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Vocational Rehabilitation for Veterans

Monday, May 11, 2009

When we think of war veterans, many people picture graying old men who fought in Europe during World War II or in Korea. Yet nowadays we must remember that there are thousands of young men and women in America who are veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

These younger veterans often have service-related injuries that hamper their efforts to find and hold good-paying jobs. To help these men and women, the Department of Veteran Affairs (DVA) offers veterans a vocational rehabilitation program known as Chapter 31.

What services does the DVA provide for this special group of veterans?

  • Rehabilitation evaluation to assess a person's skills
  • Counseling and rehabilitation planning
  • Job finding skills like resume help and interviewing
  • Help finding and keeping a job, including the use of special employer incentives
  • On-the-Job Training (OJT) and apprenticeships
  • Post-secondary training at a college, vocational, technical or business school
  • Case management, counseling and referral services


Who can take advantage of this program?

    The veteran must have:
  • an honorable discharge
  • a service-connected disability rating of at least 10%
  • completed an application for the program

The DVA then sets up appointments with vocational rehabilitation counselors who will interview the veteran and determine whether the veteran can receive services. The counselors will look at the veteran's disabilities and consider how they will impact the person's skill set.

Once the DVA has a good handle on a veteran's situation, they will set up a rehabilitation plan which will lay out a strategy for getting that individual retrained, if necessary, and ready to secure a new position.

If veterans need career retraining, one option that counselors and veterans can look at is online vocational schools with vocational rehabilitation training programs. A veteran can enroll in an online program and train for a career as a real estate agent, medical coder or a pharmacy technician, for example, and all from the comfort of their home with 100% online courses.

This distance education option often solves a lot of problems for veterans like commuting to a campus, securing reliable transportation, as well as finding babysitters or family friends who can help with children. 100% online career training is a great way for veterans to retrain and prepare themselves for a new career.

Online schools normally offer student support representatives that veterans can call during business hours if they have any questions about their course or are experiencing any technical difficulties.

When looking at online vocational rehabilitation schools, veterans and their counselors should make sure that the school is nationally accredited by an accrediting body such as the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC).

Veterans should also speak with a school's admissions representative and ask how long the school has been in business, and whether they accept state or federal vocational rehabilitation training vouchers.

And of course there is nothing like "word-of-mouth" information; veterans should ask fellow disabled veterans for a school recommendation – there's nothing like an endorsement from someone you trust!

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