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Jobs for Veterans State Grant (JVSG)
JVSG Primary Goals
• Interpret and implement info in Veteran Program
letters and regulations provided by DOL/VETS
- Maine’s DVET, Debbie Kelly, oversees program
• Develop policies and procedures to increase
employment opportunities for veterans
• Ensure that veterans are given priority of service in
referrals to job openings and other services.
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Maine’s JVSG Program Delivery Structure
• 16 Veterans Reps
– 12 DVOPs and 4 LVERs
– 95% are Veterans with disabilities
• JVSG Program is delivered through
Maine’s Network of CareerCenters
– 12 Full Service CareerCenters and numerous
itinerant sites
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JVSG - DVOPs and LVERs
Disabled Veterans Outreach Program Specialists – DVOPS:
– Provide intensive services to veterans with significant barriers to
employment
Local Veterans Employment Representatives – LVERS:
– Conduct employer outreach and job development in the local
community, on behalf of all American Job Center veterans
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JVSG Focus on Veterans with
Significant Barriers to Employment (SBE)
1. Special disabled or disabled veteran as those terms are
defined in 38 U.S.C § 4211(1)
2. Homeless or at risk of homelessness
3. Recently-separated service member, who at any point in the
previous 12 months has been unemployed for 27 or more
weeks
4. An offender, who has been released from incarceration
5. Lacking a high school diploma or equivalent certificate
6. Low-income
7. Transitioning service member
8. AND Veterans between the ages of 18 and 24
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Veterans Served at Maine CareerCenters
• About 8,000 Veterans served per year at
Maine’s CareerCenters and in Maine Job Bank
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Maine Job Bank
• Of the 19,365 active jobseekers
in Maine Job Bank in Sept 2014
 12% were Veterans
– 47% between ages of 50 and 64
– 29% between ages of 35 and 49
– 13% between ages of 18 and 34
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Best Practices / New Initiatives
• Partnerships with all of you!
• Partnerships with Chambers
- Free memberships & visibility
• Job Fairs (over 75 in 2014!)
• 2014 Compliance Rules for Federal
Contractors - VEVRAA (Vietnam Era
Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act)
• Hilton Honors Program
- Free overnight accommodations
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Partnership with RVCP
• CareerCenter staff including DVOPs and LVERs
will work closely with Rural Veterans Coordination
Pilot (RVCP) staff to make referrals to prospective
services, trainings and resources.
• LVERs will meet with appropriate RVCP staff at
least quarterly to discuss strategies for improving
employment opportunities for veterans.
• JVSG staff will work with RVCP staff to implement
sustainable strategies beyond the grant period to
improve access to services for service members,
veterans their families.
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Contact Information
Auta Main
Veterans’ Program Manager
BES, MDOL
[email protected]
(207) 623-7975
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Thank You!
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