"Navigator" Disability Program
The Department of Labor (DOL) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) have jointly established a new position, the Disability Program Navigator, within DOL's One-Stop Career Centers.
The Disability Program Navigator helps people with disabilities “navigate” through the enormous challenges of seeking work. Complex rules surrounding entitlement programs, along with fear of losing cash assistance and health benefits, can often discourage people with disabilities from working. DOL and SSA have established the Disability Program Navigator (DPN) initiative to better inform beneficiaries and other people with disabilities about the work support programs now available at DOL-funded One-Stop Career Centers. These Centers provide information, training and other employment-related services at a single customer-friendly location. This Initiative is developing new/ongoing partnerships to achieve seamless, comprehensive, and integrated access to services, creating systemic change, and expanding the workforce development system’s capacity to serve customers with disabilities and employers.
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- One-Stop staff to help people with disabilities access and navigate the complex provisions of various programs that impact their ability to gain/retain employment.
- Develop linkages and collaborate on an ongoing basis with employers to facilitate employment for persons with disabilities.
- Develop partnerships to achieve integrated services, systemic change, and expand the capacity to serve customers with disabilities.
- Facilitate the transition
of in- or out-of-school youth with disabilities to obtain employment
and economic self-sufficiency.
- Serve as resources on SSA’s: work incentives/employment support programs through its Work Incentives, Planning, and Assistance (WIPA) program; Protection and Advocacy systems (P&As); and employment-related demonstration projects.
- Serve as resources on programs that impact the ability of persons with disabilities to enter and remain in the workforce.
- Conduct outreach to agencies/organizations that serve people with disabilities.
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Marilyn Merchen |
Billings Job Service Workforce Center 2121-B Rosebud Drive Billings, MT 59102 Phone: 406-652-3080 Fax: 406-652-0444 |
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Lisa Crooks |
Bozeman Job Service Workforce Center 121 North Willson Bozeman, MT 59715 Phone: 406-582-9200 Fax: 406-582-9210 |
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Julie Hallock |
Northeastern Montana Job Service Workforce Center 74 4th Street North Glasgow, MT 59230 Phone: 406-228-9369 Fax: 406-228-8793 |
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Nicole Cosby |
Great Falls Job Service Workforce Center 1018 7th Street S. Great Falls, MT 59405 Phone: 406-791-5800 Fax: 406-791-5889 |
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Mark Waugh |
Flathead/Lake County Job Service Workforce Center 427 First Avenue East Kalispell, MT 59901 Phone: 406-758-6200 Fax: 406-758-6290 |
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Gail Habener |
Livingston Job Service Workforce Center 220 E. Park Livingston, MT 59047 Phone: 406-222-0520 Fax: 406-222-1593 |
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Cynthia Fuhrman |
Miles City Job Service Workforce Center 12 North 10th Street Box 1786 Miles City, MT 59301 Phone: 406-232-8340 Fax: 406-232-6270 |
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Paula Marcinkowski |
Missoula Job Service Workforce Center 539 S. Third Street W Box 5027 Missoula, MT 59806 Phone: 406-728-7060 Fax: 406-721-7094 |
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Or contact your local
Job Service Office for a contact in your area |
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Patti
McCubbins, Navigator Program Manager
