The Indian River Community College (Florida) program prepares people who qualify as displaced homemakers and single parents to enter or reenter the work force and vocational training. The program is designed to meet the needs of the target population by offering pre-employment information and skills, guidance, community referral, and vocational…

A program was designed at Miami-Dade Community College (South Campus) to meet the educational needs and interests of single parents/displaced homemakers by providing recruitment, counseling, financial aid referrals, job placement referrals, and career selection assistance. Nontraditional vocational and occupational programs were emphasized. During…

The goal of the single parent/homemaker project was to integrate participants into society as competent members of a comfortable and self-supporting family unit. The targeted population consisted largely of younger single parents and/or homemakers (primarily female) who lacked education and skills to function effectively as contributing citizens.…