The White House aid package provides for unemployment compensation for people affected by the spill and provides money for one-stop assistance centers where people can go for job placement or to file complaints or unemployment claims.
When the foreclosure crisis erupted, fueled by subprime loans with high interest rates, the group became the first to organize events offering one-stop assistance to homeowners, Marks said.
A1 Evacuees Aided in Harlem Using a model developed to help bereaved families after 9/11, New York has turned one floor of an old Harlem welfare office into a welcoming center where several hundred Katrina storm survivors are finding one-stop disaster assistance.
The county announced that it was establishing a one-stop emergency assistance center at San Bernardino International Airport to provide an array of government services.
Billy Tauzin, president of the association, said the initiative, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance, would offer "one-stop shopping," with a single point of contact for assistance offered by scores of drug companies.
"Probably a disaster resource center will be set up, so people can go in and have a one-stop place to see where assistance is available," Ms. Ray said.
This is not about creating more government bureaucracy; it's about consolidating and streamlining our efforts, providing a one-stop entry point for business assistance, while supporting regional economic strategies.
By developing public-private partnerships that join business expertise and government assistance, the USG could offer comparable one-stop service to U.S. companies to help level the playing field with competitors.
Jay M. Eaker, a spokesman for the agency, said that many more disaster relief centers would open soon, each with 50 or 60 representatives of government agencies to offer one-stop-shopping assistance.
But the administration won't disclose exactly what's wrong with the health insurance exchange website, or when consumers can expect to see the promise of convenient, one-stop shopping for health benefits and financial assistance fulfilled.
In response, Philadelphia initiated an effort this summer that offers "one-stop shopping" in local outreach centers to help people get all the assistance they need — with food, housing, job training, financial counseling, child care and other services — in one place.
