Located in:
- 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:
e. The Populations of Veterans to Be Served, Including Any Additional Populations Designated by the Secretary as Eligible for Services, and Any Additional Populations Specifically Targeted by the State Workforce Agency for Services from One-stop Delivery System Partners (e.g., Native American Veterans; Veterans in Remote Rural Counties or Parishes);
Current Narrative:
The JVSG 5 Year State Plan states:
The primary role of the DVOP specialists is to provide intensive services to Veterans who, after being properly triaged and assessed by either Wagner Peyser or WIA staff, are identified as “eligible veterans and eligible persons.” In order to best serve eligible Veterans effectively and efficiently and to better target their services, the DVOP specialists will deliver these services utilizing a case management approach and will limit their services to eligible veterans and eligible persons who meet the definition of an individual with a Significant Barrier to Employment (SBE), specifically defined in VPL 03-14 including Change 1 and 2, 04-14, and 08-14. Veterans categorized as having a SBE are:
• A special disabled or disabled veteran, as those terms are defined in 38 U.S.C § 4211(1) and (3); special disabled and disabled veterans are those:
• who are entitled to compensation (or who, but for the receipt of military retired pay, would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or,
• were discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability;
• A homeless person, as defined in Sections 103(a) and (b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. I 1302(a) and (b)), as amended;
• A recently-separated service member, as defined in 38 U.S.C § 4211(6), who has been unemployed for 27 or more weeks in the previous 12 months;
• An offender, as defined by WIOA Section 3 (38), who is currently incarcerated or who has been released from incarceration;
• A veteran lacking a high school diploma or equivalent certificate; or
• A low-income individual (as defined by WIOA Section 3 (36)).
• Veterans between the ages of 18-24 years old;
• *Transitioning Service Members who participated in TAP and are in need of intensive services;
• *Wounded warriors assigned to a wounded warrior transition unit or the care-giver of a wounded warrior.
*Per VPL 01-14, services to these additional populations is contingent upon an authorized extension past FY14 (December 31, 2014).