Sacramento Head Start Alumni Association

Voices of Parents Struggling to Move from Welfare

Aug 19, 2002

Running Out of Time: Voices of Parents Struggling to Move from Welfare
to
Work surveyed 8,536 low-income Los Angeles parents about their barriers
to
employment and the services they most need to become self-sufficient.
Barriers cited by over one-third of the respondents include child
care,
education, job experience and skills, housing, transportation, and
limited
English. Needed services, say over half the respondents, include the
creation of good jobs and help finding them, child care, education, and
health care. Free. Los Angeles County Children's Planning Council,
500 W
Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012; (213) 893-0421; online at
http://www.childrensplanningcouncil.org/misc2.asp