US Department of Labor announces release of new study on Disability Program Navigator Initiative

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today released an evaluation study of the Disability Program Navigator Initiative titled "Use of One-Stops by Social Security Disability Beneficiaries in Four States Implementing Disability Program Navigator Initiative." The study measures whether the public workforce system, particularly the One-Stop Career Center system, is helping people who are receiving Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance find jobs in the workplace. The study was conducted in Colorado, Iowa, Maryland and Oregon, and used both Workforce Investment Act Adult and Dislocated Worker, and Wagner-Peyser database information for program years 2002 through 2007.