Transitioning veterans, improved oversight needed to enhance implementation of Transition Assistance Program : report to Congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Veterans--Employment--United States.

Veterans.

Veterans--Services for--United States.

Veteran reintegration--United States.

Veteran reintegration.

Veterans--Employment.

Veterans--Services for.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 46 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2014.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Over the next few years, over a million military servicemembers are expected to transition to civilian life and some may face challenges such as finding employment. To help them, TAP provides departing servicemembers employment assistance and information on VA benefits, among other things. Begun in 2011, efforts to revamp TAP are underway based on the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 and the administration's recommendations. The act also mandated GAO to review TAP. This report addresses: 1) the status of TAP implementation; 2) the extent to which elements of effective implementation and evaluation of TAP have been addressed; and 3) any challenges that may remain. To do this GAO identified five elements of effective implementation and evaluation based on relevant federal laws and previously established GAO criteria for training programs; reviewed related GAO work; assessed reports, plans, and policies provided by agencies that administer TAP; interviewed officials from entities that support servicemembers and veterans; and conducted four nongeneralizable discussion groups with servicemembers who had taken TAP at three military installations.

Contents:

Background

Agencies report that most locations have implemented TAP components, but some locations are experiencing delays

Agencies' efforts for TAP adequately address three of five elements associated with effective program implementation and evaluation

DOD lacks a process to assess the TAP experience of National Guard and Reserve members

Conclusions.

Notes:

"March 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed March 7, 2014).

"GAO-14-144."

OCLC:

871691013