The jvsg program supports the disabled veterans' outreach program (dvop) specialist position, local veterans' employment representative (lver) staff, and consolidated position staff in american job…

The Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service awarded the Department of Workforce Development, Education & Workforce Development Cabinet Division (Kentucky) $1,686,555 under the Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG) program on October 1, 2025.

The award funds staffing for Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists, Local Veterans' Employment Representatives (LVER), and consolidated DVOP/LVER positions operating in American Job Centers across Kentucky. DVOP specialists deliver individualized career services to veterans with significant barriers to employment, with emphasis on economically or educationally disadvantaged veterans. LVER staff conduct employer outreach, business association engagement, and advocacy with hiring executives to increase employment opportunities for veterans and promote hiring of disabled veterans. Consolidated position staff perform both DVOP and LVER functions. The funded staff prepare veterans and transitioning service members for meaningful careers, provide employment resources and expertise, and promote employment opportunities for service-connected special disabled veterans, other disabled veterans, economically or educationally disadvantaged veterans, homeless veterans, and veterans with other significant barriers to employment.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027. Performance takes place in Kentucky. The award is a formula grant; the recipient does not subaward funds.

The jvsg program supports the disabled veterans' outreach program (dvop) specialist position, local veterans' employment representative (lver) staff, and consolidated position staff in american job centers (ajcs) across the country. Dvop specialists provide individualized career services to veterans with significant barriers to employment, with the maximum emphasis directed toward serving veterans who are economically or educationally disadvantaged. Lvers conduct outreach to employers and business associations and engage in advocacy efforts with hiring executives to increase employment opportunities for veterans and encourage the hiring of disabled veterans. Consolidated position staff serve in a dual role as dvop and lver. Jvsg-funded staff prepare america's veterans and transitioning service members for meaningful careers, provide them with employment resources and expertise, and promote their employment opportunities. Veterans and eligible persons with emphasis on service-connected special disabled veterans, other disabled veterans, economically or educationally disadvantaged veterans, homeless veterans and veterans with other significant barriers to employment. Recipients (state workforce agencies) do not subaward funds.