Programs for Single Parents, Displaced Homemakers, Single Pregnant Women. A Resource Manual.

This guide contains information about academic support services available to single parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women at community, junior, and technical colleges throughout Texas. Over three-fourths of the guide is devoted to program information in the form of brochures, flyers, and forms supplied by representatives of approximately 69% of 59 programs contacted prior to the manual's development. Some program descriptions feature one or two effective activities, whereas others present generic information on the various programs on a given campus. Included in the program materials is information on the following types of available services: child care, skills training/tutoring, transportation, counseling/advising, support groups/mentoring, textbook loans/libraries, job readiness, placement, housing, seminars/workshops, sample forms/brochures, scholarships, referral/linkages, recruiting, newsletters, assessment/evaluation, recognition/articles, and alcohol/drug awareness. A foreword, index of programs by activity, and history of the Carl D. Perkins Acts of 1984 and 1990 are included along with information on the following: Displaced Homemaker Network, Job Training Partnership Act, Texas Department of Human Services, Texas Employment Commission, Texas Rehabilitation Commission, and Women's Bureau. Appended are sample intake forms for five programs. (MN)