Describes the development, content, and outcome of a highly cost-effective program designed to meet the personal and vocational needs of displaced homemakers. Follow-up data (N=232) indicated 30 percent of the women made gains in employment or training. Results are particularly significant in terms of cost effectiveness. (JAC)

The Step Forward Single Parent/Homemaker Program in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was developed to provide information on career opportunities and assist the target individuals in career assessment, career counseling, and goal setting in order to develop self-esteem and time management skills. During the second year of the Step Forward program in…

The Single Parent/Displaced Homemaker Center at Hopkinsville Community College is designed to assist eligible participants with individualized training and acquisition of marketable skills. Before classes begin, a week-long orientation is scheduled to help the participants explore careers and become job ready. The orientation also is designed to…

An Indiana study was conducted to research adequacy of employment and training programs to displaced homemakers, assess characteristics of displaced homemakers, assess effectiveness of past and current programs, and make recommendations. Information on characteristics of displaced homemakers was gained from 280 respondents at six workshops, 146…

The Lutheran Settlement House Women's Program has offered many different avenues of personal exploration for more than 5,000 women in its Philadelphia neighborhood for 6 years. The women's program components include adult basic education classes, self-development workshops, a community-based degree-oriented college program, a bilingual crisis…