The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Veterans’ Employment and Training Service has expanded the Transition Assistance Program, extending the opportunity for veterans, transitioning service members and their spouses to use resources to find suitable employment.
The expansion includes the addition of seven new partners and the renewal of eight others in the Employment Navigator and Partnership Program that offers transitioning service members and their spouses one-on-one career services at 37 military installations worldwide. The program also connects participants and partner organizations that provide additional employment services before and after they separate from the military.
As program partners, organizations offer apprenticeship opportunities, digital skills matching, employment networking, mentoring, hiring events and referrals to employment placement and training services
The seven organizations that signed new, three-year memorandums of understanding with VETS and became the newest additions to the Employment Navigator and Partnership Program are 50Strong in Buckeye, Arizona;
JVS SoCal in Los Angeles and SEMI Foundation in Milpitas, California; Candorful Inc. in Malden and BufferSprings LLC in Raynham, Massachusetts; Meritorious LLC and Meritorious Foundation in Astoria, New York; and Veterans Solutions 4 Life LLC in Lawton, Oklahoma.
The organizations renewing their ENPP partnerships are Zero8Hundred Inc. in San Diego; VetJobs in Fort Myers, Florida; Hire Heroes USA Inc. in Alpharetta, Georgia; American Corporate Partners in New York; Ability ASCEND in Simpsonville, South Carolina; Combined Arms in Houston, Texas; Center for Military Recruitment, Assessment and Veterans Employment in Washington, D.C.; and RVET Operating LLC in Chesapeake, Virginia.