A new round of funding will help those without veterans jobs find San Antonio jobs.
The U.S. Department of Labor recently awarded 22 grants worth more than $9 million from the Veterans' Workforce Investment Program. The funding will be used to provide green jobs training to thousands of veterans throughout the nation.
Among the funding was a $500,000 grant to the American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program in San Antonio. Overall, the grants will serve veterans in 19 states and the District of Columbia.
"(The funding will) give an estimated 4,000 veterans who have served our country the opportunity to receive training on and participate in the growing renewable energy economy," said Raymond Jefferson, assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment & Training Service.
Veterans who receive funding will have access to skills assessments, job counseling, labor market information, classroom or on-the-job training for green careers, skills upgrades and retraining, placement assistance, and follow-up services.
The funds were awarded on a competitive basis to state and local workforce investment boards, local public agencies and nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community organizations.
The VETS helps veterans, reservists and National Guard members find jobs and benefits through existing programs, the coordination and merger of programs, and the implementation of new programs.
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