28B.04.050 - Multipurpose service centers -- Referral to services by -- Displaced homemakers as staff.

Multipurpose service centers — Referral to services by — Displaced homemakers as staff.

(1) Each center contracted for under this chapter shall include or provide information and referral to the following services:

     (a) Job counseling services which shall:

     (i) Be specifically designed for displaced homemakers;

     (ii) Counsel displaced homemakers with respect to appropriate job opportunities; and

     (iii) Take into account and build upon the skills and experience of a homemaker and emphasize job readiness as well as skill development;

     (b) Job training and job placement services which shall:

     (i) Emphasize short-term training programs and programs which expand upon homemaking skills and volunteer experience and which lead to gainful employment;

     (ii) Develop, through cooperation with state and local government agencies and private employers, model training and placement programs for jobs in the public and private sectors;

     (iii) Assist displaced homemakers in gaining admission to existing public and private job training programs and opportunities, including vocational education and apprenticeship training programs; and

     (iv) Assist in identifying community needs and creating new jobs in the public and private sectors;

     (c) Health counseling services, including referral to existing health programs, with respect to:

     (i) General principles of preventative health care;

     (ii) Health care consumer education, particularly in the selection of physicians and health care services, including, but not limited to, health maintenance organizations and health insurance;

     (iii) Family health care and nutrition;

     (iv) Alcohol and drug abuse; and

     (v) Other related health care matters;

     (d) Financial management services which provide information and assistance with respect to insurance, taxes, estate and probate problems, mortgages, loans, and other related financial matters;

     (e) Educational services, including:

     (i) Outreach and information about courses offering credit through secondary or postsecondary education programs, and other re-entry programs, including bilingual programming where appropriate; and

     (ii) Information about such other programs as are determined to be of interest and benefit to displaced homemakers by the board;

     (f) Legal counseling and referral services; and

     (g) Outreach and information services with respect to federal and state employment, education, health, public assistance, and unemployment assistance programs which the board determines would be of interest and benefit to displaced homemakers.

     (2) The staff positions of each multipurpose center contracted for in accordance with RCW 28B.04.040, including supervisory, technical, and administrative positions, shall, to the maximum extent possible, be filled by displaced homemakers.

[1985 c 370 § 39; 1982 1st ex.s. c 15 § 3; 1979 c 73 § 5.]