The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, November 15, 1978, Page page 9, Image 9
k t Wednesday, november 15, 1978 daily nebraskan page 9 Displaced homemakers recognized By Kim Wilt According to the program coordinator of the Omaha Displaced Homemakers Center, the problems of displaced homemakers are receiving more recognition. Holly Alexander said the President's Commission on Women's Employment Needs has reported that one in three women lack basic job skills, and "displaced home makers are the hardest hit." Last month, national legislation was passed, she said, which makes displaced homemakers a "target group" for Comprehensive Training and Employment Act (CETA) groups. The Omaha CETA has already contacted the center, she said. "I think it's really important that it (the problem of displaced homemakers) has gotten recognition," she said. Alexander estimated that at least 5,200 women in Omaha fall into the displaced homemaker category, and that nationally nine to 10 million women fit the classifi cation. Alexander said approximately 120 women have used the center's programs since it opened in January, 1978. An equal number of women have used it for information and referral, she said. Open to 'unpaid homemakers' Alexander said the center is available to women 35 or over, who are "unpaid homemakers," and who find them selves suddenly in need of employment. This could include women who are widowed, separated, divorced, or have disabled husbands. In fact, she said, the only women who would be excluded would be those married women with a bread-winner in the home. Alexander said the law which established the center sets the guidelines for determining who is eligible to use the center. The center received a $56,800 grant from the state when it opened, Alexander said, which will last until June, 1980. She said the Legislature then will have to de cide "what else can be done." Alexander said while the center is currently not having difficulty in making ends meet, as more women become aware of the program, and take advantage of the services offered, "I think we'll be stretched and overburdened." Grand Island program She said she hopes it will be possible to make such services available to all women in Nebraska. Currently, be sides the Omaha center, there is one other such program in Grand Island. The Grand Island program started last spring, she said, and received the same grant as did the Omaha center. One woman at the center, who asked not to be ident ified, said she had been participating in the group coun seling for a week because "I thought I needed a support group to help me in finding a job and getting an education." The woman, who said she was "in the process of getting a divorce" and had three children, said she had worked before as a receptionist and as a clerk, but lacked the skills to find the kind of job she wanted. NBC Nightly News selected the Omaha center to be the main feature of a national program about such centers and the work they do. NBC crews spent November 8 and 9 at the center, which is located in the YWCA, taping the program. Included in the program, which will air November 18 and 19, are the stories of two women who have used the center's programs, scenes of personnel doing interviews with women , and a group workshop. A counselor at the center said she was "surprised and pleased" that NBC had chosen them for the program. "I had expected that it would be disruptive," she said, but found that the crew "was very thoughtful-they didn't take over." OLSTON'S INDEPENDENT SPECIALISTS, INC. Our business is the repair of VW vehicles and the selling of parts and accessories for Volkswagon vehicles. 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