AWI PROGRAMS

Veteran's Workforce Program

JOB PLACEMENT AND TRAINING

Qualified staff in Florida's state-of-the-art One-Stop Career Centers provide a myriad of priority customer-driven workforce services to veterans, military members and families.

GREAT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

U.S. Custom's and Border Patrol is seeking Import Specialists throughout the country
NEWS FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
ABLE Vets (slide show)
Florida Educational Institutions Offering Credit for Military Experience - Education benefits are one of the top reasons for joining the military. However, veterans are often unaware of the choices and opportunities available to them in continuing their education. In addition to the funding available to veterans through the GI Bill it is likely that your military service has earned you college credit. Many schools and colleges award students who are veterans credit towards a degree based on training, coursework, and occupational specialty.

HIRE VETERANS FIRST

HireVetsFirst is the ultimate web portal for both veterans and employers who want to hire veterans. This comprehensive career website empowers employers with a resource for hiring veterans of America's military through the nation’s One-Stop Career Centers and assists veterans with a national network of employment resources.

For additional information visit: http;//www.HireVetsFirst.gov

HOMELESS VETERANS' REINTEGRATION PROGRAM (HVRP)

The purpose of the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP) is to provide services to assist in reintegrating homeless veterans into meaningful employment within the workforce and to stimulate the development of effective service delivery systems that will address the complex problems facing homeless veterans. HVRP Grant 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.

For additional information visit: www.dol.gov/vets/programs/hvrp/main.htm

MILITARY FAMILY EMPLOYMENT ADVOCACY PROGRAM

The Military Family Employment Advocacy Program delivers employment assistance services, including interviewing, assessment, counseling, job search and placement assistance, labor market information, resume assistance, etc., through Military Family Employment Advocates co-located within selected One-Stop Career Centers. Persons eligible for assistance through this program shall include spouses and dependents of active-duty military personnel, Florida National Guard members, and military reservists. Military Family Employment Specialists are located at the following One-Stop Career Centers:
- Airman & Family Readiness Center
  842 Falcon Av, Bldg 722
  Patrick AFB, FL 32925
  
  321- 494-5675
- Jobs Plus One-Stop Career Center
  409 NE Race Track Road
  Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32547-2503
  
  850-833-7587, ext. 230
- Jacksonville Workforce Center
  6800 Southpoint Pkwy, Suite 950
  Jacksonville, FL 32216
  (904) 997-3100 Ext. 2350
- West Dade One-Stop Career Center
  2700 SW 97th Av.
  Miami, FL 33139
  305-228-2300, ext. 4235
- Orange County One-Stop Career Center
  East Colonial Drive
  
  Orlando, Florida 32803
  
  (407) 531-1227 Ext. 4033
- Workforce Center
  625 Highway 231
  Panama City, FL 32405
  850-872-4340
- Escarosa Career Center- Pensacola
  3670 – A North L Street
  
  Pensacola, Fl 32505-5217
  
  (850) 595-5200 Ext. 120
- Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance
  9215 North Florida Av., Ste 101
  Tampa, FL 33612
  813-930-7651

REALifelines

This program seeks to support the economic recovery and reemployment of transitioning wounded and injured military service members and their families by identifying barriers to employment or reemployment and addressing those needs. Professional and personalized intervention is provided for military service members and their families during recovery and rehabilitation. Under this program, early access to job and career service professionals, i.e. DVOP/LVER staff, is guaranteed in their home communities nationally and in Florida prior to and upon discharge.

For additional information visit: http://www.dol.gov/vets/REALifelines/index.htm

TRAINING

Veterans Training Presentations (Slide Shows)
2006 Veterans' Workforce Training Workshop Agenda

TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Florida’s Transition Assistance Programs (TAP), which are operational at eleven military sites statewide, provide important employability skills training and other benefits information to military members and their spouses in their transition from military to civilian society. Participation in TAP facilitates an expeditious path to a quality career.

For additional information visit: www.dol.gov/vets/programs/tap/main.htm

Transition Assistance Program (TurboTAP):

TRANSITIONING INCARCERATED VETERANS’ PROGRAM (TIVP)

The Transitioning Incarcerated Veterans' Program (TIVP) provides transitional assistance, including employability skills training, counseling, case management, job search and placement assistance to incarcerated veterans who are transitioning out of the correctional center system. This is a collaborative partnership with the federal and state correctional centers in Florida. TIVP Specialists are located at the following One-Stop Career Centers:
- Marianna One-Stop Career Center
  4636 Hwy. 90 East, Ste E
  Marianna, FL 32446
  850-718-0326
- Workforce Career Center
  Crown Professional Complex
  971 West Duval Street
  Lake City, FL
  386-755-9026

VA WORK STUDY PROGRAM

This program is available to any student receiving VA educational benefits by attending school three-quarter time or more. An individual working under the VA Work Study Program may work at a One-Stop Career Center, university/college office, VA Vet Center, VA medical centers, or at other authorized sites. Work-Study students are paid at either the state or federal minimum wage, whichever is greater.

For additional information visit: http://www.gibill.va.gov/pamphlets/wkstud.htm

VETERANS' WORKFORCE INVESTMENT PROGRAM (VWIP)

The intent of the Veterans Workforce Investment Programs (VWIP) is to support employment and training programs, through grants or contracts to meet the needs for workforce investment activities of veterans with service-connected disabilities, veterans who have significant barriers to employment, veterans who served on active duty in the armed forces during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, and recently separated veterans.

Through VWIP Programs, veterans will also have access to skills assessment, individual job counseling, labor market information, classroom or on-the-job training, skills upgrading and retraining, placement services, and DVOP/LVER services. Veterans receiving assistance under VWIP may also be eligible for services under other Workforce Investment Act programs that serve economically disadvantaged or dislocated workers.

For additional information visit: www.dol.gov/vets/programs/vwip/main.htm

VA VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM

The Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Program is an employment and training program facilitated by DVOP and LVER staff to assist disabled veterans who are being trained/retrained and rehabilitated for new careers by the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs.

DVOP and LVER staff provide workforce and other services to VR&E referred, special disabled veterans participating in the VR&E Program (Chapter 31, Title 38, USC). Other services include on-the-job training (OJT) development, non-paid work experience, selective job placement, case management, counseling, follow-up services, provision of job-seeking skills training, job analysis, labor market information, etc.