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participants with disabilities. The program will replicate one offered in Arlington and Alexandria and will help to screen, identify and provide wrap-around supports to persons of differing abilities. Intensive case management/barrier resolution, employment readiness/life skills training/positive self-esteem development, job placement/follow-up, educational/vocational skills training opportunities, SSI/SSDI application support, and crisis intervention are included. • Participants: 11 • Entered Employment: 5 • Starting Hourly Wage: $10.60 • Jobs with Benefits: 2 • Part-time Jobs: 2 • Full-time Jobs: 3 • Expenditures: $251,478

Newport News - Through the Brooks Crossing Innovation and Opportunity Center (BCIOC), flexible and customized education and training services, appropriate assessment, and wrap- around support services will be offered, as needed. Emphasis is placed on obtaining credentials, higher education certificates, and/or degrees that will lead to gainful employment. • Participants: 215 • Entered Employment: 95 • Starting Hourly Wage: $15.82 • Jobs with Benefits: 62 • Part-time Jobs: 31 • Full-time Jobs: 77 • Expenditures: $876,172

Northern Virginia Family Services - Provides transportation assistance through dependable, road-ready vehicles. Transportation is an essential commodity for families to obtain and maintain employment. Vehicles for Change will manage the acquisition, maintenance, delivery, and warranty repair of vehicles. Northern Virginia Family Services will screen prospective recipients of a vehicle. The award will be used to pay the difference in the cost of the vehicles and what the family is asked to pay. • Participants: 114 • Entered Employment: 81 • Full-time Jobs: 81 • Expenditures:$283,402