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Veterans’ Program Letters (VPL)

Veterans’ Program Letters (VPLs) provide policy guidance about VETS programs to grantees. VPLs transmit: program policy, implementation guidance, procedures, and other information to parties under a grant or contract agreement with VETS.

Grant Officer’s Memoranda (GO)

Grant Officer’s Memoranda (GO Memo) are policy notices from the Grant Officer to VETS grant recipients. They are used to communicate changes to the Terms and Conditions of the grant to ensure recipients are aware of a critical process change, or in response to an emergent situation that requires some action or change.

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Date Type Number Subject
Date 2004/12/03 Type VPL Number 01-05 Subject The Hire Vets First Campaign and Designation of Employers and "Hire Vets First" Employers [PDF]
Tags: hire vetsfirst, hire vets first
Date 2009/11/10 Type VPL Number 07-09, Att. D Subject Report Formats [PDF]
Tags: jvsg
Date 2009/11/10 Type VPL Number 07-09, Att. C Subject Individual Record Data Elements Minimum Data Fields [PDF]
Tags: jvsg
Date 2009/11/10 Type VPL Number 07-09, Att. B Subject Frequently Asked Questions and Answers [PDF]
Tags: priority of service, jvsg, faq
Date 2009/11/10 Type VPL Number 07-09, Att. A Subject Aspects of Workforce Programs That Relate to Priority of Service [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, eligibility
Date 2009/11/10 Type VPL Number 07-09 Subject Implementing Priority of Service for Veterans and Eligible Spouses in all Qualified Job Training Programs Funded in Whole or in Part by the U.S. Department of Labor [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, covered person, widow, point of entry, entitlement, signage, total disability, criteria, dd 214, pension, monitoring
Date 2010/06/10 Type VPL Number 07-10 Subject Refocused Roles and Responsibilities of Jobs for Veterans State Grant Funded Staff [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, staffing guidelines
Date 2014/04/10 Type VPL Number 03-14 Subject Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG) Program Reforms and Roles Responsibilities of American Job (AJC) Staff Serving Veterans [PDF]
Tags: refocus, sbe, dvop, lver, veteran services, priority of service, POS, individualized career services, duties, eligible, eligibility, case management, caseload, employer outreach, business services team
Date 2014/09/26 Type VPL Number 07-14 Subject American Job Center (AJC) participation in Capstone Activities and other Outreach to Transition Service Members [PDF]
Tags: tsm, jvsg
Date 2015/02/11 Type VPL Number 03-14, Change 1 Subject Expansion and Clarification of Definition of Significant Barriers to Employment for Determining Eligibility for the Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, sbe, recently separated, incarceration, eligible population, consecutive weeks, offender, self-attestation, pending disability claim, medical discharge, disability rating
Date 2015/03/18 Type VPL Number 03-15 Subject Applying the Uniform National Threshold Entered Employment Rate (UNTEER) to States' Program Y (PY) Veterans' Entered Employment Rates (VEERSs) to Determine Compliance and Identify Need for Remedial Actions [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, performance
Date 2015/05/15 Type VPL Number 05-15 Subject Special Initiatives (SI) to Provide Employment Services to Native American Veterans Living on Tribal Lands [PDF]
Tags: jvsg
Date 2015/10/30 Type VPL Number 03-14, Change 2 Subject Expansion and Clarification of Homeless Definition as a Significant Barrier to Employment (SBE) [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, homeless, eligible population, domestic violence
Date 2015/10/30 Type VPL Number 01-16 Att. E Subject VA-DOL VR and E Program Modernization Project [DOC]
Tags: vets, vr&e, va, chapter 31
Date 2015/10/30 Type VPL Number 01-16 Att. D Subject Proposed VETS 201 Instructions (2015) [PDF]
Tags: chapter 31, tracking report, vr&e
Date 2015/10/30 Type VPL Number 01-16 Att. C Subject Proposed VETS 201 VRE (Participant Tracking Report) [PDF]
Tags: participant tracking, vr&e, jvsg, isc, chapter 31
Date 2015/10/30 Type VPL Number 01-16 Att. A Subject VA-DOL VR&E MOA [PDF]
Tags: vets, chapter 31, vre, jvsg, isc
Date 2015/10/30 Type VPL Number 01-16 Subject DOL VETS and VA VR & E Employment Joint Partnership Modernization Project [PDF]
Tags: jwg, vre, jvsg, isc, chapter 31
Date 2016/07/01 Type VPL Number 01-16 Change 1 Att Subject VA-VR&E/DOL-VETS Technical Assistance Guide (TAG) Revised July 2016 [PDF]
Tags: jwg, mou, jvsg, isc, chapter 31
Date 2016/07/01 Type VPL Number 01-16 Att. B Subject DOL Technical Assistance Guide (TAG) [PDF]
Tags: jwg, vets 201, jvsg, isc, chapter 31
Date 2016/07/15 Type VPL Number 03-16 Subject Enrollment of Homeless Veterans Program Participants into a Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Workforce Program at an American Job Center (AJC) [PDF]
Tags: homeless, hwvhvwf, hvrp, co-enrollment, jvsg, incarcerated
Related Resource: GO Memo 03-23
Date 2016/09/15 Type VPL Number 01-16, Change 1 Subject The Department of Labor Veterans' Employment & Training Service and the Department of Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Joint Partnership Modernization Project [PDF]
Tags: tag, vets, lmi
Date 2016/09/22 Type GO Number 07-16 Subject HVRP Expenditure Period Change (HVRP) [PDF]
Tags: hvrp, expenditure period
Date 2016/12/05 Type VPL Number 01-17 Subject National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute New Contract Award Announcement [PDF]
Tags: nvti, mci
Related Resource: National Veterans’ Training Institute
Date 2017/02/14 Type VPL Number 02-17 Att. 1 Subject Competitive Grants Reporting TAG [PDF]
Tags: tpr, tpn, tag,
Date 2017/02/14 Type VPL Number 02-17 Subject Quarterly Reporting Guidance Competitive Grant Recipients and Non-Competitive Stand Down Grant Recipients [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, hvrp, ivtp, hfvvwf, non-competitive, stand down,
Date 2017/03/08 Type GO Number 01-17 Subject Updated Information Regarding the Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate (NICRA), Modified Guidance Regarding Grant Modifications, and SF 425 Reporting [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, hvrp, nicra, indirect cost
Date 2017/06/09 Type GO Number 03-17 Subject JVSG VR&E Local MOU [PDF]
Tags: mou, va, vr&e
Date 2017/10/11 Type VPL Number 04-17, change 1 Subject Change 1 National Veterans' Training Institute Non-Jobs for Veterans State Grant (JVSG) Staff Attendance Guidelines [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, nvti, staff attendance
Related Resource: National Veterans’ Training Institute
Date 2017/12/04 Type VPL Number 03-18 Subject Grant Modification Request Due to Unanticipated Circumstances Resulting in Poor Performance [PDF]
Tags: hvrp, grant mod, performance, compelling circumstance
Date 2018/02/15 Type VPL Number 04-18 Subject Submission of Jobs for Veterans State Grants Interim Modification Requests [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, ps, pb, amendment
Date 2018/03/05 Type VPL Number 05-18 Att. 2 Subject Jobs for Veterans State Grant (JVSG) Required Training Completion Guide [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, legacy courses, nvti, core competency
Related Resource: National Veterans’ Training Institute
Date 2018/03/05 Type VPL Number 05-18 Att. 1 Subject Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) Specialist Required Training [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, legacy courses, nvti, core competency, employability gap
Related Resource: National Veterans’ Training Institute
Date 2018/03/05 Type VPL Number 05-18 Subject Redesigned National Veterans' Training Institute (NVTI) Core Courses [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, legacy courses, nvti, core competency
Related Resource: National Veterans’ Training Institute
Date 2018/10/17 Type VPL Number 06-18 Subject Change 1: Grant Modification Process for Grant Awarded Under the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program [PDF]
Tags: hvrp, modification
Date 2019/01/03 Type VPL Number 01-19 Subject Training Requirements and Reference Tool for Newly Hired Jobs for Veterans State Grant (JVSG) Staff [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, primer, nvti, prerequisites, desk aid, training, resource
Related Resource: National Veterans’ Training Institute
Date 2019/01/23 Type VPL Number 02-19 Subject Hire Vets Medallion Program [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, hvmp, hire vets
Date 2019/02/07 Type VPL Number 03-19 Subject Designation of Additional Populations Eligible for Services from Disabled Veteran’s Outreach Program Specialist [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, populations, 18-24, vietnam, mtf, wtu, tsm, sbe, dvop, caregiver, warrior transition unit, military treatment facility
Date 2019/02/13 Type GO Number 01-19 Subject Jobs for Veterans State Grant Changes to VA/DOL Memorandum of Agreement dated February 27, 2015 [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, vr&e, lmi, 201, rescission, eliminated
Date 2019/05/26 Type VPL Number 01-19 Subject Att. 1: Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG) Primer [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, primer, nvti, reference tool, desk aid, training, resource
Related Resource: National Veterans’ Training Institute
Date 2019/06/11 Type VPL Number 05-19 Subject Exception for the Provision of Emergency Services by Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program Grantees Outside of their Approved Service Delivery Area [PDF]
Tags: hvrp, exception, emergency, disaster, service delivery area amendment
Date 2020/01/16 Type VPL Number 01-20 Subject Consolidated Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) Specialists and Local Veterans' Employment Representative (L VER) Staff Positions [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, 501, modification
Date 2021/05/17 Type GO Number 03-21 Subject Jobs for Veterans State Grants Audits  [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, stevens, triennial
Related Resource: Stevens Amendment Desk Aid
Date 2021/09/15 Type VPL Number 02-21 Att. 2 Subject Audit Tool [XLSM]
Tags: jvsg, audit, stevens, case management, audit tool
Related Resource: Stevens Amendment Desk Aid
Date 2021/09/15 Type VPL Number 02-21 Att. 1 Subject State Workforce Agency Technical Assistance Guide for the Jobs for Veterans State Grants Program Audit [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, audit, stevens, case management, tag, timeline, tag, roles and responsibilities
Related Resource: Stevens Amendment Desk Aid
Date 2021/09/15 Type VPL Number 02-21 Subject Jobs for Veterans State Grant Triennial Audit Program, Fiscal Years 2022 - 2024 [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, stevens, case management, technical assistance, corrective action plan, finding
Related Resource: Stevens Amendment Desk Aid
Date 2022/02/01 Type VPL Number 01-22 Att. 4 Subject JVSG Performance Targets Technical Assistance Guide [PDF]
Tags: goals, negotiate, wioa, combined, unified, state plan
Related Resource: JVSG Performance
Date 2022/02/01 Type VPL Number 01-22 Att. 5 Subject JVSG Incentive Award Plan Technical Assistance Guide [PDF]
Tags: modification, mods, amendment, wioa, combined, unified, state plan
Related Resource: GO Memo 02-22 (Inactive)
Date 2022/02/01 Type VPL Number 01-22 Subject Jobs for Veterans State Grant State Plan Submission and Modification [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, state plan, amendment, incentive award, modification, mods, wips, wioa, performance, targets, combine, unified
Date 2022/02/01 Type VPL Number 01-22 Att. 1 Subject JVSG State Plan Required Components and Guidance [PDF]
Tags: performance, incentive, modification, mods, amendment, wioa, combined, unified
Date 2022/02/01 Type VPL Number 01-22 Att. 2 Subject JVSG State Plan Submission Technical Assistance Guide [PDF]
Tags: performance, incentive, modification, mods, amendment, wioa, combined, unified
Date 2022/02/01 Type VPL Number 01-22 Att. 3 Subject JVSG State Plan Modification Technical Assistance Guide [PDF]
Tags: performance, incentive, modification, mods, amendment, wioa, combined, unified
Date 2022/09/13 Type VPL Number 03-22 Subject Jobs for Veterans State Grant Recurring Reports and Forms [PDF]
Tags: quarterly reports, incentives, financials, EDR, FFR, TPN, JVSG, performance
Related Resource: Cash vs. Accrual Desk Aid
Date 2022/09/13 Type VPL Number 03-22 Att. 1 Subject Summary of Changes to JVSG Forms [PDF]
Tags: ps, pb, manager
Date 2022/09/13 Type VPL Number 03-22 Att. 2 Subject Due Date Tables [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, report, form
Date 2022/09/13 Type VPL Number 03-22 Att. 3 Subject Summary of Changes to Incentive Award Program [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, cash, conference
Date 2022/12/21 Type GO Number 01-23 Subject Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program Grants – Incremental Funding Procedures for Program Year 2023 [PDF]
Tags: hvrp, incremental funding, amendment
Date 2022/12/21 Type GO Number 01-23 Att. 1 Subject Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program Grants PY22 Incremental Funding Requests Technical Assistance Guide [PDF]
Tags: hvrp, incremental funding, tag
Date 2022/12/21 Type GO Number 01-23 Att. 2 Subject Incremental Funding Goals Comparison [XLSX]
Tags: hvrp, incremental funding, goals
Date 2023/01/10 Type VPL Number 01-23 Subject Announcement of Stand Down Grants [PDF]
Tags: hvrp, stand down
Date 2023/01/10 Type VPL Number 01-23 Att. 1 Subject Stand Down Application Review and Post-Event Reporting Submission Guide [PDF]
Tags: hvrp, stand down
Date 2023/01/10 Type VPL Number 01-23 Att. 2 Subject Stand Down Application Review and Post-Event Reporting Submission Checklist for DVETs and Grantees [PDF]
Tags: hvrp, stand down
Date 2023/02/01 Type VPL Number 02-23 Subject Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program Participant Eligibility [PDF]
Tags: hvrp, eligibility, HINQ, SQUARES, homeless
Related Resource: Eligibility Changes FAQ
Date 2023/02/01 Type VPL Number 02-23 Att. 1 Subject Eligibility Definitions [PDF]
Tags: hvrp, eligibility, HINQ, SQUARES, homeless
Date 2023/02/01 Type VPL Number 02-23 Att. 2 Subject VA Inquiry Systems and Service Record Links [PDF]
Tags: hvrp, eligibility, HINQ, SQUARES, homeless
Date 2023/05/15 Type VPL Number 03-23 Subject Jobs for Veterans State Grants Annual Funding Applications [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, incentive award, afm, mod, amendment, conf, allocation, plan, equipment
Date 2023/06/02 Type GO Number 02-23 Subject Jobs for Veterans State Grants Incentive Award Allocation Administration [PDF]
Tags: jvsg, spending limit, minimum account balance, one percent, cash awards, period of performance, closeout, deobligate, restrict
Related Resource: GO Memo 02-22 (Inactive)
Date 2023/06/30 Type GO Number 03-23 Subject Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program Grants - Reporting HVRP Grant Numbers at American Job Centers (AJC) [PDF]
Tags: hvrp, ivtp, hwvhvwc, co-enrollment
Related Resource: VPL 03-16