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VETS News Release: [07/01/2005]
Contact Name: Dirk Fillpot or Mike Biddle
Phone Number: 202-693-4676 or x5051
Release Number: 05-1101-NAT

Labor Secretary Announces $25.9 Million in Grants to Help More than 20,000 Veterans Find Jobs

WASHINGTON—More than 20,000 veterans will receive the training they need to find good jobs thanks to 95 grants totaling $25.9 million, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced today. The grants were awarded under the Department of Labor's Veterans' Workforce Investment Program (VWIP) and the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP). These grants are in addition to other programs that the Department of Labor offers to help veterans successfully transition into the workforce, including the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, which protects the jobs and benefits of servicemen and women returning to civilian life.

�In addition to the job protections offered by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, we need to do all we can to help America's veterans after they answer our country's call, often at great personal sacrifice,�Esaid Secretary Chao. �These grants will help more than 20,000 veterans access the training and services they need to get good-paying jobs and build a better life for themselves and their families.�E/p>

Funds are awarded on a competitive basis to state and local workforce investment boards, local public agencies, and nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community organizations, which have familiarity with the area and population to be served and can administer an effective program.

The VWIP grants help veterans from targeted groups overcome employment barriers and ease their transition into unsubsidized jobs. Through these programs, veterans receive skills assessment, individual job counseling, labor market information, classroom or on-the-job training, skills upgrading and retraining, placement assistance and crucial follow-up services. The Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) expects the VWIP grants to provide training for 5,500 veterans, resulting in 3,200 finding jobs. Veterans receiving assistance under these programs may also be eligible for services under other Workforce Investment Act programs for economically disadvantaged or dislocated workers.

To help homeless veterans, 69 current programs have received second and third-year funding in the amount of $16.6 million. Nine new grantees have been awarded $2.1 million. HVRP expedites reintegration into the labor force of homeless veterans with barriers to employment. The grants provide homeless veterans with occupational, classroom, and on-the-job training, job search help and job placement assistance, including crucial follow-up. VETS expects more than 9,000 homeless veterans to enter employment as a result of these grants.

Grantees under both programs network and coordinate their efforts with various other local, state, and federal social-service providers. HVRP has been recognized as an extraordinarily efficient program and is the only federal program that focuses exclusively on employment of veterans who are homeless.

More information on the Department of Labor's unemployment and re-employment programs can be found at www.dol.gov.


Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Grants:

State

 

City

 

Grantee Name

 

Award

 

Grant Year

AL

 

Birmingham

 

Aletheia House

 

$250,000

 

3rd

AZ

 

Tucson

 

Pima County

 

$200,000

 

3rd

AZ

 

Phoenix

 

United States Veterans Initiative, Inc. - Phoenix

 

$300,000

 

2nd

CA

 

San Diego

 

Able-Disabled Advocacy, Inc.

 

$299,968

 

1st

CA

 

Sunnyvale

 

City of Sunnyvale

 

$275,000

 

2nd

CA

 

San Diego

 

Mental Health Systems

 

$298,094

 

3rd

CA

 

Los Angeles

 

New Directions, Inc.

 

$229,694

 

3rd

CA

 

Escondido

 

North County Interfaith Council

 

$155,000

 

2nd

CA

 

Los Angeles

 

P.A.T.H.

 

$102,000

 

3rd

CA

 

Los Angeles

 

The Salvation Army - Los Angeles

 

$160,000

 

3rd

CA

 

San Francisco

 

Swords to Plowshares

 

$300,000

 

2nd

CA

 

Los Angeles

 

The Salvation Army - Los Angeles

 

$300,000

 

2nd

CA

 

Inglewood

 

U.S. Vets Initiative - Inglewood

 

$300,000

 

3rd

CA

 

Sacramento

 

Vietnam Veterans of California, Inc.

 

$255,000

 

2nd

CA

 

Santa Rosa

 

Vietnam Veterans of California, Inc.

 

$150,000

 

2nd

CA

 

San Diego

 

Vietnam Veterans of San Diego, Inc.

 

$230,000

 

2nd

CA

 

San Diego

 

Vietnam Vets of North San Diego

 

$250,000

 

3rd

CA

 

Los Angeles

 

Volunteers of America - Los Angeles

 

$300,000

 

3rd

CO

 

Denver

 

City and County of Denver

 

$238,723

 

3rd

CT

 

Bridgeport

 

The WorkPlace, Inc.

 

$299,880

 

3rd

DC

 

Washington

 

All Faith Consortium

 

$299,799

 

3rd

DC

 

Washington

 

Peoples Involvement Corp.

 

$294,060

 

3rd

FL

 

Tampa

 

Volunteers of America - Florida (Broward County)

 

$300,000

 

1st

FL

 

Tampa

 

Volunteers of America - Florida (Jacksonville)

 

$150,000

 

3rd

HI

 

Honolulu

 

Network Enterprises, Inc.

 

$265,000

 

2nd

HI

 

Kapolei

 

United States Veterans Initiative - Hawaii

 

$200,000

 

2nd

IA

 

Des Moines

 

Churches United Inc. of Greater Des Moines

 

$177,300

 

3rd

IL

 

Chicago

 

The Inner Voice

 

$300,000

 

3rd

IN

 

Indianapolis

 

Healthnet, Inc.

 

$278,294

 

3rd

IN

 

Indianapolis

 

Hoosier Veterans Assistance Foundation, Inc.

 

$254,012

 

1st

KY

 

Cincinnati

 

Ohio Valley Goodwill - Kentucky

 

$295,138

 

3rd

KY

 

Louisville

 

Volunteers of America Kentucky, Inc.

 

$200,000

 

2nd

LA

 

Hammond

 

Quad Area Community Action Agency, Inc.

 

$250,000

 

2nd

MA

 

Worcester

 

Massachusetts Veterans, Inc. (1st District)

 

$122,169

 

2nd

MA

 

Worcester

 

Massachusetts Veterans, Inc.(2nd, 3rd ,& 5th District)

 

$207,000

 

1st

MA

 

Boston

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

$200,000

 

2nd

MA

 

Leeds

 

United Veterans of America, Inc.

 

$220,000

 

2nd

MA

 

Boston

 

Vietnam Veterans Workshop

 

$168,761

 

3rd

MD

 

Baltimore

 

Associated Catholic Charities

 

$198,987

 

1st

MD

 

Baltimore

 

Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training

 

$248,364

 

2nd

MD

 

Frederick

 

Way Station, Inc.

 

$299,640

 

3rd

ME

 

Augusta

 

Main Dept of Labor, Bureau of Employment Srvs

 

$199,777

 

2nd

MI

 

Detroit

 

Michigan Veterans Foundation

 

$264,372

 

2nd

MN

 

Minneapolis

 

MN Assistance Council for Veterans

 

$300,000

 

3rd

MO

 

St. Louis

 

City of St. Louis

 

$295,000

 

3rd

MO

 

St. Louis

 

St. Partrick Center

 

$293,100

 

2nd

NC

 

Asheville

 

Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry

 

$198,200

 

2nd

NV

 

Las Vegas

 

United States Veterans Initiative - Las Vegas

 

$170,000

 

1st

NY

 

Brooklyn

 

Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc.

 

$295,350

 

2nd

NY

 

Buffalo

 

Goodwill Industries of Western New York

 

$194,340

 

3rd

NY

 

New York

 

The Salvation Army - NYC Borden Avenue

 

$284,943

 

1st

NY

 

Rochester

 

The Salvation Army - Rochester

 

$163,437

 

3rd

NY

 

Ballston Spa

 

The Saratoga County Rural Preservation

 

$115,750

 

2nd

NY

 

Bayshore

 

United Veterans Beacon House, Inc.

 

$108,800

 

2nd

NY

 

Rochester

 

Veterans Outreach Center

 

$300,000

 

3rd

NY

 

Buffalo

 

Western New York Veterans Housing Coalition

 

$162,475

 

3rd

OH

 

Cincinnati

 

Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries Rehab Cntr, Inc.

 

$299,440

 

2nd

OH

 

Columbus

 

Volunteers of America of Central Ohio

 

$266,136

 

3rd

OH

 

Cleveland

 

Volunteers of America N.E & N.Central Ohio

 

$300,000

 

3rd

OH

 

Columbus

 

Volunteers of America of Central Ohio (Dayton)

 

$298,512

 

2nd

OK

 

Tulsa

 

Tulsa Area Workforce Investment Board

 

$300,000

 

3rd

OR

 

Portland

 

Central City Concern

 

$298,440

 

2nd

PA

 

Philadelphia

 

Impact Services Corporation

 

$250,000

 

3rd

PA

 

Philadelphia

 

Philadelphia Vets Multi-Service & Education Center

 

$250,000

 

3rd

PA

 

Pittsburgh

 

Vietnam Vets Leadership Program of W. PA, Inc.

 

$291,918

 

3rd

SC

 

N. Charleston

 

Goodwill Industries of Lower South Carolina

 

$172,280

 

3rd

SC

 

Columbia

 

South Carolina Employment Security Commission

 

$200,000

 

3rd

TN

 

Nashville

 

Operation Stand Down

 

$300,000

 

3rd

TN

 

Louisville

 

Volunteers of America of KY & TN, Inc.

 

$300,000

 

3rd

TX

 

San Antonio

 

American GI Forum - San Antonio

 

$300,000

 

2nd

TX

 

San Antonio

 

American GI Forum - Houston

 

$250,000

 

2nd

TX

 

Houston

 

Goodwill Industries of Houston

 

$299,010

 

1st

WA

 

Everett

 

Snohomish Co.Workforce Dev.Council

 

$175,000

 

3rd

WA

 

Olympia

 

Washington Dept of Veterans Affairs (Female Vets)

 

$149,999

 

1st

WA

 

Olympia

 

Washington Department of Veterans Affairs

 

$300,000

 

3rd

WI

 

Milwaukee

 

Milwaukee County Veterans Service Organization

 

$250,000

 

3rd

WI

 

Fredonia

 

Veterans Assistance Foundation, Inc.

 

$137,166

 

2nd

WV

 

Louisville

 

Volunteers of America Kentucky/West Virginia

 

$200,000

 

2nd

 

 

 

 

Total

=

$18,755,328

 

 


Veterans' Workforce Investment Program Grants:  

State

 

City

 

Grant Award

 

Grant Recipient

CA

 

Inglewood

 

$500,000

 

United States Veterans Initiative

FL

 

Clearwater

 

$642,000

 

WorkNet Pinellas, Inc.

IN

 

Indianapolis

 

$200,000

 

Indiana Department of Workforce Development

LA

 

Hammond

 

$750,000

 

Quad Area Community Action Agency, Inc.

MA

 

Worcester

 

$107,500

 

The City of Worcester

MA

 

Worcester

 

$150,486

 

Massachusetts Veterans, Inc.

MA

 

Boston

 

$230,308

 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Outreach)

MD

 

Frederick

 

$463,146

 

Way Station, Inc.

ME

 

Augusta

 

$750,000

 

Maine Dept. of Labor

NV

 

Las Vegas

 

$250,000

 

United States Veterans Initiative

NY

 

Bath

 

$170,450

 

Pro Action of Steuben and Yates, Inc.

OH

 

St. Clairsville

 

$144,500

 

Community Action Commission of Belmont County, Inc.

OR

 

Oregon City

 

$311,312

 

Community Solutions for Clackamas County (Outreach)

PA

 

Harrisburg

 

$749,374

 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

TN

 

Clarksville

 

$750,000

 

Workforce Essentials, Inc.

TX

 

San Antonio

 

$750,000

 

American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program, Inc.

WY

 

Casper

 

$347,800

 

Wyoming Contractors Association

 

 

Total

=

$7,266,876

 

 

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