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4 interviewing, It has also limited their knowledge of vocational training opportunities in the area, The goal of the Job Information Center will be to help the ESL student overcome these disadvantages. In planning this expansion of the Lifelong Learning Project we have worked closely with a variety of education and social service providers in our community, We have also gained the support of organizations representing the leadership of the Hispanic community here in San Marcos. Our cooperating agency for the grant will be the Ten County Adult and Continuing Education (ACE) Co-op headquartered in Georgetown, The Co-op is a member of the Texas Association for Continuing Adult Education and is very active in all aspects of adult education including literacy, GED preparation, English as a second language, and work with INS amnesty candidates, Jack Gunlock, the director of the Ten County Co-op, advised us in planning our project. He has also pledged financial support by agreeing to provide a paid teacher who will oversee the library's walk-in, adult tutoring program, Mr, Gunlock and his teaching staff will help us develop the Job Information Center and publicize the project, An agreement of cooperation executed by representatives from both the library and the Co-op is attached in Appendix A, The Adult Education Department at the San Marcos High School is another important partner in planning and publicizing the Lifelong Learning Project, The adult education coordinator and GED examiner for the high school are both very supportive of our plans and have written us letters of cooperation which can be found in Appendix B of the narrative, Another agency with whom we are working closely is Employment Resources sponsored by the Rural Capital Area Private Industry Council and funded by the Job Training and Partnership Act (JTPA). Employment Resources often refers potential students to the library's adult education program. This agency has indicated that it will bring groups of clients to the library's proposed Job Information Center and supply the center with information about JTPA programs in the region, The staff at Employment Resources is very supportive of our current program and future plans. The Resource Manager, Jan Murray, has written a letter of support which can be found in Appendix B of the narrative. In our current ESL adult tutoring program we have discovered a segment of the ESL population with unique needs. This group consists of those people who have qualified for amnesty under the 1986 revision to the Immigration and Naturalization law, In November, 23% of our students were amnesty candidates. Currently we are cooperating with Refugee Rights in order to help meet the needs of this population. Refugee