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Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Successful N.J. online job training program expanding - Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press
Just a couple of years ago, single mother Marilyn Morales was struggling to feed four children with food stamps and her $314-a-week salary as an administrative assistant. Then the Asbury Park woman got into a pilot state program to test whether job training at home over the Internet could help single, working mothers overcome child care and transportation obstacles, learn computer and other job skills, and earn more money. Morales and the other 127 women in the first class fared so well — their average wage rose nearly 15% — that a national foundation is underwriting an effort by Rutgers University and New Jersey to help other states start similar programs. ," said Morales, 34, who got a position as a job counselor that pays her 40% more. "I would recommend this program to anyone." Taking courses over a special Web site, she beefed up her limited computer skills and took courses on writing, career counseling, even calming upset clients. Now she can pay all her bills on time every month and buy things needed by her children, ages 12 to 16.
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