Sec. 103. Study of community-based transition assistance programs for former members of the Armed Forces
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and State entities that serve former members of the Armed Forces, enter into an agreement with a Federal or non-Federal entity to develop or access a comprehensive list of community-based programs that— provide transition assistance to such former members that lead directly to successful transition to civilian life, such as— résumé assistance; interview training; job recruitment training; entrepreneurship training; financial services; legal assistance; educational supportive services; assistance with accessing benefits provided under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, including home loan benefits, education benefits, adaptive housing grants, and other benefits; and nonclinical case management; and are operated by nonprofit organizations.
Not less frequently than once every five years, the Secretary shall update the list created under paragraph (1). In addition to periodic updates under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall update the list created under paragraph
(1)upon request of an organization with a program included in the list. The Secretary shall, in consultation with State entities that serve former members of the Armed Forces and to the degree practicable, verify changes to the list made under this paragraph. The Secretary shall transmit the list created, and revised as the case may be, under subsection
(a)to the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Defense so the Secretaries of the military departments may provide information in the list to members of the Armed Forces who participate in the Transition Assistance Program under sections 1142 and 1144 of title 10, United States Code. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall publish the list created, and revised as the case may be, under subsection
(a)on a public website of the Department of Veterans Affairs.