Budget Briefing

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Budget Briefing

• Veterans Employment and Training Service
• February 5, 2002

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Administrations Initiative

• Eliminate bifurcation
• Introduce competition in the veterans employment
  programs
• Endorse the 1999 recommendations of the
  Transition Commission

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Proposal

• Three programs will be moved to the Department of
  Veterans Affairs
• Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP)
• Local Veterans Employment Representative (LVER)
• Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP)
• Programs will be consolidated into a single
  competitive grant program via a legislative
  vehicle.

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Background of Initiative

• Transition Commission (1999)
• Reengineer employment assistance services for
  veterans
• Replace DVOP/LVER programs with Veterans Case
  Manager (VCM) and Veterans Employment Facilitator
  (VEF)
• GAO
• Title 38 needs to be revised
• OMB proposal
• FY 2003 budget passback endorses Transition
  Commission recommendations

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Program Elements

• DOL will retain
• USERRA
• Veterans Preference
• Federal Contractor Program
• Veterans Workforce Investment Program (VWIP)
• 51 FTE

• VA will receive
• DVOP
• LVER
• HVRP
• Above items will be subtended into one
  competitive grant
• TAP
• 199 FTE

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BudgetFY2002 FY2003

• DVOP 81,615,000
• LVER 77,253,000
• Admin 26,035,000
• NVTI 2,000,000
• HVRP 18,250,000
• VWIP 7,550,000
• Total 212,703,000

• DVOP 81,615,000
• LVER 77,253,000
• Admin 27,776,000
• NVTI 0
• HVRP 17,500,000
• VWIP 7,300,000
• Total 211,444,000

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Goals of Transition

• Seamless, quality service to veterans
• Sensitivity to Personnel
• Accountability
• Smooth transfer of duties, functions and assets

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Coordination to Date

• Continuous coordination is in progress between
  agencies
• Deputy Secretaries from VA and DOL have met to
  discuss transfer.
• OMB, VETS, and VA working groups have begun
  transition meetings.
• DOL and VA have begun drafting legislation.

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Questions??

• Veterans Employment and Training Service
• February 5, 2002