Marketing Me: A Job Search Approach for Military Spouses and Caregivers

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Transition Employment Assistance for Military Spouses and Caregivers (TEAMS) is a series of Department of Labor (DOL) employment workshops that extend the Department’s Transition Assistance Program to assist military spouses and caregivers as they plan and prepare for their job search in pursuit of their employment goals. All TEAMS workshops are instructor-led virtual training, provided at a variety of times, to meet the needs of individuals stationed throughout the world.

Marketing Me: This two-hour workshop is focused on using marketing techniques for your job search. We’ll explore networking opportunities and use multiple resources to develop an action plan for your job hunt.

Sign up for this class BEFORE February 10, 2025
Note: time is in Eastern Time (ET)

Space is limited. Visit : Transition Employment Assistance for Military Spouses and Caregivers (TEAMS) page for additional workshops and times.

Date and Time
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Mastering Resume Essentials for Military Spouses and Caregivers

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Transition Employment Assistance for Military Spouses and Caregivers (TEAMS) is a series of Department of Labor (DOL) employment workshops that extend the Department’s Transition Assistance Program to assist military spouses and caregivers as they plan and prepare for their job search in pursuit of their employment goals. All TEAMS workshops are instructor-led virtual training, provided at a variety of times, to meet the needs of individuals stationed throughout the world.

Mastering Resume Essentials - A four-and-a-half-hour workshop designed to create your most effective resume for the career you want. Trained facilitators will provide guidance and teach you to evaluate your resume and understand job application techniques.

Sign up for this class BEFORE March 10, 2024
Note: time is in Eastern Time (ET)

Space is limited. Visit : Transition Employment Assistance for Military Spouses and Caregivers (TEAMS) page for additional workshops and times.

Date and Time
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#militaryspouses
#TAP
#transitioningmilitary
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Event Location
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Online

Mastering Resume Essentials for Military Spouses and Caregivers

Submitted by Rousey.Rebecca… on

Transition Employment Assistance for Military Spouses and Caregivers (TEAMS) is a series of Department of Labor (DOL) employment workshops that extend the Department’s Transition Assistance Program to assist military spouses and caregivers as they plan and prepare for their job search in pursuit of their employment goals. All TEAMS workshops are instructor-led virtual training, provided at a variety of times, to meet the needs of individuals stationed throughout the world.

Mastering Resume Essentials - A four-and-a-half-hour workshop designed to create your most effective resume for the career you want. Trained facilitators will provide guidance and teach you to evaluate your resume and understand job application techniques.

Sign up for this class BEFORE February 11, 2024
Note: time is in Eastern Time (ET)

Space is limited. Visit : Transition Employment Assistance for Military Spouses and Caregivers (TEAMS) page for additional workshops and times.

Date and Time
-
#militaryspouses
#TAP
#transitioningmilitary
veterans
vets
Event Location
Online

Online

Career Credentials for Military Spouses and Caregivers

Submitted by Rousey.Rebecca… on

Transition Employment Assistance for Military Spouses and Caregivers (TEAMS) is a series of Department of Labor (DOL) employment workshops that extend the Department’s Transition Assistance Program to assist military spouses and caregivers as they plan and prepare for their job search in pursuit of their employment goals. All TEAMS workshops are instructor-led virtual training, provided at a variety of times, to meet the needs of individuals stationed throughout the world.

Career Credentials - This two-hour workshop defines professional credentials and their importance, illustrates pathways for credentialing, and identifies license and credential portability resources.

Sign up for this class BEFORE March 13, 2025
Note: time is in Eastern Time (ET)

Space is limited. Visit : Military Spouse Page (TEAMS) for additional workshops and times.

Date and Time
-
#militaryspouses
#TAP
#transitioningmilitary
veterans
vets
Event Location
Online

Online

Career Credentials for Military Spouses and Caregivers

Submitted by Rousey.Rebecca… on

Transition Employment Assistance for Military Spouses and Caregivers (TEAMS) is a series of Department of Labor (DOL) employment workshops that extend the Department’s Transition Assistance Program to assist military spouses and caregivers as they plan and prepare for their job search in pursuit of their employment goals. All TEAMS workshops are instructor-led virtual training, provided at a variety of times, to meet the needs of individuals stationed throughout the world.

Career Credentials - This two-hour workshop defines professional credentials and their importance, illustrates pathways for credentialing, and identifies license and credential portability resources.

Sign up for this class BEFORE February 14, 2025
Note: time is in Eastern Time (ET)

Space is limited. Visit : Military Spouse Page (TEAMS) for additional workshops and times.

Date and Time
-
#militaryspouses
#TAP
#transitioningmilitary
veterans
vets
Event Location
Online

Online

Your Next Move for Military Spouses and Caregivers

Submitted by Rousey.Rebecca… on

Transition Employment Assistance for Military Spouses and Caregivers (TEAMS) is a series of Department of Labor (DOL) employment workshops that extend the Department’s Transition Assistance Program to assist military spouses and caregivers as they plan and prepare for their job search in pursuit of their employment goals. All TEAMS workshops are instructor-led virtual training, provided at a variety of times, to meet the needs of individuals stationed throughout the world.

Your Next Move – This two-hour workshop provides participants the opportunity to use DOL online resources to define and explore career opportunities. Labor market information research will be used to select a career path or develop a job search plan.

Sign up for this class BEFORE March 13, 2025
Note: time is in Eastern Time (ET)

Space is limited. Visit : Transition Employment Assistance for Military Spouses and Caregivers (TEAMS) page for additional workshops and times.

Date and Time
-
#militaryspouses
#TAP
#transitioningmilitary
veterans
vets
Event Location
Online

Online

Your Next Move for Military Spouses and Caregivers

Submitted by Rousey.Rebecca… on

Transition Employment Assistance for Military Spouses and Caregivers (TEAMS) is a series of Department of Labor (DOL) employment workshops that extend the Department’s Transition Assistance Program to assist military spouses and caregivers as they plan and prepare for their job search in pursuit of their employment goals. All TEAMS workshops are instructor-led virtual training, provided at a variety of times, to meet the needs of individuals stationed throughout the world.

Your Next Move – This two-hour workshop provides participants the opportunity to use DOL online resources to define and explore career opportunities. Labor market information research will be used to select a career path or develop a job search plan.

Sign up for this class BEFORE February 14, 2025
Note: time is in Eastern Time (ET)

Space is limited. Visit : Transition Employment Assistance for Military Spouses and Caregivers (TEAMS) page for additional workshops and times.

Date and Time
-
#militaryspouses
#TAP
#transitioningmilitary
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Event Location
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Online

Department announces the availability of $12M in grants to help veterans overcome homelessness, secure employment

News Brief

Department announces the availability of $12M in grants to help veterans overcome homelessness, secure employment

What: The U.S. Department of Labor announces the availability of approximately $12 million in funding from the Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program to provide America’s military veterans with job-driven training for in-demand jobs to help them attain good civilian jobs and transition successfully from homelessness to sustainable housing. Homeless veterans may receive occupational, classroom and on-the-job training, as well as job search and placement assistance, including follow-up services.

Who: State and local workforce investment boards, local public agencies and nonprofit organizations, and tribal governments, including faith-based and community organizations are eligible. Funds are awarded on a competitive basis.

Funding Announcement: The solicitation for grant applications will be available here. The closing date for applications is March 31, 2017.

More information on the department’s unemployment and re-employment programs for veterans can be found at www.dol.gov/vets/.

Agency
Veterans' Employment and Training Service
Date
February 28, 2017
Release Number
17-0288-NAT
Media Contact: Joe Versen
Phone Number

$36 million in job training grants will help more than 17,000 veterans overcome homelessness, secure meaningful employment

News Release

$36 million in job training grants will help more than 17,000 veterans overcome homelessness, secure meaningful employment

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez announced the award of $36 million in Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program grants today to help an estimated 17,000 veterans successfully transition to sustainable housing and good civilian jobs. The grants will fund a variety of services to assist homeless veterans in their return to the labor force including occupational, classroom and on-the-job training, as well as job search and placement assistance.

"Veterans homelessness is a moral outrage and it hurts the economy as well," said the secretary in announcing the grants at the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans' annual conference today. "We know that America works best when we field a full team, and veterans are some of our most valuable players. When a lack of stable housing is keeping highly skilled veterans out of the workforce, we all lose out on their gifts and talents."

Grants were awarded on a competitive basis to state and local workforce investment boards, local public agencies and nonprofit organizations, tribal governments, and faith-based and community organizations. HVRP is the only federal program focused exclusively on employment of homeless veterans. President Obama has proposed increasing funding for the HVRP program to $50 million in the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget.

Many HVRP grant recipients' awards will also include funding to allow them to target specific at-risk veteran populations. The Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program provides funding for services to expedite the reintegration of incarcerated or recently incarcerated veterans who are at risk for homeless into the labor force. The Homeless Female Veterans and Veterans with Families Program provides funding for services to expedite the reintegration of homeless female veterans and veterans with families into the labor force.

Grantees in the HVRP program network coordinate their efforts with various local, state and federal social service providers. To learn more about the U.S. Department of Labor's unemployment and re-employment programs for veterans, visit www.dol.gov/vets/.

The following is a list of 2016 award recipients:

*Denotes grantee will also provide services to IVTP-specific participants
**Denotes recipient of HFVVWF funding

PY 2016 New Grantees

 

 

 

Grantee

State

Award

Area(s) Served

Telamon Corporation*

AL

$200,000

Southeast Alabama, and Montgomery, Lowndes, Elmore, Lee, Autauga, Dale, Barbour, Pike, Crenshaw, Blount and Etowah Counties

St Francis House, Inc.

AR

$154,456

Greater Little Rock Urban Area

United States Veterans Initiative*

AZ

$200,000

Yavapai County in Northern Arizona and includes Tribal Lands of the Hopi, Navajo and Yavapai-Apache, also includes the Counties of Mohave, Coconino, Navaho, Gila and Apache

New Directions, Inc.*

CA

$300,000

Los Angeles County

People Assisting the Homeless*

CA

$300,000

Downtown San Diego, San Diego County

The Salvation Army, a California Corporation (Bell Shelter)*

CA

$300,000

Bell, California

United States Veterans Initiative*

CA

$175,000

Riverside and San Bernardino counties

Vietnam Veterans of San Diego*

CA

$200,000

Southeast region of San Diego County

Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists Inc.*

CA

$300,000

Fresno and Madera counties

Volunteers of America of Los Angeles*

CA

$300,000

Downtown Los Angeles, including Skid Row, East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights

Volunteers of America of Los Angeles*

CA

$300,000

San Fernando Valley

Working Wardrobes for a New Start*

CA

$300,000

Orange County

America Works of Washington D.C.*

DC/MD/VA

$300,000

District of Columbia; Maryland counties of Prince George's, Montgomery, and Frederick; and the Virginia counties of Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Loudon and Prince William

Easter Seals Serving DC|MD|VA*

DC/MD/VA

$300,000

District of Columbia; Maryland's Prince George's and Montgomery counties; and Arlington, Virginia and counties of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William

United Way of Broward County, Inc.*

FL

$298,257

Broad County

Volunteers of America of Florida, Inc.*

FL

$189,839

Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties

Volunteers of America of Florida, Inc.*

FL

$299,519

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach and Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties

Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency, Inc.*

GA

$300,000

Atlanta

Veterans*

GA

$299,739

Atlanta, Georgia (Urban Area)

United States Veterans Initiative, Inc.*

HI

$187,258

Urban Honolulu

The Inner Voice, Inc.*

IL

$300,000

Downtown Chicago

Goodwill Industries of the Heartland*

IL/IA

$200,000

Counties of Clinton, Muscatine, and Scott in Iowa and Henry, Rock Island, and Whiteside, Illinois. Davenport, Bettendorf, Clinton and Muscatine, Iowa and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline, Illinois

Volunteers of America of Indiana, Inc.*

IN

$300,000

Marion County; Indianapolis

HealthNet, Inc.

IN

$254,546

Indianapolis and Marion County

Volunteers of America of Kentucky, Inc.*

KY

$199,931

Central Kentucky, including Fayette, Anderson, Bourbon, Franklin, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Scott and Woodford

Volunteers of America Greater New Orleans*

LA

$300,000

New Orleans-Metairie

Volunteers of America of Greater New Orleans*

LA

$200,000

Tri-parish Region of Terrebonne-Lafourche-Assumption

Interseminarian Project Place, Inc.*

MA

$120,672

City of Boston-Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan neighborhoods

Veterans Inc.*

MA

$300,000

Worcester County, Springfield

Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc. d/b/a New England Center*

MA

$275,000

Greater Boston metropolitan area and the Eastern section of Massachusetts, including Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable and Dukes counties

Volunteers of America Massachusetts*

MA

$242,000

Essex, Middlesex and Suffolk counties

United States Veterans Initiative*

MD/VA

$300,000

Prince George's and Montgomery counties in Maryland; and Alexandria, Fairfax and Arlington County, Virginia

Way Station, Inc.

MD/WV

$300,000

Baltimore, Western Maryland and Martinsburg, West Virginia

Easter Seals Maine, Inc.*

ME

$200,000

York and Cumberland counties.

Volunteers of America Michigan*

MI

$200,000

Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham and Jackson counties

Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans*

MN

$300,000

11 counties in Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area: Anoka, Carver, Chisago Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Stearns, Washington and Wright County

Soldier On, Inc.*

MS

$200,000

Mississippi counties including Adams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke Clay, Coahoma, Copiah, Covington, Desoto, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Grenada, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lafayette, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lee, Leflore, Lincoln, Lowndes, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Stone, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Walthall, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wilkinson, Winston, Yalobusha  and Yazoo.

Volunteers of America Northern Rockies*

MT

$200,000

Helena, Montana

Easter Seals New Hampshire, Inc.*

NH

$200,000

New Hampshire

Veterans Inc.*

NH/VT

$200,000

Merrimack, Sullivan, Grafton and Hillsborough counties in New Hampshire; and Windsor, Washington, Orange counties, and Rutland, Washington, Orange and Rutland

Volunteers of America Delaware Valley

NJ

$185,000

Camden, New Jersey

Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc.*

NY

$300,000

Harlem section of Manhattan and Bronx County

Veterans Outreach Center, Inc.*

NY

$300,000

Rochester and Monroe, Livingston, Ontario, Wayne and Orleans counties

Easter Seals TriState LLC

OH

$100,114

Hamilton, Butler, Warren, and Clermont counties, Ohio

Muscogee (Creek) Nation*

OK

$291,415

Tulsa and 11 Oklahoma counties in East Central Oklahoma

Volunteers of America Oklahoma*

OK

$200,000

Muskogee, Cherokee, Sequoyah, Adair and McIntosh counties

Easter Seals Oregon*

OR

$200,000

Marion and Polk counties

Easter Seals Oregon*

OR

$200,000

Josephine and Jackson counties

St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc.*

OR

$100,000

Non-urban Linn and Benton counties

Volunteers of America Pennsylvania*

PA

$200,000

Chester, Lancaster and Reading in Berks; Chester, Lancaster, Northumberland and Schuylkill counties in eastern Pennsylvania

YWCA Greater Harrisburg*

PA

$200,000

Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry and York counties

Veterans Multi-Service Center*

PA/NJ

$262,050

Philadelphia; Bucks, Delaware; Chester and Montgomery, Pennsylvania; and Camden, New Jersey

Veterans Inc.*

RI/MA

$300,000

Rhode Island (excluding Westerly) and Bristol County, Massachusetts; Providence, Warwick and Cranston, Rhode Island; Fall River and New Bedford, Massachusetts

Telamon Corporation

SC

$300,000

Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington and Richland counties

Volunteers of America, Dakotas*

SD

$121,501

South Dakota's Sioux Falls Metro Statistical Area

Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System

TN

$200,000

Putnam, Cumberland, Overton, White and DeKalb counties

Volunteers of America of Kentucky, Inc.*

TN

$199,371

Chattanooga Region, including Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie, Franklin, Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Polk, McMinn, Meigs and Rhea

Volunteers of America of Kentucky, Inc.*

TN

$300,000

Davidson, Cannon, Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Macon, Maury, Robertson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and Wilson counties

Center Point, Inc.*

TX

$175,000

Austin - Round Rock

Goodwill Industries of Houston, Inc.*

TX

$300,000

Houston/Harris County

Volunteers of America Texas*

TX

$299,919

Houston/Harris and Montgomery counties

American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program, Inc.

TX

$300,000

San Antonio

River City Comprehensive Counseling Services*

VA

$300,000

Urban area of Richmond

Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin, Inc.*

WI

$200,000

Dane County/Madison

Total

  

$15,530,586

  

 

PY 2016 Option Year Awards

 

 

 

Grantee

State

Award

Area(s) Served

Aletheia House, Inc.

AL

$200,000

Montgomery, Autauga, Bullock, Elmore and Lowndes counties and in non-urban Alabama

Aletheia House, Inc.

AL

$200,000

Madison, Morgan and Limestone counties

Aletheia House, Inc.

AL

$300,000

Jefferson

United States Veterans Initiative

AZ

$300,000

Maricopa County

Volunteers of America of Los Angeles

CA

$300,000

Compton

Vietnam Veterans of San Diego

CA

$300,000

San Diego

Volunteers of America of Los Angeles

CA

$300,000

San Gabriel Valley

1736 Family Crisis Center

CA

$300,000

South Bay/SPA 8 Region of Los Angeles County

Goodwill of Santa Clara County

CA

$300,000

Santa Clara & San Benito counties

Swords to Plowshares-West Bay

CA

$300,000

Alameda & Contra Costa counties

People Assisting the Homeless

CA

$100,000

San Luis Obispo County

Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists, Inc.

CA

$200,000

Monterey & Santa Cruz counties

Swords to Plowshares-West Bay

CA

$300,000

San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties

Vietnam Veterans of San Diego

CA

$300,000

North San Diego County

Volunteers of America of Los Angeles

CA

$300,000

Orange County

People Assisting the Homeless

CA

$300,000

Los Angeles

North County Interfaith Council, Inc.

CA

$300,000

North San Diego County

The Salvation Army, a California Corporation

CA

$300,000

Los Angeles County

North County Interfaith Council, Inc.**

CA

$120,000

San Diego County

Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists, Inc.**

CA

$101,100

Monterey & Santa Cruz counties

Volunteers of America-NCNN**

CA

$142,800

Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado and Yolo counties

Swords to Plowshares**

CA

$150,000

San Bernardino County

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

CO

$300,000

Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties

Denver Options Inc. dba Rocky Mountain Human Services

CO

$200,000

El Paso County

The Workplace, Inc.

CT

$299,980

Metro area: Bridgeport-New Haven

Veterans, Inc.

CT

$125,000

Central & northern Connecticut

Goodwill Industries of Central Florida, Inc.

FL

$279,227

Lake, Orange, Osceola Seminole

Goodwill Industries of Manasota, Inc.

FL

$300,000

Manatee, Sarasota, Hardee and De Soto Counties

Boley Centers, Inc.

FL

$300,000

Pinellas

Boley Centers, Inc.

FL

$200,000

Pasco

Volunteers of America of Florida, Inc.

FL

$179,075

Brevard

Faith Hope Love Charity, Inc.

FL

$249,834

Palm Beach

Recovery Consultants of Atlanta

GA

$300,000

DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale

Mary Hall Freedom House, Inc.**

GA

$235,000

Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton

United States Veterans Initiative (Hawaii)

HI

$200,000

Rural Hawaii all counties

Goodwill Industries of the Heartland

IA

$119,500

Linn County

Nez Perce Tribe

ID

$154,356

Nez Perce Tribal Land and Greater Lewiston Area

America Works of Illinois

IL

$300,000

Chicago, Cook County

Volunteers of America of Indiana, Inc.

IN

$200,000

Fort Wayne-Allen County (Greater Indiana)

Crossroads Rehabilitation Center

IN

$267,580

Indianapolis-Hamilton, Hancock and Hendricks counties

Volunteers of America of Kentucky, Inc.

KY

$193,494

Carter; Greene; Hancock; Hawkins; Johnson; Sullivan; Unicoi and Washington counties

Pennyroyal Regional Mental Health-Mental Retardation Board

KY

$172,320

Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg, Montgomery, Tennessee

Mountain Comprehensive Care Center

KY

$162,400

Boyd, Carter, Rowan, Elliot, Lawrence, Morgan, Martin, Magoffin, Pike, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Leslie, Harlan, Breathitt, Lee, Owsley, Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Knox, Bell, Whitley, McCreary, Rockcastle, Lincoln, Pulaski and Wayne

Veterans, Inc.**

MA

$103,666

State of Massachusetts

Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region

MD

$299,940

Prince George's and Montgomery counties, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties, Virginia

Maryland Center For Vets Education & Training, Inc.

MD

$300,000

Greater Baltimore Area, Baltimore, Baltimore County

Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region**

MD

$300,000

Prince George's and Montgomery counties; Washington, D.C.; Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties, Virginia

Veterans, Inc.

ME

$200,000

Augusta, Lewiston-Auburn and Portland

Michigan Ability Partners

MI

$159,100

Washtenaw and Jackson counties

Volunteers of America of Michigan

MI

$199,996

Bay, Genesee, Saginaw and Shiawassee counties

Southwest Housing Solutions Corporation

MI

$300,000

Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties

Volunteers of America of Michigan

MI

$300,000

Kent, Berrien, Kalamazoo and Muskegon

Volunteers of America of Michigan

MI

$300,000

Wayne, Berrien, Kalamazoo, Kent and Muskegon counties

Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans

MN

$120,000

36 Southern Counties including four Native American reservations

Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans

MN

$120,000

38 northern counties

St. Patrick Center

MO

$292,423

St. Louis-St. Louis, St. Charles, Jefferson, Warren, Lincoln, Franklin, St. Francois, Madison and St. Clair counties in Illinois

Hancock Resource Center

MS

$199,728

Hancock, Pearl River, Harrison

Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry, Inc.

NC

$200,000

Asheville, Buncombe County

Harbor Homes, Inc.

NH

$200,000

Hillsborough County, NH

Goodwill Industries of New Mexico

NM

$250,136

Bernalillo, Valencia, Sandoval and Torrance counties

United States Veterans Initiative

NV

$230,000

Clark and Nye counties, Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson, Boulder City, Pahrump and Laughlin

Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc.

NY

$253,575

Manhattan and Bronx, NY

Easter Seals New York, Inc.

NY

$150,000

Nassau and Suffolk counties, NY

United Veterans Beacon House, Inc.

NY

$100,050

Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties, NY

Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc.

NY

$300,000

Kings, Queens and Richmond, NY

Easter Seals New York, Inc.

NY

$200,000

Onondaga County and Syracuse, NY

Easter Seals New York, Inc.**

NY

$225,000

Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island

Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc.**

NY

$163,333

All counties of New York City

Easter Seals New York, Inc.

NY

$135,000

New York City

Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio, Inc.

OH

$300,000

Dayton Montgomery counties

Faith Mission, Inc.

OH

$100,000

Columbus-Franklin

Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio, Inc.

OH

$300,000

Cleveland-Cuyahoga County

Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio, Inc.

OH

$300,000

Columbus-Franklin

Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center, Inc.

OH

$300,000

Cincinnati-Hamilton, Butler, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland and Adams counties

Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio, Inc.**

OH

$200,000

Cincinnati-Hamilton

Volunteers of America of Oklahoma

OK

$300,000

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Easter Seals Oregon

OR

$300,000

Portland-Hillsboro-Vancouver MSA, Multnomah and Washington counties

St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc.

OR

$200,000

Lane County

Philadelphia Veteran Multi-Service & Education Center

PA

$300,000

Philadelphia, Bucks, Delaware, Chester and Montgomery counties

Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania, Inc.

PA

$121,617

Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon, Indiana and Somerset

Operation Stand Down Rhode Island

RI

$225,000

Rhode Island-ALL

Fast Forward

SC

$300,000

Richland and Lexington counties

Houston Launch Pad

TX

$300,000

Houston, TX

American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program, Inc.

TX

$300,000

Bexar and Comal counties

Goodwill Industries of Houston**

TX

$300,000

Houston, TX

Total Action Against Poverty

VA

$180,000

Roanoke, Botetourt, Bath, Rockbridge, Alleghany, Craig, Franklin counties; Lexington, Buena Vista, Roanoke, Covington and Salem;

Washington Department of Veterans Affairs

WA

$300,000

Pierce, Thurston, Kitsap, King and Clark counties

Workforce Development Council Snohomish County

WA

$200,000

Everett, Snohomish counties

Partners in Careers**

WA

$110,000

Clark County and Portland, Oregon

TOTAL

 

$20,690,230

  
Agency
Veterans' Employment and Training Service
Date
June 1, 2016
Release Number
16-1130-NAT
Media Contact: Joe Versen
Phone Number

Federally funded affordable housing project in Los Angeles for veterans, homeless plagued with wage violations

News Release

Federally funded affordable housing project in Los Angeles for veterans, homeless plagued with wage violations

G.B. Construction, six subcontractors cheated workers out of wages, benefits

LOS ANGELES – In downtown Los Angeles, as dozens of workers constructed a new affordable housing complex for veterans and chronically homeless individuals in MacArthur Park, their employers were cheating them out of lawfully earned wages in 2015.

Funded in part by the city of Los Angeles and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the “Six Apartments” project, awarded to The Six Veterans Housing LP, the project’s contractors are subject the requirements of the federal Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. The law requires all federal contractors and subcontractors to pay their workers prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits, and to certify payrolls for all work on the job.

Investigators from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that general contractor G.B. Construction, Inc. doing business as Golden Bear Construction, and six subcontractors on the project violated the DBRA’s prevailing wage, fringe benefit and recordkeeping requirements. As a result, federal investigators recovered $190,161 in unpaid wages for 53 workers. Division officials and inspectors from the city’s Housing Community Investment Department worked together to hold the contractors accountable. 

“Taxpayers have a right to expect that federal contractors paid with our tax dollars will comply with the law. The U.S. Department of Labor will not allow companies to abuse that trust,” said Eduardo Huerta, assistant district director for the Wage and Hour Division in Los Angeles. “Golden Bear Construction and their subcontractors put vulnerable, low-wage workers and their families in serious jeopardy. Employers enter into federal contracts knowing they must pay prevailing wages and benefits. When they ignore their responsibilities, they cheat their employees and gain an unfair advantage over those employers who obey the law.”

The Six Veterans Housing LP is a nonperforming prime contractor and subcontracted all construction work to G.B Construction, Inc. that managed the project and hired all subcontractors. The firms found in violation include G.B. Construction and subcontractors G.S. Electrical, Inc., Line Tech Plumbing, Inc., Duracon Development, Inc., DLE Construction, KSM Construction and Best Merit. The department is currently considering debarment action against most of these contractors. Debarment would prohibit them for three years from bidding on federally funded construction contracts.

The Six Apartments investigation found the following violations:

  • Paying workers less than the prevailing wage rates for the work they performed.
  • Failing to pay required fringe benefits.
  • Falsifying certified payrolls to give the appearance of compliance with the law.
  • Failing to report some workers on the project at all, instead paying them a fraction of the actual wages due, in cash. For example, one contractor paid workers employed as plumbers less than 20 percent of the hourly wage required on this federally funded contract, and falsified their certified payrolls, which they are required to submit weekly, to claim that they paid the required amounts in full.

For more information about the DBRA and other federal laws, contact the division’s toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243). Information also is available at http://www.dol.gov/whd/.

Agency
Wage and Hour Division
Date
March 2, 2016
Release Number
16-0432-SAN
Media Contact: Leo Kay
Phone Number
Media Contact: Jose Carnevali
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