MGWIS Resources for Veterans

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Veteran at Work The following are resources and external links that are specific to veterans.

Airmen Memorial Foundation - Scholarships for dependents of Air Force enlisted personnel.

CAREERINFONET - Career Resource Library for Veterans.

Department of Veterans Affairs - News, benefits, facilities, special programs, data, medical information, and procurement for veterans.

Disabled American Veterans - Website devoted to Disabled American Veterans.

Foundation for American Veterans - A nonprofit organization established to provide various benefits for all veterans.

Georgia Department of Veterans Services - Provides assistance and benefits to veterans and their dependents.

Military Connection - Offers a comprehensive online directory of military resources and information.

Paralyzed Veterans of America - Website serving paralyzed veterans.

The G.I. Bill - U.S. Veteran's Administration Education - Benefits. Education benefits for veterans and their dependents.

VETS - United States Department of Labor Veteran's Employment and Training Services website.

Veteran's Information - U.S. Office of Personnel Management website with veteran's information.

Veterans Benefits Administration - United States Department of Veterans Affairs website.

Vets.Com - Home of the Veterans Alliance Service Center.

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Middle Georgia Area Policy for
Veterans’ Service Priority

In accordance with the Veterans’ Priority Provisions of the “Jobs for Veterans Act” (PL107-288), and guidance provided by the U.S. Department of Labor, (TEGL No. 5-03, September 16, 2003), in cases where there is a statutory mandate that requires a priority or preference for a particular group of participants or requires spending a certain portion of program funds on a particular group of participants, the veterans’ priority is applied as follows:

a. An individual meeting both the veterans’ and the mandatory priorities or spending requirement or limitation will obtain the highest preference;

b. Non-veterans within the program’s mandatory priority will receive a preference over eligible veterans outside the program-specific mandatory priority or spending requirements or limitation;

c. Similarly, eligible veterans outside the program-specific mandatory priority or spending requirement or limitation will receive priority over non-veterans outside the priority or spending requirement or limitation (once the spending requirement or limitation is met).

In cases where the targeting requirements are discretionary or optional priorities, the veterans’ priority is applied as follows:

a. The veterans’ priority will take precedence over these priorities. Within the program as a whole, the grantee is required to implement the veterans’ priority in advance of the opportunities and services provided to the population group covered by the optional priority.

Mandatory priorities for training assistance under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) include;

* For eligible Adults, when funds are limited, priority must be given to public assistance recipients and other low income persons who, if a veteran qualifies as such, would receive priority.
* For eligible Dislocated Workers there are no additional statutory requirements.
* For eligible Youth, at least 30% of funds must be spent on Out-of-School Youth.

All WIA applicants must satisfy certain programmatic requirements in order to be accepted for training. If you are interested in training assistance, contact us today!