of younger women from the ages of 14 through 25 This is seed money to prevent the displacement of homemakers in i inthe t f the future Each state will receive for a sex equity coordinator who is charged I with enhancing sex equity opportunities and stamping out destructive sex biases as required by law These parents are not on welfare but they are working poor Because they work they are ineligible for many programs we have to help h unemployed Well they deserve a chance to improve their circumstances This program m will give them that chance Hatch said i A SPECIAL NOTE FROM ALICE SMITH r DIRECTOR DIRECT R OF WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER CENTE The Advis Advisory ry Board for the Center at t Utah Technical a College Colleg js IS' IS meeting on October 31 to explore the possibility of making application n fo for these Vocational Education funds A program such as this as-this this is ise is e d d' d rma Y of f. f the th VS J women who are enrolled at Utah Technical College Many of the single parents of this campus are struggling not only with the financial problems that are are prevalent while attending school but the more severe needs are in the areas of support and resources for these single parents We hope to move ahead rapidly with th application of these funds s f for r programs that will greatly assist single parents and displaced homemakers W We n need ed your help Please fill out the questionnaire below This is necessary to gather gathe information for this program on students who are r interested and who would participate and utilize the services of a program for Single Parents Please complete the Questionnaire ire and return to the Resource Cent Center r in the basement of the College Center by oy m er 15 Your Cooperation is Appreciated Name d. d f Address 1 ess I J I s- s y y j V Marital Status r k w An 0 1 L I Age A ge U Under n d er 18 v 30 18 40 V V j 1 r r J- J y 1 CJ t j j. j r. r fr Major t. t Y Full Time Student r i ir i. i 1 Part Time Student 0 I y A t Would you be full time if you h had d th the e su support por a and d r resources u i S iJ Yes No No No t I v I 1 1 t Would you be 00 interested l i in t a i S p r f L eI T J ll for for t Singa r Jr Yes Yea N No 0 eo |