1. Secretary of Labor VETS Assistant Secretary of Labor RAVET
U. S. Department of Labor Organizational Chart
Secretary of Labor
Thomas Perez
VETS Assistant Secretary of Labor
RAVET
Mike Michaud
ADVET
VPA
DVET
LVER
AJC
DVOP
SVC

2. Title 38 U.S.C. Chapters 41 & 42

3. Disabled Veterans Outreach Program Roles and Responsibilities
4103A / VPL

4. Title 38 U.S.C. Chapter 41 Full or part-time
Section 4103 A
Full or part-time
Role is Intensive Services/Facilitating Placements: A. Special disabled veterans B. Other disabled veterans C. Other eligible veterans
Maximum emphasis in meeting the employment needs of veterans shall be placed on assisting economically or educationally disadvantaged veterans.

5. LVER Utilization
Title 38 U.S.C. Chapter 41
Section 4104 (b)

6. LVER Utilization Title 38 U.S.C. Chapter 41
Section 4104 (b)
Outreach to employers:
conduct seminars for employers
in conjunction with employers, conduct job search workshops and establish job search groups;
(2) Facilitate employment, training and placement services furnished to veterans.
and
and
(e) Reporting

7. Effects of Refocusing Across Programs
JVSG will serve fewer veterans and provide higher rates of intensive services
Wagner-Peyser/WIA’s workload of veteran clients will increase with fewer referrals to JVSG
Veterans will receive priority of service

8. Statutorily-Mandated Responsibilities
DVOP Specialists
LVER Staff
conduct ER outreach & JD in the local community, on behalf of all AJC veterans
provide intensive services to veterans with SBE*
are not to provide services to any other population.
are not to provide direct services to participants
*or other populations as specified by the Secretary

9. Significant Barrier to Employment VPL 03-14 / TEGL 19-13
Special disabled or disabled veteran (38 USC 4211)
Homeless (Homeless Assistance Act 42 USC 11302(a))
Recently-separated currently long term unemployed (27 weeks within the last 12 months)
Offender incarcerated or released (WIOA Section 3(38))
Lacking a high school diploma or equivalent
Low-income (as defined by WIOA Section 3(36))

10. Additional Populations (04-14, 07-14 and 08-14)
DVOP specialists may also provide services to the following populations:
Veterans, ages 18-24
Transitioning service members in need of intensive services (Warm hand-off/Incomplete Career Readiness Standards and those Involuntary separated by reason of RIF)
Wounded Warriors in military treatment facilities and their family caregivers.

11. DVOP Specialist Duties
VPL / TEGL 19-13
Consistent with WIOA Section 134(c)(2), the intensive services category now is clarified to include:
Comprehensive and specialized assessment
Develop an individual employment plan
Group Counseling
Individual counseling / career planning
Short-term pre-vocational services

12. Case Management Case management is a service delivery strategy
CM Components:
Conduct an assessment
Develop an employment plan
Follow-up

13. LVER Utilization
VPL / TEGL 19-13

14. LVER Duties/Employer Outreach
VPL / TEGL 19-13
Planning & participating in job & career fairs
Conducting employer outreach

15. LVER Duties/Employer Outreach
VPL / TEGL 19-13
In conjunction with employers, conducting job searches and workshops, and establishing job search groups

16. LVER Duties/Employer Outreach
VPL / TEGL 19-13
Coordinating with unions, apprenticeship programs and businesses or business organizations to promote and secure employment and training programs for veterans

17. LVER Duties/Employer Outreach
VPL / TEGL 19-13
Informing Federal Contractors of the process to recruit qualified veterans.
Promoting credentialing and licensing opportunities for veterans

18. LVER Duties/Employer Outreach
VPL / TEGL 19-13
Coordinating and participating with other business outreach efforts

19. Special Disabled Veteran
Definitions:
Eligible Person
Special Disabled Veteran
Eligible Veteran

20. Eligible Person Chapter 41 Section 4101
The term “Eligible Person" means--
   (A) the spouse of any person who died of a service-connected disability,
   (B) the spouse of any member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who, for a total of more than ninety days: (i) missing in action, (ii) captured in line of duty by a hostile force, or (iii) forcibly detained or interned in line of duty by a foreign government or power, or
   (C) the spouse of any person who has a total disability permanent in nature resulting from a service-connected disability or the spouse of a veteran who died while a disability so evaluated was in existence.

21. Special Disabled Veteran Chapter 42 Section 4211
The term “Special Disabled Veteran" means —
(A) a veteran who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary for a disability (i) rated at 30 percent or more, or (ii) rated at 10 or 20 percent in the case of a veteran who has been determined under section 3106 of this title to have a serious employment handicap; or
(B) a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of service-connected disability.

22. Eligible Veteran Chapter 42 Section 4211
The term “Eligible Veteran" means a person who: (A) served on active duty for a period of more than 180 days and was discharged or released with other than a dishonorable discharge; (B) was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability; or

23. Eligible Veteran Chapter 42 Section 4211
The term “Eligible Veteran" means a person who: (C) as a member of a reserve component under an order to active duty served on active duty during a period of war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge is authorized and was discharged or released from such duty with other than a dishonorable discharge. (D) Was discharged or released from active duty by reason of a sole survivorship discharge (as defined by section 1174(i) of Title 10)

24. Priority of Service

25. Key Definitions
`Priority of service' means, with respect to any qualified job training program, that a covered person shall be given priority over nonveterans for the receipt of employment, training, and placement services provided under that program (Chapter 42, section 4215)
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26. Key Definitions
`Qualified job training program' is any workforce preparation, development, or delivery program or service that is directly funded, in whole or in part, by the Department of Labor (Chapter 42, section 4215)
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27. Key Definitions Veteran [38 USC 101(2)] Active military service
Discharged under “other than dishonorable” conditions
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This definition differs from the Wagner-Peyser definition that appears at 38 U.S.C. 4211(4)(A) and includes a “180 day” criterion

28. Key Definitions Eligible Spouse
Eligibility derived from a living veteran
Service member is missing in action, captured or forcibly detained
Veteran has total service-connected disability, per VA evaluation
Eligibility derived from a deceased veteran
Veteran died of a service-connected disability
Veteran died while a total service-connected disability, per VA evaluation, was in existence
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29. Entitlement
A covered person is entitled to priority of service under any qualified job training program if the person otherwise meets the eligibility requirements for participation in such program.
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30. Priority Defined
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The right to take precedence over non-covered persons – Depending on the type of service or resource being provided, taking precedence may mean:
Covered person gains access to service or resource earlier than the non-covered persons
Covered person receives service or resource instead of a non-covered person when resources are limited
AJC

31. Identifying and Informing
Identifying covered persons at point of entry
Implementing processes to ensure covered persons are made aware of:
Entitlement to priority of service
Other employment, training and placement services available
Eligibility requirements for those programs or services
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