Establishing One-Stops
One-Stop centers and navigator programs are useful strategies for providing job seekers easy access to a wide range and resource, services and support. Placing skills training and career coaching alongside services like technology access and transportation and child care assistance can help eliminate barriers and provide low-income, rural learners access to the resources they need to gain access to well-paying, high-demand jobs.
How Could We Guarantee a Job Interview?
Elevate Rapid City set out to address workforce challenges by partnering with local nonprofits that serve communities facing barriers to economic mobility. The goal was to find a way to provide easier access to skills training and employment opportunities that provide a livable wage and benefits.
Curating Resources to Support Economic Mobility
The Box Elder Chamber brought together community partners to launch a one-stop website to address barriers to economic mobility and promote skills training and employment services available to its rural workforce.
Bridging the Gap: Increasing Awareness of Training and Employment Resources
The Lebanon Valley Chamber worked to raise awareness of the state's one-stop program, PA Careerlink, to connect young adults with training and employment resources.
Tools and Resources for Establishing One-Stops
Review the resource below for more best practices and suggestions.
- Human Services Programs in Rural Contexts, United States Department of Health and Human Services
- One-Stop Shop Models, Rural Health Information Hub
- Supporting Young Parenting Students with Access to Navigation Services, Child Trends
- Rural Students Access to Higher Education in Colorado, Yong Invincibles
- Implementing Evidence-Based Strategies in Rural Areas: Challenges & Strategies, California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
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