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Kansas PYs 2018-2019 Published

Jobs for Veterans State Grants Program

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  • Jobs for Veterans’ State Grants

    The Jobs for Veterans’ State Grants (JVSG) are mandatory, formula-based staffing grants to (including DC, PR, VI and Guam). The JVSG is funded annually in accordance with a funding formula defined in the statute (38 U.S.C. 4102A (c) (2) (B) and regulation and operates on a fiscal year (not program year) basis, however, performance metrics are collected and reported (VETS-200 Series Reports) quarterly (using four “rolling quarters”) on a Program Year basis (as with the ETA- 9002 Series). Currently, VETS JVSG operates on a five-year (FY 2015-2019), multi-year grant approval cycle modified and funded annually.

    In accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 4102A(b)(5) and § 4102A(c), the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training (ASVET) makes grant funds available for use in each State to support Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists and Local Veterans' Employment Representatives (LVER) staff. As a condition to receive funding, 38 U.S.C. § 4102A(c)(2) requires States to submit an application for a grant that contains a State Plan narrative, which includes:

a. How the State Intends to Provide Employment, Training and Job Placement Services to Veterans and Eligible Persons Under the Jvsg

Current Narrative:

The primary objective of the JVSG is to develop and support activities to increase employment and job training opportunities for veterans and eligible persons. DVOP Specialists staff will provide intensive services to targeted service-connected disabled veterans; homeless veterans; recently separated from incarceration veterans, those who are currently incarcerated and those who were released from incarceration however identify their previous incarceration as a barrier preventing them from gaining employment; recently separated and long-term unemployed veterans; veterans lacking a high school diploma or GED; additional undereducated and underemployed veterans; Chapter 31 veterans; Other populations of veterans and eligible persons that are currently authorized to receive services by DVOPs include members of the Armed Forces who are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment in military treatment facilities or warrior transition units; spouses of other family caregivers of such wounded, ill, or injured members; transitioning service members who have participated in the Transition Assistance Program and have been identified as in need of intensive services. If authorization for these additional populations is extended beyond FY14, we will continue to identify and provide intensive services. Additionally, Native American veterans who may be living on a reservation and/or on tribal lands, as well as any other Native American veterans that access the AJC and are determined to have an SBE will be provided DVOP services.

LVER staff will conduct outreach to employers to assist veterans in gaining employment. Additionally, LVERs will conduct seminars for employers and in conjunction with employers, conduct job search workshops, and establish veteran job search groups. LVERs will also facilitate employment, training, and placement services to veterans, all the while coordinating services with the One Stop business service teams.

Outreach Activities

The primary purpose of DVOP staff outreach activities is to locate veterans with significant barriers to employment. Additionally, the DVOP activities are to also increase awareness of the employment service programs for veterans with SBE’s among other service providers, that will lead to more eligible veterans and eligible persons enrollment in the American Job Center. DVOP staff and partners locate and assist special populations of veterans (identified in VPLs 01-14 Change 1, 03-14 Change 2, and 7-10, 04-14, 08-14) to make a wide array of services available to them through outreach contacts with civic, service and community-based organizations; Department of Veterans Affairs (V A) hospitals; Federal Contractor employers and government agencies; Guard and Reserve Units; Homeless shelters; One-Stop system partners; "stand-downs" community based events; Vet Centers; local prisons and correctional facilities and the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) program, for the purpose of providing these veterans with intensive services to aid them in overcoming barriers preventing them from obtaining long-term meaningful employment.

Coordinating with Partners

Strategies are in place to coordinate with all partners to optimize employment outcomes for these special populations. These strategies include working with multiple Task Forces and community groups, and engaging with them for the purpose of opening all avenues of assistance to veterans. Specific coordination of activities include maintaining contact with veterans, community-based organizations, and government agencies to advise them of available services for veterans, and to encourage them to promote our services to the veterans that they may encounter during their normal business activities. Other strategies include a collaboration of services and resources to provide education, services and career opportunities for veterans and recently separated service members. Furthermore, additional strategies include creating sub-offices located at partner agencies facilities, with the hopes of having direct contact to veteran populations that we would not otherwise have direct access to. The above strategies and linkages are facilitated with veteran services organizations, such as the following: Joint Community Forces (JCF); American Legion; American Veterans (AMVETS); Employer Support of the Guard and Reserves; Disabled American Veterans; Kansas Commission on Veteran’s Affairs; Kansas National Guard and Reserve Commands; KANVET the One Stop Shop for Veteran Services; U.S. Department of Defense; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Vietnam Veterans of America; Kansas Board of Regents; and other appropriate veteran services organizations and task forces.