Located in:
- Jobs for Veterans’ State Grants
(OMB Control Number: 1225-0086)
The Jobs for Veterans’ State Grants (JVSG) are mandatory, formula-based staffing grants to States (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 quarterly on a Program Year basis (as with the ETA-9002 Series). Currently, VETS JVSG operates on a 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:
c. The manner in which DVOP specialists and LVER staff are integrated into the State’s employment service delivery system or American Job Center;
Current Narrative:
OVES LVER and DVOP staff are integrated within the one-stop job center/career center network throughout the State of Wisconsin. LVERs are participating members of the job center business service teams who develop job opportunities by conducting employer outreach and sharing employer relationships with business service team members and other programs. LVERs assist business services teams in developing job fairs/hiring events, labor law clinics, and business symposiums for local employers. With many business services teams, the LVER and the DVR Business Services Consultant, who have similar population of customers, work in partnership to visit employers to promote respective programs. This allows the business services team, in aggregate, to provide a larger population of individuals to select from. DVOPs partner with WIOA Title I programs, Wagner-Peyser, State Vocational Rehabilitation staff, and other job center-based partner agencies, to develop employment plans and return veterans to self-sufficiency. DVOPs also partner with other agencies and programs not based in the job centers, to include, but not limited to; Veterans Administration Office of Veterans Readiness and Employment, Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Corrections, County And Tribal Veterans Services Offices, and job center based programs to provide case management services for co-enrolled veterans served by the Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program. The partnership with these agencies enhances the whole-person approach that allows multiple agencies to mitigate various barriers (homelessness, justice-involved, mental health, etc..) and provide services to veterans in one location to develop a collaborative effort to foster the best process for causing the veteran to become independent in their efforts to reduce barriers, use eligible benefits, and gain employment.
LVER staff partner with DVA, and the Wisconsin Employment Resource Connection. This partnership provides information on employment and training to active National Guard and National Guard and Reserve units who have individuals with veteran status or DVOP eligible. Under the Wisconsin Employment Resource Connection, LVER and WERC staff work together to develop employer relationships that benefit, NG and Reserve members, those that have veteran status, and those that are DVOP eligible.