Integrated Resource Team (IRT) Model: Strategy to Serve Job Seekers with Multiple Barriers to Employment

The Disability Program Navigator (DPN) Initiative was initially funded in 2003 to expand the capacity of the One-Stop Career Center system to serve customers with disabilities by providing accessible, seamless, and integrated services. There are now over 450 Navigators in 45 states, DC, and Puerto Rico. In addition to creating systemic change, the Navigators act as facilitators to bring together multiple partners in the One-Stop Career Centers to develop an integrated resource team approach with the purpose of blending and braiding resources around an individual customer's employment needs. This Webinar will highlight how the Oregon DPN project is using the IRT model to develop individual employment plans for job seekers with disabilities, as well as to coordinate resources across the workforce and disability systems to address multiple employment needs. Replication strategies will also be discussed.