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October 8, 1997
Veterans' Program Letter No. 1-98
To: All regional administrators and directors for veterans' employment
and training
All state employment security agency administrators (SESAS)
All regional administrators, employment and administration (ETA
info)
From: Espiridion "AL" Borrego Acting Assistant Secretary
Subject: Nominations to attend training classes offered by the National
Veterans Training Institute (NVTI)
I. Purpose: To notify the SESAs and Department of Labor (DOL), Veterans'
Employment and Training Service (VETS) staff of the availability of 1997 NVTI
training classes, future course offerings and procedures for processing
nominations to attend such training.
II. References: This VPL supersedes all previous issuances pertaining to
the nomination process for attending NVTI training.
III. Background: Due to limited contract funding, NVTI course offerings
have been limited to approximately sixty (60) classes per contract year
(March-February Training slots are allocated to SESAs based on a proportional
reduction to their requests and availability of slots. Although the original
allocations have been filled, NVTI will be offering additional Case Management
classes and one Transition Assistance Program (TAP) Facilitator class this
calendar year. The classes and dates that they will be offered are as
follows:
Case Management #50 - December 1-5, 1997
Case Management #51 - December 8-12,1997
Case Management #52 - December 8-12,1997
TAP #91 - December 8-12,1997
With the limited availability of training slots, nominations to attend
NVTI classes must be carefully considered and reviewed to ensure that
appropriate individuals attend. Unfortunately, it has been reported that some
individual Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program Specialists (DROPS) and Local
Veterans' Employment Representatives (LVERs) attending NVTI classes are either
within one year of retirement or are not involved in the activities for which
the course training objectives are designed (e.g., TAP workshop facilitators,
case management). VETS and SESA staff must coordinate closely to ensure that
limited NVTI training resources are targeted to those staff directly involved
in the activities for which they will be trained and are otherwise appropriate
nominations for attendance.
VETS has also formed a working group to revise the cur-rent NVTI
training curriculum. The Professional Skills Development Course (Core I) and
the Veterans Benefits Course (Core II) will no longer be offered. Instead,
another course (as yet untitled) is being developed which is designed to
improve DVOP and LVER staff use of advancing technologies and provision of
individualized job development services for veterans. The course will be
offered in early 1998 and will be targeted to new DVOP and LVER staff and those
who have not previously attended NVTI core training. The Case Management Course
will be targeted to those DVOP and LVER staff in States that have implemented
VETS case management policy, and particularly those stationed at One-Stop
Career Centers. Detailed guidance on the nomination process for NVTI training
classes in 1998 will be issued in a separate VPL.
IV. Action Required:
A. SESA nominations to attend the three Case Management and TAP
Facilitator courses being offered in December of 1997 are to be carefully
reviewed for appropriateness and forwarded to the Director for Veterans'
Employment and Training (DVET) by October 24,1997. Priority consideration for
nominees to attend these Case Management course offerings should be given to
staff stationed in One-Stop Career Centers.
B. DVETs should review and approve appropriate SESA nominations for the
December 1997 course offerings. Approved nominations should be forwarded to
NVTI by October 29,1997. Nominations can be submitted by DVETS to Mr. Ron
Montoya or Mr Jim Deal at NVTI either by (1) E-Mail at ron@nvti.cudenver.edu,
or (2) by fax at (303) 825-0977, or (3) by telephone (followed by hard copy) at
(800) 331-0562.
V. Inquiries: SESA questions should be directed to the appropriate DVET.
VETS inquiries should be directed to the Regional Office or to Tom Sullivan in
the VETS National Office at (202) 219-9105
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