Trust Fund Transfers (Dollars in
Millions)
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FY 2000 |
FY 2001 |
Change |
State Administration: |
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Disabled Veterans Outreach Program |
$80.2 |
$81.6 |
$1.4 |
Local Veterans Employment Reps. |
77.2 |
77.3 |
0.1 |
Administration |
24.9 |
27.0 |
2.1 |
National Veterans Training Institute |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
Total, Budget Authority (Trust Funds) |
$184.3 |
$187.9 |
3.6 |
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Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Project |
0.0 |
15.0 |
15.0 1/ |
Veterans' Workforce Investment Program |
0.0 |
7.3 |
7.3 |
Total, Budget Authority (All Sources) |
$184.3 |
$210.2 |
$25.9 |
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Full Time Equivalents |
255 |
255 |
0 |
1/ The President's Budget proposes a transfer
of $10 million TES for a net increase of $5 million in FY 2001.
The Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training (ASVET)
provides maximum employment and training opportunities for veterans and serves
as the principal advisor to the Secretary of Labor on all policies and
procedures affecting veterans. Through the Veterans' Employment and Training
Service, the ASVET sets counseling, training, and placement policies and goals
for veterans through the public employment service and other employment and
training programs.
State Administration: Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program
The Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) provides intensive employment
and employability development services to disabled veterans and to economically
disadvantaged veterans through a system of State-employed, Federally-funded
program specialists. DVOP specialists also train service members about to
separate from active duty through the Transition Assistance Program.
State Administration: Local Veterans' Employment Representatives
The Local Veterans' Employment Representative (LVER) program also
supports State program staff. LVERs supervise the provision of services to
veterans in local One-Stop Career Centers and in State Employment Service
Offices, maintain contact with local community leaders, provide labor exchange
information to veterans, promote and monitor participation of veterans in
Federally-funded employment and training programs, and monitor the listing of
jobs from, and referrals to, Federal contractors and subcontractors. State
administration includes an increase of $1.4 million to expand the number of
States with licensing pilots. These pilots are designed to simplify the system
by which skilled military personnel may obtain State certifications or licenses
for the civilian counterpart occupations. In addition, the request supports
creation of an Internet database that will be a one-stop source of information
for Federal, State, and private sector licensing and certifications.
Administration The Administration activity supports a
Federal staff which ensures veterans' reemployment rights and administers State
staffing grants for the DVOP and LVER programs, Veterans Workforce Investment
program and Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Project grants. The agency staff
conduct on-site monitoring and management assistance, liaison with other
Federal agencies, and collect and analyze information on employment and
training services provided to veterans as required by law. The FY 2001 request
for this activity provides for a net increase of $2.1 million, covering
increases to coordinate and attain performance measures; and the conducting of
Transition Assistance Program pilots for service members separating overseas.
The request also includes funding for the Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
in the continental U.S., investigations associated with Federal Veterans'
preference rights, and processing of veteran reemployment rights complaints
filed under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of
1994. Funds will maintain a training capacity for about 160,000 TAP
participants and the capacity to process approximately 1,500 veteran employment
and reemployment rights complaints.
The National Veterans Training Institute The National
Veterans Training Institute (NVTI) provides training to both Federal and State
employees and managers involved in the delivery of services to veterans. The
institute provides courses of training covering such subjects as reemployment
rights, veteran benefits, and basic DVOP and LVER labor exchange training. In
FY 2001, NVTI will train more than 1,500 veteran service providers, with
emphasis on labor exchange and case management training.
Homeless Veterans Program In FY 2001, the funding
request for this program, which was funded in the ETA Training and Employment
Services account through FY 2000, is $15.0 million to conduct a Homeless
Veterans' Program as authorized by the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
Act and title 38. This is a net increase of $5.0 million over the current
appropriation. The program will provide employment and training assistance to
homeless veterans, with expected job placements of approximately 8,700.
Veterans Workforce Investment Program In FY 2001, the
funding request for this program, which was funded in the ETA Training and
Employment Services account through FY 2000, is $7.3 million which is to
conduct a training and employment program for veterans under the Workforce
Investment Act (Sec. 168). The program will provide training opportunities for
service connected disabled veterans, and recently separated and other veterans
with significant barriers to employment. This program will help 2,200 veterans
into jobs.
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