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SDVOSB Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
Small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans and who can receive services at VBOCs
TAMP Transition Assistance Management Program
Program that provides transition services and resources to Marine Corp service members and is provided at Marine and Family Services branches at major Marine Corps installations
TAP Transition Assistance Program
Program that provides job-search assistance, employment and training information, and related services to separating service members within 180 days of separation or retirement
TTT Troops to Teachers
A program under the U S DoD DANTES that assists eligible
military personal to transition to a new career as a public school teacher in targeted schools
USERRA Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
Act that clari es and strengthens the Veterans’ Reemployment Rights Statute and, through many directives, essentially protects civilian job rights and bene ts for veterans and members of Reserve components
VBOC Veterans Business Outreach Center
Centers run by SBA to provide business training, counseling and assistance, and oversight of Federal procurement programs for VOSBs and SDVOSBs
VBOP Veterans Business Outreach Program Program that provides business development and operation services to VOSBs and SDVOSBs through VBOCs
VEAP Veterans Education Assistance Program An educational assistance program available to service
members who elected to make contributions from their military pay to participate in the program
VETS Veterans Employment and Training Services
A program of the U S DOL that, in collaboration with each state, o ers employment and training services to veterans e two main programs under VETS are the LVER and DVOP programs
VFW Veterans of Foreign Wars
Membership organization for veterans that have received a campaign medal for overseas service, have served 30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days in Korea, or have ever received hostile re or imminent danger pay
VHA Veterans Health Administration
VHA is the integrated health care system for veterans
provided through VA
VJO Veteran Justice Outreach Initiative
VA initiative that works to avoid the unnecessary criminalization of mental illness and extended incarceration among veterans by ensuring eligible justice-involved veterans
have access to VHA services when clinically indicated, and other VA services and bene ts as appropriate
VOSB Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
Small businesses owned by veterans and who can receive services at VBOCs
VR&E Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment A program for veterans with service-connected disabilities
so severe that they cannot immediately consider work e program o ers services to prepare for, nd, and keep suitable jobs
VRAP Veterans Retraining Assistance Program A joint program between U S DOL and VA to provide
retraining for veterans hardest hit by current economic conditions
VRC Veterans Resource Center at the University of New Mexico
Center at UNM that provides education, administrative services, and job advisement to student veterans and their families, as well as outreach to military communities at large, for all veterans whether enrolled at UNM or another educational institution
WOTC Work Opportunity Tax Credit
A Federal tax credit incentive that Congress provides to
private-sector businesses for hiring individuals from nine target groups who have consistently faced signi cant barriers to employment, including veterans
Government Departments/ Educational Institutions
BLS DOD DOL NM HED NMDVS NMDWS NMSU NNMC UNM VA
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Department of Defense
United States Department of Labor
New Mexico Higher Education Department New Mexico Department of Veterans Services New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions New Mexico State University
Northern New Mexico College
University of New Mexico
United States Department of Veterans A airs
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