Promising Practices… Achieving a more welcoming, integrated and accessible One-Stop Career Center system

As one of the key principles of WIA, universal access offered the promise of a welcoming, integrated, and user-friendly system. Job seekers would be able to independently tap into all available employment services, resulting in fewer requests for specialized assistance and more efficient use of staff resources. Under WIA and the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations would be provided upon request; however, One-Stop Career Centers would streamline services so that a wide-ranging population of job seekers, including job seekers with disabilities, would have direct access to their resources, programs and activities. With the addition of Disability Program Navigators (DPNs) in One-Stop Career Centers across the nation, universal access moved into the spotlight. Read the full Brief to learn how DPNs throughout the country are helping to expand universal access in One-Stop Career Centers for a more diverse population of job seekers.

Promising Practice: Promoting Economic Self-Sufficiency of Job Seekers with Disabilities

Disability Program Navigators (DPNs) throughout the country have developed and implemented successful strategies in the public workforce system to promote the employment and economic self-sufficiency of persons with disabilities. This Information Brief highlights how DPNs are improving access to financial education; home ownership ad entrepreneurial programs, and increased use of the Earned Income Tax Credit to expand economic opportunities of job seekers with disabilities. One very successful strategy has been facilitating the One-Stop Career Centers to become Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites. Read the full Brief to learn about more strategies, resources and examples of how the One-Stop Career Center system can help support jobseekers with low-incomes during tax season.

Coordinating with Indian and Native American Programs in the One-Stops

The attached document provides several strategies to coordinate with ETA's Indian and Native American Programs, resources,and grantee contact information

International Asssociation of Jewish Vocational Services (IAJVS) Financial Career Pathways Demonstration Project for People with Disabilities

IAJVS was funded by ETA/DOL to develop a sectoral approach focused on the financial services industry and workers with disabilities.

National Center for Service and Employment of Individuals with Disabilities

Volunteering and community service are proven avenues through which individuals with disabilities can gain skills, explore career paths, and develop the social networks necessary to gain meaningful employment or postsecondary education. The National Center, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston, is a collaboration of several organizations. The National Center will identify and document effective practices in the areas of volunteerism, service, and employment, as well as postsecondary outcomes. For additional information, contact: Sheila Fesko, Institute for Community Inclusion, Sheila.fesko@umb.edu

Transportation Resources for the One-Stop Career Centers

This document highlights some information on transportation initiatives and programs that can provide communities and One-Stop Career Centers with resources and suggestions to help customers address their transportation needs.

DOL Veterans Services National Resources

This resource highlights several DOL and other government programs that support disabled veterans to become employed. These are useful resources to connect with at the local, state, and/or regional levels.

Veterans Day 2009: November 11

Employer Resources - DPN FAQ's - U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration National Technical Assistance Project

How do I begin to build relationships with community service providers and sustain these relationships?How do I represent and educate employers on the ADA, reasonable accommodations, and hiring/retaining individuals with disabilities?