RESOURCES, PROGRAMS AND OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE
CITIZEN SOLDIER PROGRAM
Florida private sector employers are paying supplemental wages to any eligible employee who is a Florida resident and is serving on active duty in the United States Armed Forces Reserves or the Florida National Guard.
Private sector employers may be reimbursed for up to 50 percent of supplemental wages paid to their employees if the employer pays 100 percent of the difference between the employee’s gross monthly private sector wage and the employee’s gross monthly active duty base pay and applicable allowances.
Because funding is limited, the program will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more details, please call the Agency for Workforce Innovation toll-free at 1-800-342-3450.
MYFLORIDAMILITARY.COM
Providing Florida's transitional military personnel, their spouses, active military spouses and veterans an extensive and proven job-search strategy, including a unique web presence for their discretionary use, consisting of their own profile, resume and brief video presentation clip. This site provides information about jobs in Northwest Florida.
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
The Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs (FDVA) is a state veterans’ service agency that provides information, advocacy and quality long-term healthcare services to Florida’s veterans. FDVA continues to expand veterans’ facilities and services in Florida, primarily through growth in the State Veterans’ Homes program and through new outreach programs to contact more of the veteran population in Florida.
FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OFFERING CREDIT FOR MILITARY EXPERIENCE
Education benefits are one of the top reasons for joining the military. However, veterans are often unaware of the choices and opportunities available to them in continuing their education. In addition to the funding available to veterans through the GI Bill it is likely that your military service has earned you college credit. Many schools and colleges award students who are veterans credit towards a degree based on training, coursework, and occupational specialty.
VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS (VSO)
VSO’s provide quality advocacy for all US Veterans, Armed Forces members, their dependents and survivors, through benefit counseling and programs, claims, and outreach services.
Leon County
Amtrack Building
918 Railroad Ave.
Tallahassee Fl. 32310
(850) 606-1940
Gadsden County
P.O. Box 1799
Quincy F. 32353
(850) 875-8661
Wakulla County
P.O. Box 1263
Crawfordville F.
(850) 926-1072
HIRE VETS FIRST
HireVetsFirst is the ultimate web portal for both veterans and employers who want to hire veterans. This comprehensive career website empowers employers with a resource for hiring veterans of America's military through the nation’s One-Stop Career Centers and assists veterans with a national network of employment resources.
HOMELESS VETERAN'S REINTEGRATION PROGRAM (HVRP)
The purpose of the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP) is to provide services to assist in reintegrating homeless veterans into meaningful employment within the workforce and to stimulate the development of effective service delivery systems that will address the complex problems facing homeless veterans. HVRP Grant funds are awarded on a competitive basis to eligible applicants such as: State and local Workforce Investment Boards, public agencies, for-profit/commercial entities, and non-profit organizations, including faith based and community based organizations.
MILITARY FAMILY EMPLOYMENT ADVOCACY PROGRAM
The Military Family Employment Advocacy Program delivers employment assistance services, including interviewing, assessment, counseling, job search and placement assistance, labor market information, resume assistance, etc., through Military Family Employment Advocates co-located within selected One-Stop Career Centers. Persons eligible for assistance through this program shall include spouses and dependents of active-duty military personnel, Florida National Guard members, and military reservists.
SPOUSES TO TEACHERS
Spouses to Teachers (STT) is a pilot project in Florida designed to assess the needs of military spouses relative to becoming a teacher. The program provides support to spouses of active duty military and Selected Reserves in their pursuit of K-12 teaching positions in both public and private schools in the U.S.
THE e-VETS RESOURCE ADVISOR
The e-Vets Resource Advisor assists veterans preparing to enter the civilian workforce. The website provides information on a broad range of topics, including job search resources, employment openings, career assessment, education and training, benefits, and special services available to veterans.
TRANSITIONING INCARCERATED VETERANS' PROGRAM (TIVP)
The TIVP provides transitional assistance, including employability skills training, counseling, case management, job search and placement assistance to incarcerated veterans who are transitioning out of the correctional center system. This is a collaborative partnership with the federal and state correctional centers in Florida.
TROOPS TO TEACHERS
The USERRA law provides employment/reemployment protection for Reservists, National Guard Members, as well as some recently separated veterans returning to their previous civilian jobs. Under USERRA, individuals are not to be discriminated against in hiring, retention in employment, promotions, or other benefits of employment because of past or present military affiliation or obligations, or because of an intent to join the military, whether it be active-duty, Reserve or National Guard, and non-career active-duty military members who are entitled to reemployment rights with their previous civilian employers. All USERRA issues are enforced by the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS (VA) VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
The VA VR&E Program is an employment and training program facilitated by DVOP and LVER staff to assist disabled veterans who are being trained/retrained and rehabilitated for new careers by the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs.
DVOP and LVER staff provide workforce and other services to VR&E referred, special disabled veterans participating in the VR&E Program (Chapter 31, Title 38, USC). Other services include on-the-job training (OJT development, non-paid work experience, selective job placement, case management, counseling, follow-up services, provision of job-seeking skills training, job analysis, labor market information, etc.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS WORK STUDY PROGRAM
This program is available to any student receiving VA educational benefits by attending school three-quarter time or more. An individual working under the VA Work Study Program may work at a One-Stop Career Center, university/college office, VA Vet Center, VA medical centers, or at other authorized sites. Work-Study students are paid at either the state or federal minimum wage, whichever is greater.
VETERANS' WORKFORCE INVESTMENT PROGRAM
The intent of the VWIP is to support employment and training programs, through grants or contracts to meet the needs for workforce investment activities of veterans with service-connected disabilities, veterans who have significant barriers to employment, veterans who served on active duty in the armed forces during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, and recently separated veterans.