§ 4104A. Collaborative veterans’ training, mentoring, and placement program

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original. Probably should be preceded by “the”.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 2011

   VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011

   Pub. L. 112–56 title II § 234(a) · 125 Stat. 721

   Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 4104A

   Added Pub. L. 112–56, title II, § 234(a), Nov. 21, 2011, 125 Stat. 721

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 112–56, title II, § 234(a), Nov. 21, 2011, 125 Stat. 721

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Chapter 41 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 4104 the following new section: “§ 4104A. Collaborative veterans’ training, mentoring, and placement program “(a) Grants.— The Secretary shall award grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to provide training and mentoring for eligible veterans who seek employment. The Secretary Time periods. shall award the grants to not more than three organizations, for periods of two years. “(b) Collaboration and Facilitation.— The Secretary shall ensure that the recipients of the grants— “(1) collaborate with— “(A) the appropriate disabled veterans’ outreach specialists (in carrying out the functions described in section 4103A(a)) and the appropriate local veterans’ employment representatives (in carrying out the functions described in section 4104); and “(B) the appropriate State boards and local boards (as such terms are defined in section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801)) for the areas to be served by recipients of the grants; and “(2) based on the collaboration, facilitate the placement of the veterans that complete the training in meaningful employment that leads to economic self-sufficiency. “(c) Application.— To Nonprofit organizations. be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a nonprofit organization shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. At a minimum, the information shall include— “(1) information describing how the organization will— “(A) collaborate with disabled veterans’ outreach specialists and local veterans’ employment representatives and the appropriate State boards and local boards (as such terms are defined in section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801)); “(B) based on the collaboration, provide training that facilitates the placement described in subsection (b)(2); and “(C) make available, for each veteran receiving the training, a mentor to provide career advice to the veteran and assist the veteran in preparing a resume and developing job interviewing skills; and “(2) an assurance that the organization will provide the information necessary for the Secretary to prepare the reports described in subsection (d). “(d) Reports.— (1) Not Grants. later than six months after the date of the enactment of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that describes the process for awarding grants under this section, the recipients of the grants, and the collaboration described in subsections (b) and (c). “(2) Not Assessment. later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, the Secretary shall— “(A) conduct an assessment of the performance of the grant recipients, disabled veterans’ outreach specialists, and local veterans’ employment representatives in carrying out activities under this section, which assessment shall include collecting information on the number of— “(i) veterans who applied for training under this section; “(ii) veterans who entered the training; “(iii) veterans who completed the training; “(iv) veterans who were placed in meaningful employment under this section; and “(v) veterans who remained in such employment as of the date of the assessment; and “(B) submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that includes— “(i) a description of how the grant recipients used the funds made available under this section; “(ii) the results of the assessment conducted under subparagraph (A); and “(iii) the recommendations of the Secretary as to whether amounts should be appropriated to carry out this section for fiscal years after 2013. “(e) Authorization of Appropriations.— There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $4,500,000 for the period consisting of fiscal years 2012 and 2013. “(f) Definitions.— In this section— “(1) the term ‘appropriate committees of Congress’ means— “(A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pension of the Senate; and “(B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Education and Workforce of the House of Representatives; and “(2) the term ‘nonprofit organization’ means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.” .

2. 2014

   Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

   Pub. L. 113–128 title V § 512(gg)(3) · 128 Stat. 1425

   Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 4104A(b)(1)(B); 38 U.S.C. § 4104A(c)(1)(A)

   Pub. L. 113–128 substituted “the appropriate State boards and local boards (as such terms are defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act)” for “the appropriate State boards and local boards (as such terms are defined in section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801))”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (b)(1)(B), (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 113–128 substituted “the appropriate State boards and local boards (as such terms are defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act)” for “the appropriate State boards and local boards (as such terms are defined in section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801))”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) Section 4104A of title 38 of the United States Code is amended— (A) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking “the appropriate State boards and local boards (as such terms are defined in section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801))” and inserting “the appropriate State boards and local boards (as such terms are defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act)”; and (B) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking “the appropriate State boards and local boards (as such terms are defined in section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801))” and inserting “the appropriate State boards and local boards (as such terms are defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act)”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 113–128 effective on the first day of the first full program year after July 22, 2014 (July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3101 of Title 29, Labor.

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