Veterans and eligible persons will receive employment, training and job placement services at the Montana Job Service Centers like other Montana Job Service Center customers. However, veterans and eligible persons will receive priority of service over non-veterans when it comes to receiving employment, training, and job placement services. All veterans, spouses, and caregivers who enter a Job Service Centers that house a Disabled Veteran Outreach Program (DVOP) Specialist will be screened for eligibility to determine if the veteran and other eligible persons qualify for DVOP services. DVOPs will work one on one with eligible veterans and eligible persons to provide training in job placement and employment skills to include, but not limited to, resume writing and review, interview concepts and skills, and searching for employment. (Pages 205-206) Title IV
Montana currently does not employ LVER staff. DVOPs are charged with providing case management and individualized careers services to young veterans aged 18-24, eligible spouses, and veterans with Significant Barriers to Employment (SBEs) as outlined in Veterans Program Letter most current guidance, which include: • A special disabled or disabled veteran, as those terms are defined in 38 U.S.C § 4211(1) and (3); special disabled and disabled veterans are those who: 1) are entitled to compensation (or who, but for the receipt of military retired pay, would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or, 2) were discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability; (Page 206) Title IV
DVOPs provide a range of services including career planning and counseling, comprehensive assessments, individual employment plan development, short-term pre-vocational services, and other career services within the Montana Job Service Centers. These services include but are not limited to: •Outreach to locate veterans in need of intensive services; •Comprehensive Assessment, including a documented plan of service (IEP); •Counseling and career/vocational guidance; •Referral of veterans to supportive or remedial services; •Promoting Vocational Rehab and WIOA services; •Referral of veterans to job focused and outcome-driven training or certification; •Job development; •Development of VA funded Special Incentive and OJT; •Review all open case files of current participants with an SBE in a priority category and perform case management duties; and •Referral of veterans to employment opportunities. (Page 206) Title IV Jobs for Veterans State Grant (JVSG) programs are administered by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (MTDLI) and are co-located and fully integrated within the Montana Job Service Centers. JVSG funds six FTE including Disabled Veterans Outreach Specialists (DVOP) and a Veteran Intensive Service Coordinator. Customers entering the Job Service Centers are screened for eligibility and referred to JVSG staff as appropriate. In most cases, JVSG clients are co-enrolled in Title I-B programs. (Page 207) Title IV
The JVSG and workforce center staff participates in state and local area training sessions and initiatives centered around sectors and career pathways. JVSG and workforce center staff utilize local labor market information as a tool when eligible veterans and persons are making job-driven training decisions. Through the complete training process, the DVOP specialists, WIOA and Wagner-Peyser staff will work in conjunction with the business service team to assist eligible veterans and persons to identify employment opportunities through the state labor exchange. The tools in which we measure the services provided include but not limited to: •Interviewing of Job Service Center staff •Monitoring MWorks (Montana case management system) •Review of program files and documentation •Customer surveys •Site visits •Accompanying DVET during federal audits •Quarterly Managers Report •Regional Director meetings (Page 210) Title IV