DOL Launches Two Outreach Programs For Returning Service Members and Employers
The US Department of Labor (DOL) has launched two employment-related outreach programs for returning service members and their employers —REALifelines and America’s Heroes at Work. "Employment can play a major role in the recovery of wounded and injured service members," the DOL noted in a fact sheet announcing the programs. The fact sheet is available online at: http://www.dol.gov/odep/documents/woundedandinjuredfactsheet.pdf.
Recovery & Employment Assistance Lifelines (REALifelines). The DOL’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) provides assistance and guidance to the REALifelines program. Developed by the DOL’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS), the REALife-lines program is intended to provide a seamless, personalized assistance network to ensure that wounded and injured service members are trained for rewarding careers in the public and private sectors. REALifelines provides wounded and injured service members —and their primary caregivers —the opportunity to meet face-to-face with a Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program specialist who provides guidance on how to secure employment and achieve economic self-sufficiency. To learn more, visit www.dol.gov/vets/programs/REAL-life/main.htm.
America’s Heroes at Work. The DOL’s America’s Heroes at Work initiative focuses on the employment challenges of returning service members living with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). America’s Heroes at Work offers a variety of educational resources devoted to workplace best practices for returning service members with TBI and/or PTSD. Materials include fact sheets, Web-based training tools, educational presentations and more —all designed for employers, workforce development professionals, service branches, key military support systems, veterans’ service organizations and One-Stop Career Centers. To learn more, visit www.AmericasHeroesAtWork.gov.
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(Submitted Feb. 18, 2009)
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