When it was discovered that fewer than 75 residents in urban subsidized housing communities were enrolled in the adult programs at Pensacola Junior College, it was decided to develop an outreach program to extend the college's services to 650 illiterate, indigent, and unemployed adults in these communities. The program was operated out of mobile classroom/laboratories. After obtaining needs assessment data from the area housing commission and housing managers, the project planners included promotional materials on proposed courses and schedules in tenant and community newsletters. Next, two demonstration/preregistration sessions were held in each housing community. The teacher also interacted with interested residents who owned a sewing machine or needed assistance with basic alterations. Each resident was then invited to tour the van and register for a short sewing course for adult high school credit or for no credit if they preferred. The first 15 students received free materials and patterns to construct starter projects and one garment. All participants were expected to construct a minimum of one additional garment for the noncredit course and two additional garments for credit. The program was then expanded to offer courses leading to high school completion, preparing students for the General Educational Development (GED) examination, and teaching home economics skills (clothing, foods, child care and development, life skills, family relations, consumer education, home care services, and hospitality). (MN)