VA Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment : further performance and workload management improvements are needed : report to congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.

Standardized Title:

VA Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (2014 January)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service.

Vocational rehabilitation--United States--Evaluation.

Vocational rehabilitation.

Disabled veterans--Employment--United States--Evaluation.

Disabled veterans.

Disabled veterans--Training of--United States--Evaluation.

Evaluation.

Vocational rehabilitation--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 62 pages) : color illustrations, color map

Other Title:

Department of Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment : further performance and workload management improvements are needed

Further performance and workload management improvements are needed

Place of Publication:

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

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Veterans with disabilities face special challenges to finding employment -- resulting, for example, from the veterans' physical or mental health, or negative attitudes or stereotypes on the part of some employers. VA's VR & E program aims to help veterans with disabilities obtain and maintain suitable employment -- compatible with their disabilities -- through services such as training and job search assistance. The VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 directed GAO to review the program. GAO examined (1) the outcomes for veterans seeking employment through the program, and (2) the progress VA has made in addressing critical management issues. GAO reviewed relevant laws, regulations, and guidance as well as recent studies; reviewed various program management criteria; analyzed VA administrative data on veterans who entered the program between fiscal years 2003 and 2012; interviewed staff at the VA central office and 8 regional offices; interviewed a random but nongeneralizable sample of 17 program participants; and analyzed data from a VA survey of participants.

Contents:

Background

About half of veterans seeking employment are successful, although program participants may face challenges

VA has made limited progress in improving VR & E performance management, workload management, and training

Conclusions.

Notes:

"January 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed January 22, 2014).

"GAO-14-61."

OCLC:

868821260