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Plan: Missouri PYs 2020-2023
Combined Plan C

Section: Jobs for Veterans State Grants Program

Narrative: e.

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  • 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:

e. The populations of eligible 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);

View corresponding narrative from PYs 2018-2019

Current Narrative:

The primary objective of the JVSG staff is to develop and support activities to increase employment and job training opportunities for veterans and eligible persons. DVOP Specialists staff will provide individualized career services to the following targeted groups as outlined in VPLs 03-14, 03-14 Ch.1 & 2, VPL 03-19;

  1. 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:
  1. 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,
  2. were discharged or released from active duty because of a service connected disability;

 

  1. Homeless, as defined in Section 103(a) and (b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a) and (b)) as amended;
  2. 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;
  3. An offender, as defined by WIOA current guidance who is currently incarcerated or who has been released from incarceration;
  4. A veteran lacking a high school diploma or equivalent certificate; or
  5. Low-income individual (as defined by WIOA Section 3 (36)).
  6. Veterans aged 18-24, Veterans aged 18-24 possess limited civilian work history which can make transitioning to the civilian labor force difficult.  Based on this fact, veteran between the ages of 18 and 24 may benefit from individualized career services provided by a DVOP specialist.
  7. Vietnam-era Veterans, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 4211, the term “Veteran of the Vietnam Era” is an eligible veteran any part of whose active military, naval, or air service was during the Vietnam era.  The Bureau of Labor Statistics and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) data indicate that there are still a sizeable number of Vietnam-era Veterans in the workforce, and many face difficulty in finding and maintaining employment.
  8. Eligible Transitioning Service Members, Persons, and Caregivers,
    1. Transitioning members of the Armed Forces who have been identified as in need of Individualized Career Services;
    2. Members of the Armed Forces who are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment in military treatment facilities (MTF) or warrior transition units (WTU); and
    3. The spouses or other family caregivers of such wounded, ill, or insured members.

If authorization for these additional populations is extended beyond FY20, we will continue to identify and provide individualized career services.

 

DVOP staff are also located permanently at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals in Columbia and Kansas City.  In addition, DVOP staff are located at Fort Leonard Wood to assist service member at the Warrior Transition Unit, in accordance with VPL 01-14.  Missouri also has a AJC located at Fort Leonard Wood to provide services to those eligible services members who are exiting the military.  In addition Missouri operates the Career Skills Program (CSP) in conjunction with Fort Leonard Wood to place exiting service member into internship with civilian employers.  We have a LVER who is 50% dedicated to this program.

 

Missouri has a very small Native American veteran population and does not have any tribal lands.

LVER/CODL staff will conduct outreach to employers to assist veterans in gaining employment. Additionally, LVER/CODL staff 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.

 

Missouri will place CODL staff in our rural AJCs to best serve the needs of the veterans and employers in those locations who would normally not receive timely services from a DVOP or a LVER in a traditional model.