Sec. 102. Grants for provision of transition assistance to former members of the Armed Forces transitioning to civilian life
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Commencing not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, carry out a program on the provision of assistance to former members of the Armed Forces, and spouses of such members, transitioning from service in the Armed Forces to civilian life. The Secretary of Labor shall carry out the program during the five-year period beginning on the date of the commencement of the program.
The Secretary shall carry out the program through the award of grants to eligible organizations for the provision of assistance described in subsection (a). A grant under this section shall be in an amount that does not exceed 50 percent of the amount required by the organization to provide the services described in subsection (f). For purposes of this section, an eligible organization is any nonprofit organization that the Secretary of Labor determines, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and State entities that serve veterans, is suitable for receipt of a grant under the program pursuant to receipt by the Secretary of Labor of an application submitted under subsection (e)(1).
An organization seeking a grant under the program shall submit to the Secretary of Labor an application therefor at such time, in such manner, and containing such information and assurances as the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and State entities that serve veterans, may require. In awarding grants under the program, the Secretary of Labor shall give priority to an organization that provides multiple forms of services described in subsection (f).
Each organization receiving a grant under the program shall use the grant to provide to former members of the Armed Forces and spouses described in subsection
(a)the following: 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 all other benefits. Nonclinical case management. Other related services leading directly to successful transition, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Not later than one year after the date of the commencement of the program and not less frequently than once each year thereafter until the termination of the program, the Secretary of Labor shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the program carried out under this section. Each report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A list of the organizations that have received grants under the program, including the geographic location of the organization and the types of services outlined in subsection
(f)that each organization provides. The number of veterans served by each organization. An assessment of the effectiveness of the services provided under the program at improving the transition process for former members of the Armed Forces and spouses described in subsection (a), based on metrics determined by the Secretary of Labor in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The amount of each grant awarded to each organization under the program. Such other matters as the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, considers appropriate. In this subsection, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out this section.