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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1987-09-30, Page 21PART TIME SCHOOL, PART TIME WORK New program to attract A new FUTURES option which offers unemployed young people a chance to go back to school for half a day and work for the other half was among three new in- itiatives to expand FUTURES announced this summer. Gregory Sorbara, Minister of Skills Development, said the new part-time work/part-time school option offers a "se- cond chance to unemployed young people who want to go back to school." "A core of employment -disadvantaged youths exists, despite the economic upswing and the increasing number of job oppor- tunities in the province. Lack of formal and basic education plays a large role in their problems. It affects their job stability and advancement. Nearly 45 percent of the young people between 15 and 24 in today's full-time work force do not have a high school diploma." "Tackling the problem of both youth unemployment aqd a high dropout rate from secondary school has been a priority for the Ontario goverment. The Ministry of Skills Development has worked closely with the Ministry of Education and the result is the part-time work/part-time school option. It is the first time such a program has been of- fered in Canada." Qualified unemployed youths who choose the part-time work/part-time school option will receive $100 a week while attending school, as well as the minimum wage for part-time hours. worked. 'Participants must work 16 to 20 hours a week, and attend school to earn at least three high school credits. The option will be available to youths who have less than a Grade 12 education, have been out of school for at least a year and have been unemployed for at least 12 con- secutive weeks or have accumulated a total of 16 jobless weeks in the past year. Local school boards will be closely involved in im- plementing the new FUTURES option. The new part-time work/part-time school option is expected to attract 7,000 par- ticipants during the next year. FUTURES, a province -wide program started nearly two years ago by the Ministry of Skills Development, helps unemployed youths gain skills upgrading, training and work experience so that they can find, and keep, a job. To date, more than 70,000 young people have participated in the program since it began in November, 1985. Enhanced Training Opportunities Also announced was a new option under FUTURES to increase opportunities for on- the-job training. Under the enhanced train- ing option, an extension of up to 10 weeks of the present 16 -week work placement will be allowed where employers can offer more in- tensive training. More than 5,000 youths are expected to participate in the extended training option annually. Amendments to Eligibility FUTURES eligibility requirements have , 7,000 also been altered so that youths with less than Grade ,12 education can qualify if they have accumulated a total of 16 weeks unemployment in a one-year period. . Previously, the program was limited only to those who had been unemployed for 12 or more consecutive weeks. However, it left out'the group of young people who changed jobs • two or three times a year, took any short term job they could get, and were therefore unemployed only about an average of nine consecutive weeks between jobs. The new rules will allow another 3,000 employment -disadvantaged young people to participate in FUTURES annually. These initiatives will go into effect province -wide during August and September, and will have an anticipated annual cost of $35 million. Reducing drop out rates... • from page 1 establishment of a school based counselling station for youth. Youth Support Worker A youth support worker has been hired to work on a full time basis in partnership in the guidance department at CHSS. The pro- ' ject is supported, financially by the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services. Alternatives to Suspensions Two secondary schools have embarked on systematic programs to devise constructive interventions for significant disciplinary in- fractions as alternatives to suspension from school. Some of these include individualized work education or educational contract programs. Other Programs Other HCBE programs include peer counselling, self-worth counselling groups for students, and partnerships with the HCBE and social, health and judicial agen- cies to act collectively in supportive in- terventions for young persons at risk. The HCBE further has suggested to the Ministry of Education that additional sup- port for programs such as the ones that have been developed in the local school system could be complemented by several changes at the provincial and federal government levels. It has been suggested that teacher con- tracts should be given more flexibility to allow employment for any mutually agreed period. This would help to facilitate any new projects or short term programs that might be initiated. The HCBE has further suggested that a Ministry of Youth be established by the pro- vincial governments in an effort to co- ordinate programs now being undertaken for young people by several agencies. - Mr. Allan noted, "We made the comment that adolescents need the kind of cooperative support which the government has recently identified for the elderly." Another issue that concerns the HCBE director of education is the lack of support from federal programs. He noted, "It is a bureaucratic nightmare for a rural school board to provide needed service to Canada Manpower through a community college." "I'm too tir▪ ed .... " Your body may need iron Do you work with someone who seems to be a walking definition of the word lazy? Or maybe you know a teenager who doesn't have the energy to brush his hair, let alone shovel the snow? How can these people always be tired? Chances are their energy levels, and your own could be boosted by in- creased intake of that well-known mineral, iron. Iron is essential for the body to n,.oufac- ture hemoglobin - a protein of the red blood cells that takes oxygen to every cell and tissue throughout the body. There are several types of anemia, but the most com- mon is a condition where iron deficiency results in low levels of hemoglobin and con- sequently, insufficient oxygen to the cells. Chronic tiredness and weakness are often evidence of anemia -type iron deficiencies. Due to the loss of red blood cells during menstruation, women have long been the target of advertising for iron supplement products, but they are not the only ones to experience iron deficiencies. A US national survey revealed that 95 per cent of children aged one to three, and 68 per cent of children four to five years Old have low iron intake. Hemoglobin counts also seem to drop with age. In seniors iron deficiency anemia may go unnoticed as its symptoms - such as general fatigue, confusion, difficulty walk- ing, and depression - may be mistaken for "ordinary" signs of advancing age. Iron rich foods include organ meats f heart, liver, kidney ), apricots, wheat germ and blackstrap molasses. There are two kinds of iron as far as your body is concern- ed. Heme iron, found in liver, beef, fish and poultry, is the more absorbable of the two. Non-heme iron makes up about 85 to 90 per cent of the iron in the diet of an average Canadian. Non-heme iron comes from green vegetables, dry beans, prunes, nuts and raisins. Absorption of iron, especially non- heme iron, depends on a person's need for iron and combinations of foods in a meal. For example, the amount of iron absorbed from corn can be doubled if it is eaten with fish or beef, and adding vitamin C to a meal of rice can more than triple iron absorption. Unfortunately for children, milk, cheese and eggs may inhibit iron absorption. Phosphates, which are additives widely us- ed in commercial baked goods, soft drinks, candy, and ice cream, are also iron inhibitors. The people at your local health food store can tell you some of the best ways to put more energy into your days with added iron. • Courtesy of the Canadian Health Food Association. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1987—Page 3A A timeless gift ••• Limited edition Collector's Plates featuring the works of Norman Rockwell "Breaking the Rules" 3rd. 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