1. Career One Stop Centers Veterans Medical Centers
TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Step 1
Reenlist
Counseling
Pre-Separation
Identification and
notification
DD Form 2648
ITP
Responsibility
Step 2
Department of
Decision
DoL TAP Employment Workshop
Job/employment assistance
Deliver the workshops
Responsibility
Step 5
Separates
Installation TAP Ofc
Assistance
Continues
Labor Workshop
Return to Transition Program Office
Examples
Responsibility
DOL
Career One Stop Centers
Veterans Medical Centers
(VET Centers)
Step 1: Pre-Separation Counseling – Mandated by 10 U.S.C. 1142
Command/Unit identifies personnel 12 months prior to separation (24 months prior for retirees). Command Transition Officer (defined in OPNAVINST A) conducts mandated Pre-Separation Counseling and completes DD Form Servicemember creates Individual Transition Plan (ITP), with the assistance of the Command Transition Officer. Command Transition Officer refers individuals to FFSC to attend DoL TAP Workshop. FFSC Transition staff available to train Command Transition Officer.
Step 2: Department of Labor TAP Workshop – Conducted IAW 10 U.S.C. 1144
Workshop focus on job/employment assistance. DoL uses Disabled Veteran Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists, Local Veterans Employment Representatives (LVER) and contractors (Native American Management Services) to deliver curriculum. Responsibility: U.S. Department of Labor/Veterans Employment Training Service
Step 3: VA Benefits Briefing. Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Benefit Administration) conducts briefings. Counseling is conducted in group and individual settings with follow-up and one-on-one assistance in submitting claims.
Step 4: Service members being separated/retired as a result of a service-connected disability, medical separation, or suspected service-connected disability. This presentation is conducted in addition the standard VA benefits briefing, but focuses on vocational rehabilitation, training opportunities, and VA compensation. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA Vocational Counselors.
Step 5: Return to FFSC Transition Staff – Extensive one-on-one assistance in the areas of: employment assistance; automated job search tools, Internet access; practice interview skills; Personal Financial Management
Decision: While going through the TAP process, and certainly at the end of the TAP process, many make decisions to:
Re-enlist – this is a Win-Win decision for all (cost avoidance for recruiting and training) OR
Separate/Retire: Can still use services for up to 180 days following separation.
Assistance continues after separation through DoL One-Stop Career Centers or VA Medical Centers.
Return to
Briefing
VA Benefits Briefing
Counseling
Responsibility
DTAP
Attend DTAP
Responsibility
Step 4
Step 3
DTAP
VA Benefits