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Text Box: … A Program of Employment, Empowerment and Economic Independence

Text Box: Welcome to Options! ...helping Displaced Homemakers and Single Parents reach their employment goals

Text Box: Options! is an employment-focused program whose purpose is to assist displaced homemakers and single parents in transitioning to an Economically Independent and Empowered life.

Our services include Employability Skills Training, Job Search Assistance, Personalized Career and Educational Assessment and Counseling, Money Management and Credit Counseling, support in building Self-esteem, Self-confidence and Self-sufficiency, and assistance in helping you reach your employment goals.

Read through the following eligibility information. If you feel you are eligible and would like to participate, call for an appointment and further discussion of our services.

Options! for the Displaced Homemaker serves men and women who are 35 years of age or over, unemployed or underemployed and:
                 1. have cared for family members, and
                 2. receive government assistance for either living or
                      educational expenses (ex. Pell Grant, Food Stamps,
                      Medicare/Medicaid, Public Housing, etc.) OR who
                      have lost income due to a divorce, death, disability or
                     work loss of a spouse or family member within the
                     last seven years, and
                 3. have a goal of EMPLOYMENT!

Options! for the Single Parent serves men and women who are custodial parents and:
                 1. are not employed or are under employed, and
                 2. are receiving assistance from a State or Federal
                      Program (ex. Unemployment Compensation, Food
                      Stamps, Medicare/Medicaid, Subsidized Housing,
                      WIC or Kid Care, SSI/SSD, Pell Grant, etc.), and
                 3. have been a Florida resident for at least one year, and
                 4. have a goal of EMPLOYMENT!

Text Box:

2100 Lee Road, Suite C
Winter Park, FL 32789

Phone: (407) 622-6835
Fax: (407) 622-6837

E-mail: options@jfgo.org

Text Box: Options! for the Displaced Homemaker is a joint partnership between the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando and the State of Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation.
Options! for the Single Parent is a program sponsored through Options! Program, Inc.