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U.S.
Department of Labor Program Highlights
Veterans' Employment and Training Service |
Homeless Veterans' Reintegration
Program
The purpose of the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP) is to
provide services to assist in reintegrating homeless veterans into meaningful
employment within the labor force and to stimulate the development of effective
service delivery systems that will address the complex problems facing homeless
veterans.
HVRP was initially authorized under Section 738 of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act in July 1987. It is currently authorized under
Title 38 U.S.C. Section 2021, as added by Section 5 of Public Law 107-95, the
Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001. Funds are awarded on a
competitive basis to eligible applicants such as: State and local Workforce
Investment Boards, public agencies, for-profit/commercial entities, and
non-profit organizations, including faith based and community based
organizations.
Grantees provide an array of services utilizing a case management
approach that directly assists homeless veterans as well as provide critical
linkages for a variety of supportive services available in their local
communities. The program is "employment focused" and veterans receive the
employment and training services they need in order to re-enter the labor
force. Job placement, training, job development, career counseling, resume
preparation, are among the services that are provided. Supportive services such
as clothing, provision of or referral to temporary, transitional, and permanent
housing, referral to medical and substance abuse treatment, and transportation
assistance are also provided to meet the needs of this target group.
Since its inception, HVRP has featured an outreach component using
veterans who themselves have experienced homelessness. In recent years, this
successful technique was modified to allow the programs to utilize formerly
homeless veterans in various other positions where there is direct client
contact such as counseling, peer coaching, intake, and follow-up services.
The emphasis on helping homeless veterans get and retain jobs is
enhanced through many linkages and coordination with various veterans' services
programs and organizations such as the Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program and
Local Veterans' Employment Representatives stationed in the local employment
service offices of the State Workforce Agencies, Workforce Investment Boards,
One-Stop Centers, Veterans' Workforce Investment Program, the American Legion,
Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Departments of
Veterans' Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Health and Human
Services.
For more information about U.S. Department of Labor employment and
training programs for veterans, contact the Veterans' Employment and Training
Service office nearest you, listed in the phone book under United States
Government, U.S. Department of Labor or at:
http://www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/contacts/main.htm.
This is one of a series of fact sheets highlighting U.S. Department of
Labor programs. It is intended as a general description only and does not carry
the force of legal opinion. For more information regarding VETS' programs and
services, visit our web site at: http://www.dol.gov/dol/vets
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