This Veterans Accommodations Toolkit shares resources on workplace accommodations and supports for disabled veterans. It includes tips, strategies, and resources for workforce development specialists, including customized employment, apprenticeships, and job training.
This section discusses how veterans can request workplace supports and accommodations by self-disclosing their disabilities.
Frequently Asked Accommodation Questions – This resource from the ODEP-funded Job Accommodation Network (JAN) discusses how to support workplace accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
A to Z: Disability Disclosure and the ADA – This JAN guide explains voluntary self-disclosure of disability status and how to support and encourage disabled workers, including disabled veterans, to self-disclose at each phase of the employment cycle (pre-employment, post-offer, on-boarding, and accessing workplace accommodations after starting).
Situations and Solutions Finder – This JAN tool provides access to accommodation scenarios for industries, such as manufacturing (e.g., welder, electrician, mechanic, machinist, etc.), to support disabled veterans (by disability type, limitations, and occupation).
Blending, Braiding, and Sequencing (BBS) – This resource explains how the innovative strategies of BBS can maximize the efficient and effective use of program funds by combining funding into one pot, providing simultaneous funding streams, or delivering funding streams in a sequential order.
Accommodation Situations and Solutions: Maritime and Shipbuilding – This Job Accommodation Network webpage provides examples of potential accommodation solutions related to performing specific job duties within the shipbuilding industry.
This section provides a list of resources focused on connecting veterans to apprenticeship programs and related job training opportunities.
Career OneStop Veteran and Military Transition Center – This website supports veterans’ access to job search activities and job training through the American Job Center network.
Veterans Priority and Military Employment – This WorkforceGPS resource describes resources for veteran hiring programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and other laws.
Service Provider Guide – This guide from the ODEP-funded Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability shares resources to help service providers increase access to job training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
This section offers additional resources for American workforce system staff.
Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) – This website features programs and resources to enhance access to jobs and career pathways for disabled veterans.
Apprenticeship USA - Hire Veterans – This resource discusses how to support veterans’ access to apprenticeship opportunities.
A to Z of Disabilities and Accommodations – This resource from the ODEP-funded Job Accommodation Network highlights accommodations and supports for common physical, mobility, sensory, mental health, and cognitive disabilities experienced by workers with disabilities, including disabled veterans.
Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability (EARN) – This ODEP-funded resource provides employer-focused information on how to support disabled veterans, including their access to work accommodations.