What is DOORS?

DOORS is RIPL's innovative workforce development platform designed to transform how governments connect people to opportunity. The system leverages advanced data analytics to create meaningful matches between job seekers and career pathways, delivering personalized recommendations tailored to individual backgrounds and skills.

DOORS empowers federal, state, and local agencies to modernize workforce systems, streamline service delivery, and effectively coordinate administrative efforts across programs like UI, SNAP E&T, TANF, and WIOA. For job seekers, it offers customized career guidance and employment connections; for employers, it provides access to skills-aligned candidates; and for government, it delivers powerful tools to monitor program requirements, enhance economic mobility, and improve service outcomes. DOORS doesn't just digitize existing processes—it creates a more responsive and effective workforce ecosystem.

Benefits Tailored to Your Mission

Implementing DOORS delivers tangible benefits across your workforce ecosystem:

• Specialized Career Pathways: Custom support for veterans, re-entry populations, career changers, opportunity youth, rural communities, dislocated workers, and long-term unemployed

• Education-Workforce Alignment: Seamless transitions between education and employment

• Administrative Efficiency: Streamlined processes that reduce redundancy

• Data-Driven Decision Making: Actionable insights for policy and program improvements

• Cost Efficiency: After initial implementation, your government owns its instance with only cloud hosting and minimal maintenance costs—no ongoing licensing fees or vendor lock-in

Protecting Data While Enabling Collaboration

Our Secure Data Enclave model empowers government agencies to unlock the full potential of their existing data assets while maintaining complete ownership and control. This innovative approach represents a fundamental shift from traditional data sharing, eliminating the need for wholesale data exchanges and enables:

• Purpose-limited data access only when specific use cases require it

• Precise data use agreements focused on authorized functions

• Maintained agency control over sensitive information

• Compliance with program-specific privacy requirements

Balancing security with collaboration, this framework respects agency boundaries while enabling the cross-agency data exchange that turns siloed information into comprehensive workforce solutions.

Impact Across Policy Domains

Realize transformative outcomes across workforce, education, and public benefit systems with a single, adaptable platform.

• Workforce Development Excellence: Transform how you connect talent with opportunity through skill-based matching, clear career pathways, integrated work-based learning tracking, and specialized tools for priority populations.

• Education-Employment Bridge: Bridge the gap between learning and earning with personalized student success planning, digital credential verification, curriculum alignment with workforce needs, and seamless integration of work-based learning experiences.

• Streamlined Benefits Administration: Streamline operations with unified work requirements tracking across multiple programs, reduced duplication of effort, customizable program rules, and enhanced self-service options that empower clients.

• Data-Powered Economic Growth: Drive economic development with real-time workforce capacity insights, compelling infrastructure for business attraction, clear visualization of talent pipelines, and strategic alignment of training investments.

• Modern IT Infrastructure: Advance your modernization goals with cloud migration pathways, proven scalability, privacy-preserving architecture, robust security frameworks, and minimal ongoing maintenance requirements.

Evolving to Meet Diverse Needs

DOORS has evolved through multiple implementations nationwide, each one more advanced than the last. From its initial deployment in Rhode Island and Hawaii to subsequent versions in Colorado and New Jersey, the platform has continuously improved, culminating in Arkansas' comprehensive LAUNCH ecosystem.

What makes DOORS unique is its adaptability to workforce priorities at every level of government -federal, state, and local – and across multiple policy areas. No two implementations are identical because workforce challenges vary by region and jurisdiction. Whether you prioritize sector-based workforce strategies, career pathway models, two-generation approaches, or place-based economic development, DOORS adapts to support your specific workforce vision and policy framework. DOORS seamlessly supports multiple programs with work requirements, including UI, SNAP E&T, TANF, and WIOA—creating a unified workforce engagement platform that breaks down program silos across all levels of government.

A Collaborative Approach to Implementation

DOORS provides a robust foundation that's ready for immediate implementation, but that's just the starting point. We work alongside your team—whether at a federal department, a state agency, or local workforce board—to build the platform that truly serves your unique needs.

Our collaborative development process includes working sessions with leadership to identify priorities, customize features, and create an implementation roadmap that delivers quick wins while building toward your comprehensive vision. Each module can typically be implemented within a 3-6 month timeframe, allowing you to see tangible results quickly while scaling up at a pace that works for your team.

This approach has proven successful across diverse environments, allowing for flexible implementation that aligns with your priorities, timeline, and capacity regardless of governmental level.

The Arkansas LAUNCH Model: The Art of the Possible

Arkansas' implementation demonstrates the full potential of a comprehensive DOORS ecosystem:

• LAUNCH for Jobseekers: Connects individuals with career opportunities through AI-powered matching

• LAUNCH for Employers: Enables skills-based hiring beyond traditional resumes

• LAUNCH for Students: Aligns education pathways with workforce needs

• Work Search Tracker: Streamlines compliance with program requirements

This integrated approach creates a seamless user experience with single sign-on across all components, powered by scalable cloud infrastructure that minimizes ongoing costs—a model that can be adapted for federal agencies, states, counties, cities, or workforce development boards.

Learn more about Arkansas LAUNCH and explore the tool here.

Join the DOORS Community

Collaborate with agencies nationwide to shape the future of workforce technology through shared innovation and strategic partnerships.

Flexible Integration Options

• Choose the implementation approach that works for your organization:

• Full ecosystem deployment

• Modular adoption starting with priority components

• Multi-benefit program integration

• Education-workforce connection

Partnership Opportunities

• Join the multi-level DOORS community of practice

• Leverage shared development resources

• Create a customized implementation roadmap

• Participate in developing cross-jurisdictional data standards

Ready for Success

• Experience shows that successful DOORS implementations share these critical factors:

• Executive sponsorship across key agencies

• Clear mapping of data elements and use cases

• Strong cross-agency leadership

• Collaborative customization process

• Phased implementation with measurable outcomes

• Strategic integration with existing initiatives