Located in:
- Jobs for Veterans’ State Grants
(OMB Control Number: 1293-0017)
Components of the Jobs for Veterans State Grants State Plan
Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG) recipients must provide a four-year state plan as a condition for the receipt of annual funding in accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 4102A(c). This plan must include responses to each of the components below.
a. Describe how the state intends to provide employment, training, and job placement services to veterans and eligible persons under the JVSG program (i.e., virtually and in-person).
Current Narrative:
The JVSG program, in and of itself, does not constitute the entirety of Arkansas’s veterans’ services. Rather, the program is a partner within Arkansas’s Workforce Development System. The JVSG is required by law to provide services to veterans and other eligible persons. The JVSG-funded DVOPs, LVERs, and Consolidated Position (CP) staff who serve in a dual role as DVOP specialists and LVER, fill a role in the overall program of services to veterans and other eligible persons. The DVOPs, LVERs, and CP are dedicated to their primary statutory responsibilities as defined by Veterans’ Program Letters (VPL). The DVOPs focus on providing Basic and Individualized Career Services through case management to veterans with significant barriers to employment (SBE) and other eligible persons. The LVERs coordinate with local business service teams and members of the community to advocate to employers on behalf of veterans and to develop job opportunities specifically for veterans. The Consolidated Position staff serve in a dual role as DVOP specialist and LVER. The LVERs train all Arkansas Workforce Center staff to network for veterans and comply with priority service requirements. In addition, JVSG staff collaborates with community partners in order to provide the additional services needed for the veteran community to obtain meaningful careers.
On a priority-of-service basis, workforce center staff members determine the eligible person’s purpose for registering. The intake staff member, serving as the “greeter,” is usually the first person that a veteran or other eligible person interacts with at an Arkansas Workforce Center (AWC). Once the Veteran or other eligible person is identified, the Workforce Center Staff conducts an initial assessment. This initial assessment uses a customized veteran intake questionnaire to help determine if the veteran or other eligible person has an SBE or if they are a member of another special priority group. If a determination is made that the client is a veteran with an SBE or meets other special criteria, they are referred to the DVOP specialist or CP for further assessment and Individualized Career Services. Those veterans determined not to possess an SBE are provided career services.
These services include resume writing, computer skills, and interviewing techniques. If the veteran or other covered person needs more specialized services, they may be referred to another service provider/program within the AWC. All Individualized Career Services and training are provided on a priority-of-service basis.