Ideally, all job placement and related supportive services would be integrated in one location. At a minimum, information about the range of services should be readily accessible through a single clearinghouse. One-Stop services should therefore consolidate most federal, state, and local workforce programs and services into centralized physical locations and electronic sites. Businesses and workers should be able to connect in real or virtual communities, to share information about the labor market and particular positions, as well as to gain access to education and training opportunities.

Employment center facilities should be sited in the communities where their services are most in demand. People being released from prison tend to return in high concentrations to neighborhoods where there is already a high degree of unemployment and limited local access to supportive services. Many re-entering individuals lack their own transportation; accordingly, the need to travel a distance to a series of career assessment and training appointments may present an insurmountable obstacle for even the most highly motivated among this population. Placing employment centers in high-need communities also helps staff understand the barriers encountered by jobseekers in their area and develop localized strategies to address them.

People should also be able to continue their course of job development services even if they switch service providers or move to a different town. Such portability is vital to people leaving prisons and jails since they may change residences frequently due to unstable living arrangements or family situations. WIA has authorized the creation of job training vouchers (Individual Training Accounts, or ITAs) to allow customers to "carry" their entitlement to financial support for particular employment services with them to another site if they relocate within the same workforce investment areas. To the extent that individuals travel outside the boundaries of their particular workforce investment area, however, their ITAs may not be portable. This barrier to seamless services should be removed or minimized.