European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Tuesday december 20,1994 b programs labelled failures Aid does t reach welfare moms Agency says Washington a educational and training programs for women on welfare Are failing to establish Strong links to local employers that could help these single parents find and keep jobs according to a study released monday. The report by the general accounting office also found that Many single women who Are at High risk of Long term welfare dependency particularly substance abusers and teen age mothers Are not being served by these state run programs. Of the 4 million parents Oil Aid to families with dependent children Only about 11 percent were participating in the educational and training program known As jobs for Job opportunities and Basic skills from 1991 through 1993, said the congressional watchdog Agency. Spending on jobs totalled $1.1 billion last year. Yet de spite the investment the program generally apes not View employment As its Bottom line and is not reaching out Tomany welfare recipients with the biggest barriers to enter ing the work Force such As teen agers and those with learning disabilities and emotional problems. Rapid increases in the number of people on welfare in recent years and concerns about Long stays on welfare have focused National attention on the nation s welfare system. Gop lawmakers say Reform will be at the top of the Agenda when they take control of Congress in january. Teen parents Are considered to be among those at High risk of Long stays on welfare because of their Low Levels of education and work experience and the Young age of their children. ". ,. -. Yet a 1992 review of 16 states containing most of the nation s teen mothers on Aid to families with dependent children found that Only 24 percent Overall were in enrolled in jobs the  said. Also at risk of Long term dependency Are welfare recipients who have Low education and literacy Levels and barriers to self sufficiency such As a Lack of self esteem limited life skills or Little motivation. Various sources indicate that problems such As sub stance abuse learning disabilities emotional problems and Domestic violence Are not ii common among adult welfare recipients the study said. If left unaddressed these problems can interfere with a recipients ability to get or keep a Job and May result in Long term welfare dependence.  a a /  / the Agency also criticized the jobs program for not focusing on employment As its ultimate goal. Most local jobs programs nationwide have not forged the Strong links with employers that May help get jobs for their participants the  said. Instead the system is based on participation in program activities and not on whether participants get and keep jobs. \-. Under the Law the  said states Are held account Able for the number and Type of participants enrolled in jobs activities such As training and can lose a portion of their Federal funds if they Don t meet those standards. As a result jobs programs May focus More on getting clients into program activities than off Ardc and into jobs the report said. The department of health and human services disputed some of the findings saying that the  Over looked or played Down some of the accomplishments of the states and Federal government. June Gibbs Brown inspector general for the depart ment of health and human services said the 1988 la that established the jobs program moved the welfare sys tem from one focused on income maintenance to one that is concerned about the self sufficiency of recipients. She said that while funding problems and caseload in creases have made it More difficult to achieve All of the goals of the Law Progress in moving towards an employ ment focused system has been significant and should not be  doomed infant gets second Chance at life Portland Ore. A a 7week old baby diagnosed As too sick to live has been Given new life. At least three hospitals had refused to treat Ryan Nguyen because of his health problems. On Friday he had surgery at legacy Emanuel children s Hospital to remove Bowel obstructions Ana his future looks much brighter. Ryan s recovery is no walk in the Park do Randall d. Jenkins who is oversee try Ryan s care said saturday. But he does not have a lot of the prob lems that people thought he  Ryan was born six weeks Early on oct. 27 at sacred heart medical Center in Spokane Wash. Doctors there called Ryan s condition hopeless saying he suffered from Bowel obstructions kidney failure brain damage and related health problems. Ryan s Mother Darla Nguyen said that she was told her son would not sur Vive if taken off life support and that keeping him alive would Only prolong his pain. " it was extremely difficult she said saturday. She and her husband Nghia had to get a temporary court order forc ing sacred heart to continue dialysis. Another Hospital was sought to take their son. Ryan s Case was rejected by three other hospitals. Finally Jenkins director of paediatric Nephron orgy at Emanuel accepted Ryan. The baby was taken to the Portland hos Pital tuesday. All i had to see was that the baby was looking around and kicking Jenkins said. I Don t know what they thought he added referring to the other doctors. I Only know what i  messages left for administrators at sacred heart were not immediately re turned sunday. One Day after his surgery Ryan was off dialysis and urinating on his own Jenkins said. And a brain wave test showed Ryan had no obvious brain damage. Jenkins said it would be weeks before the child could go Home. Ryan could re cover from his surgery and need no More dialysis the rest of his life. But even if he needs a kidney transplant his Mother says Shell be Happy. In Portland there is a big Chance that hell be Normal she said. In Spokane he was going to  student s buried Bod left on Road Dallas a the body of a 20year old College honors student was reburied sunday five Days after it was stolen from a fresh grave and left on a secluded Road. The body of Melinda Ann Lee was re buried at res land memorial Park said the Rev. Byron Myrick the Lee family s minister. Four members of Lee s family and my Rick attended the 15minute service at the grave which was not the original site. Meanwhile Dallas county sheriffs deputies still have no motive or suspects in the body snatching. Puzzled authorities were investigating explanations rang ing from the occult to an obsessed admirer. Lee a Junior at Texas tech University in Lubbock died dec. 7 from injuries she suffered in an october traffic Accident involving an alleged Drunken Driver. Her body was buried dec. 10, but it was unearthed and stolen from the pre Vious res land plot sometime Between Sundown monday and Sunrise tuesday authorities said. A newspaper Carrier found the Boby Early thursday several Miles from the cemetery. To take the body someone burrowed 6 feet to Lee s grave and drilled a Hole through a 4inch Concrete crypt to the coffin. A Hole also was broken in the cof Fin through which the body was removed officials said. Sheriffs detectives have said the operation would have required three to six hours to Complete depending on How Many people were involved. Height of Holiday cheer got a tall order for Christmas this year this Santa s your Man then. Actually this towering St. Nick gets most of his height from stilts. He was found entertaining some lunchtime pedestrians in Columbus ga., recently As he passed out advertisements for a nearby restaurant