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Historical October 1980 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Many American housewives are moonlighting–holding down full time jobs away from home. Of these women, increasing numbers are the primary support of their families. Fortunately, federal and state government, and local institutions recognize the contemporary woman’s struggle. There are now places to turn for help.
The Paper staff welcomes additional information and suggestions.
Human Development Corporation 241-7500 Services: Child care centers for day care for children ages 3-kindergarden. 7:30- 5:30 pm. Homes for infants from birth to age 3 as early as 6am. There is a waiting list for these services and family must qualify on basis of income, and parent must work or attend school full time in order to receive day care.
Careers for Homemakers, Forest Park Community College, 644-9262 Services: help for displaced homemakers entering the job market. Instruction in the form of three day workshops covers: assertiveness training, building selfconfidence, choosing a career, job interviewing and resume writing.
Some individual counseling, testing.
Career Resource Center, Forest Park Community College Student Center, Room 205 Open 9-2 daily; 6-8 Mon. – Thurs. evenings. Information on 650 careers. Missouri View: current information on career trends, training requirements, institutions providing training in over 200 fields within Missouri. Occupational Outlook Handbook. Information on programs offered by most colleges and Universities in Missouri. Help in choosing career directions.
Educational Opportunities Center 725-4949 Adele Levine, director. Services: Offers assistance with career directions, career planning and counselling. Information about hundreds of occupations and skills required, as well as thousands of four year colleges, junior colleges and graduate schools throughout the country. Center can also serve as liaison between potential student and academic institutions ie. help finding financial assistance, registering etc.
Project Search 432-4865 or 432-4866 Services: Individual and group counseling to determine immediate and long range goals. Employment skills workshops. Information on non-traditional jobs where skills are emphasized regardless of gender. Referrals to training programs, employment services and helping organizations, job referrals, placement. ABE Program: individual instruction for G.E.D. exam (High School Equivalency).
New Directions St. Louis Public Schools, Adult Vocational Education. 352-5723
Adult Vocational and Technical Education, evening classes. 567-3700; Sta. 722 or 723 567-3700; Sta. 848 or 849 Services: among other objectives, this program seeks to retrain adults who have become unemployable and desire to learn new skills for the purpose of regaining their employability.
L.E.A.P. (Labor Education Advancement Program) 3703 Grandel Square 371-0040 Services: for ages 18-30 with a high school diploma. Helps women get into nontraditional fields. 8:30 – 5.
Missouri State Division of Employment Security 505 Washington 231-7348 Hours: 8-4:30 Services: Must contact in order to receive unemployment benefits. Gives referrals for jobs.
Opportunities Industrialization Centers 5671 Delmar 367-1416 367-1419 Services: Offers programs in secretarial skills, clerical skills, key punch skills, typewriter skills, sales skills.
Metro/County Open Housing 734 DeMun 862-4546 Services: Provide housing referrals and help in locating housing, no fee. Clients should register for services. Hours M-F 9am-5pm.
Section 8 Rental Assistance Program County Housing Authority 8675 Olive 889-3500 Services: Subsidized housing (partially pays for rent of certain housing) in both city and county. Long waiting list (up to two years) except for the elderly and special cases.
In spite of waiting list it is advisable to be registered.
Women’s Self-Help Center 8129 Delmar 531-2003 Services: Help for the physically and sexually abused woman. Referrals to social service agencies, ie. shelters. Advocacy program for City Hospital patients. HOTLINE: 531-2003 5p.m.-9 a.m.
Food Stamp Hotline (24 hour service) 535-4049 Services: Intervenes for people having trouble with food stamp office. Makes home visits and gives information on Food Stamps.
Food Crisis Network 4050 Lindell 621-8840 Services: information and resources for obtaining emergency food. Deals only with referrals; gives out 1-3 day supply.
Child Care Association 815 Olive 241-3161
Care and Counseling, Inc. 12145 Ladue Rd. 878-4340
Catholic Family Services 4140 Lindell 371-4980
Family and Childrens Services 2650 Olive 371-6500
Jewish Family and Childrens Service 9385 Olive 993-1000
People’s Clinic 6010 Kingsbury 721-5577 Services: Clinic open M-Th 8:30-5:30 and 6-9 p.m. Fri: 8:30-12:30. Women’s clinic, Tues. eve.
By appointment. Sliding fee scale.
Legal Aid Society 607 N. Grand 533-3000 533-7900 (divorce and family law unit) Income guidelines to qualify. Waiting list but abused women are given priority. Hours M-F, 9am-5pm.
Lawyers Reference Service City-Civil Bldg. 12th and Market 421-6154 M-F 10-2. County-New Courts Bldg. 7900 Forsythe 889-2488 M-F Sat. 1-12 Services: Client must appear personally. References provided for lawyers. $3.00 initial fee for consultation. Further referrals made if necessary.
Other Useful Numbers:
Adult Education Council 367-8806
Alcoholics Anonymous 647-3677
Better Business Bureau Grievances 241-9676
Bus Information (Bi-State Transit) 773-1120
Call for Action 421-1975
Consumer Credit Counseling Service 421-3190
Mental Health Resources and Referral (Life Crisis Services) 721-8500
Mother’s Hotline 863-1090
Rape Hotline 531-2003
Suicide Prevention 725-2010
Aid to Victims of Crime (City) 531-2597
READING:
Unfinished Business: Pressure Points in the Lives of Women, Maggie Scarf.
Divorced in St. Louis; a Handbook for Being Single Again, Elizabeth Pwell.
Up From Depression, Leonard Cammer
Understanding and Overcoming Depression, James Brussel
Getting It Together; the Divorced Mother’s Guide, Lynn Forman
The New Assertive Woman, Lyn Bloom
Our Bodies, Ourselves; a Book by and for Women, Boston Women’s Health Book Collective
The Woman Alone, Patricia O’Brien
What is your Parachute, A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career Changers, Richard M. Bolles
Woman’s Work Book, Karin Abarbanel and Gonnie McClung Siegel.
Making Vocational Choices; A Theory of Careers, John L. Holland.
Who’s Hiring Who, Richard Lathrop
The Quick Job-Hunting Map, Richard N. Bolles and the National Career Development Project.
You and Your Money, A Financial Handbook for Women, available upon request from Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith, Inc. Merrill Lynch Service Center P.O. Box 6514 Chicago, Ill. 60680
Sylvia Porters Money Book, Sylvia Porter Everything
How to be a Financially Secure Woman, Mary Schlager
Home Repairs any Woman Can Do, Tom Philbin
Okay, I’ll Do It Myself, Barbara A. Curry
How to Fix Almost Everything, Stanley Schuler
Teach Your Wife How To Be a Widow, Joseph Newman
Originally published in The Paper, October 1980.
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