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 Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) awarded the State of Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations a formula grant of $565,368 under the Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG) program (CFDA 17.801), effective October 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027. This funding supports three core staffing positions within American Job Centers across Hawaii: Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists who deliver individualized career services to veterans with significant employment barriers; Local Veterans' Employment Representatives (LVER) who conduct employer outreach and advocacy to increase veterans' hiring; and consolidated DVOP/LVER staff serving in dual roles. The program prioritizes service to economically or educationally disadvantaged veterans, service-connected special disabled veterans, homeless veterans, and other veterans facing significant employment barriers.

As the state workforce agency, the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations will utilize this funding to prepare veterans and transitioning service members for meaningful careers, provide employment resources and expertise, and promote employment opportunities throughout the state. The formula grant allocation is distributed to state administrative entities annually without sub-awarding to other entities, ensuring direct delivery of employment services through Hawaii's American Job Centers. Recipients are required to maintain compliance with federal cost accounting, timekeeping, and performance record requirements and have up to three fiscal years to expend each annual allocation.

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.