VA Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment : better incentives, workforce planning, and performance reporting could improve program : report to congressional requesters.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Labor. Veteran's Employment and Training Service--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Department of Labor. Veteran's Employment and Training Service.

Disabled veterans--Rehabilitation--United States.

Disabled veterans.

Vocational rehabilitation--Law and legislation--United States.

Vocational rehabilitation.

Disabled veterans--Employment--United States.

Veterans--Employment--United States.

Veterans.

Veterans--Training of--United States.

Evaluation.

Disabled veterans--Employment.

Disabled veterans--Rehabilitation.

Veterans--Employment.

Veterans--Training of.

Vocational rehabilitation--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

ii, 43 pages : digital, PDF file

Other Title:

Department of Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment : better incentives, workforce planning, and performance reporting could improve program

Better incentives, workforce planning, and performance reporting could improve program

VA Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]

Summary:

In 2004, the Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR & E) program was reviewed by a VR & E Task Force. It recommended numerous changes, in particular focusing on employment through a new Five-Track service delivery model and increasing program capacity. Since then, VR & E has worked to implement these recommendations. To help Congress understand whether VR & E is now better prepared to meet the needs of veterans with disabilities, GAO was asked to determine (1) how the implementation of the Five-Track Employment Process has affected VR & E's focus on employment, (2) the extent to which VR & E has taken steps to improve its capacity, and (3) how program outcomes are reported. To ensure VR & E can meet the needs of veterans, GAO recommends that VR & E consider cost-effective options to align the program's financial incentives with its employment mission as well as engage in a strategic workforce planning process that collects and uses relevant data. Additionally, GAO recommends that VA improve the transparency of reports on VR & E program performance.

Notes:

Title from PDF title screen (viewed Jan. 27, 2009).

"January 2009."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-09-34."

OCLC:

299755687