Getting to Know OneStop Career Centers

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Getting to Know One-Stop Career Centers

• Sheila Fesko
• National Center on Workforce and Disability
• 617-287-4365
• Sheila.fesko_at_umb.edu

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One-Stop Background

• One-Stop Career Centers begin as demonstration
  projects in mid-1990s
• Workforce Investment Act (WIA) passed in 1998
• Replaces Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)
• Makes One-Stops permanent
• One-Stops to be located in every major population
  area of country
• Rehabilitation Act included as separate title in
  WIA

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• Cornerstone of workforce investment system
  One-Stop service delivery
• One-Stop system locally controlled operated
• 19 required One-Stop partners
• VR is required partner
• Optional partners also allowed
• Each partner must make available through
  One-Stop system core services applicable to
  partners program

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One-stops--Key Elements

• Seamless system of service delivery
• Universal access
• User-friendly
• Simplify and expand access to services
• Improved long-term employment outcomes
• Must include at least one comprehensive physical
  center in each local area
• That provides core services
• Provides access to other programs and activities
  carried out by One-Stop partners

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Local Workforce Board

• WIA allows for flexibility at state and local
  level for how services are provided.
• Local Workforce Investment Boards (LWIBs)
• Appoints One-Stop Operator
• Oversees other employment training programs
• Majority of boards must be employers

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ONE-STOPS A MIX OF FUNDING PARTNERS

• One-Stops should not be thought of as a typical
  agency
• One-Stops are a structure through which services
  are delivered via various funding streams,
  partners, and programs
• Staff at One-Stops may work for a variety of
  organizations

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3 TIERS OF SERVICES

• Core Services available to everyone at no
  charge
• Intensive For individuals who are unable to
  successfully obtain employment through core
  services
• More customized to needs of individuals
• Must meet eligibility criteria
• Wide variety of funding streams
• Training For individuals who are unable to
  successfully obtain employment through core
  intensive services
• Must meet eligibility criteria
• Typically funded by WIA Adult Dislocated Worker
  Funds

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One-Stop Career CentersA High Volume System

• System is designed to work with large number of
  customers
• Many services (particularly core) are fairly
  self-directed
• Important to understand what One-Stops areand
  are not

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Disability Program Navigator

• Joint USDOL and Social Security Administration
  (SSA) initiative to place navigators in One-Stop
  Career Centers to assist people with disabilities
• Approximately 400 Navigator positions nationwide
  in January 2007
• Thirty states plus the District of Columbia are
  implementing the DPN Initiative
• Additional 16 states planned in 2007

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Disability Organizations Examples of One-Stop
Relationships

• Basic level use of core services by job
  developer and job seeker
• Accessing training and other services to meet a
  consumer need
• Co-teaching of workshops
• Use of One-Stop space for individual and group
  activities
• Consultation on disability issues
• Collaborative service delivery
• Possibly under Ticket-to-Work
• Becoming a vendor for WIA and other funds

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Resources

• National Center on Workforce Disability/Adult
  www.onestops.info 1-888-886-9898
• Americas Service Locator www.servicelocator.org
  - 1-877-US-2JOBS
• Law, Health Policy and Disability Center,
  University of Iowa http//disability.law.uiowa.edu
  /dpn/
• USDOL Office of Disability Employment Policy -
  http//www.dol.gov/odep/welcome.html
• USDOL Employment Training Administration
  DisAbility Online - http//wdsc.doleta.gov/disabi
  lity