Refocusing the Urban Lens for Rural and Remote Employment Services

* 2. Describe your experiences or those of your clients here. Consider one or more of the following prompts:

• How big is your service area, and what are some of the considerations you must make to deliver services in that area?
• How many hours do you spend coordinating out-of-town activities for you or your client to access services?
• What services are missing in your area (or difficult to access) that are easily available in urban areas?
• What is a problem faced in your community in providing wrap-around services? And how do you overcome it?
• What solutions do you use to help clients or deliver services that are outside the internet or cell service?
• Tell us about a client you helped that had to overcome significant obstacles to access service. For example, from our discussion groups, we heard that a service provider paid $125 taxi ride for a client to attend a job interview. Another placed a client at a homeless shelter because there were no accommodations available in the area they were sent for training or assessments.