Job Training Partnership Act funds were provided for the Options for Young Mothers project in a mid-sized Texas community. The program was developed and 14 clients were selected. The main components of the program were life skills, General Educational Development (GED) training, counseling, and basic skills training and job placement (Jobs). The life skills component, a 10-week course, provided instruction in communication/assertiveness, family planning, child development, parenting, women at work/stress management, and community resources. The self-paced GED component was designed to teach specifically for the exam rather than to provide broad academic education. The Jobs component included career assessment and development activities, basic skill training, and job placement. The counseling component was based on the individual needs of the client. It proved to be rather impractical, and plans were made to revamp it into a guidance program. After six months of operation, 11 of the original participants had completed all segments of the program with the exception of the GED. Ten were employed--five in full-time employment, two in part-time employment, and three in full-time, temporary work. Eight of the clients were to take the GED in December 1987. (YLB)