Disabled veterans' employment : additional planning, monitoring, and data collection efforts would improve assistance : report to congressional committees / Government Accountability Office.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disabled veterans--Rehabilitation--United States.

Disabled veterans.

Veterans--Services for--Evaluation.

Veterans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 46 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Government Accountability Office, 2007.

Summary:

To better assist veterans with service-connected disabilities seeking employment, in 2005, the Departments of Labor (Labor) and Veterans Affairs (VA) signed an agreement to coordinate employment services for disabled veterans. Around the same time, VA rolled out a redesigned employment program for these veterans, known as the Five-Track program, which also established an employment coordinator position and job resource labs. To help Congress understand the status of these initiatives, GAO was asked to provide information on (1) the progress in implementing the 2005 agreement and challenges to implementation, (2) the status of implementation of VA's Five-Track program and challenges posed by recently returning veterans, and (3) the role of employment coordinators and job resource labs in serving veterans. To obtain this information, GAO interviewed Labor and VA officials and national veterans' service organizations, and conducted site visits in five states.

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