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SAMPLE LVER REPORT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR

SUBJECT:  Local Veterans' Employment Representative (LVER) Program

ORIGINATOR:  WIA Title III (Wagner-Peyser) (Veterans’ Services Unit)

The Secretary of Labor, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Veterans' Employment and Training (ASVET), has made available for use in each state, funds to support a Local Veterans' Employment Representative (LVER) Program designed to meet the employment needs of Veterans and Eligible Persons.

It is the policy of the Employment Security Department (ESD) to promote and develop employment and training opportunities for Veterans and Eligible Persons through the utilization of the Local Veterans' Employment Representative (LVER) Program.

Staff Selection And Funding | Scope of Work for LVER Positions
LVER Duties and Responsibilities | Managers Report on Services to Veterans
Vets-200 and ETA 9002 B&D Reports

The Secretary of Labor shall make available to each State with an application approved by the Secretary an amount of funding in proportion to the number of veterans seeking employment using such criteria as the Secretary may establish in regulation, including civilian labor force and unemployment data, for the State on an annual basis. The proportion of state LVER funding will reflect the ratio of:

• The total numbers of veterans residing in the state that are seeking employment; to
• The total number of veterans seeking employment in all states.

The formula allows for establishing minimum funding levels and hold harmless funding criteria.

A state shall employ such full or part-time Local Veterans’ Employment Representatives as the state determines appropriate and efficient to carry out the employment needs of eligible veterans in accordance with priorities determined by the secretary.

The LVER position(s) are in addition to and do not supplant any Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) specialist positions (see Policies and Procedures communication number 4032, Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program).

In the filling of LVER positions preference is given to qualified eligible Veterans or Eligible Persons. Preference is accorded first to qualified service-connected Disabled Veterans. If no Disabled Veterans are available, appointments are filled by qualified Veterans. If no qualified Veterans are available, qualified eligible persons are considered. Complete information regarding definitions related to Veterans and Eligible Persons can be found in Policies and Procedures communication number 4030, Services for Veterans.

In order to ensure that LVER staff meet the above requirements, the following documents are requested:

1. Report of Separation from Active Duty, DD-214; and
   
2. U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) award letter for establishing Civil Service Preference; or
   
3. Military Disability Retirement Orders.

Copies of the documents cited are secured for all appointments and promptly forwarded to the Veterans' Services Unit within 15 calendar days from the date of appointment.

The distribution and use of funds provided under the LVER program are subject to monitoring by the U.S. DOL

Scope of Work for LVER Positions

The grant agreement includes assurances that all LVER staff exclusively serves Veterans and Eligible Persons. It is recognized that in certain situations, deviations from this requirement occur. Therefore, if a service delivery site utilizes an LVER to provide services to non-veterans for some reason, the time involved is charged to an account other than the LVER project code. In providing direct services to Veterans, however, under no circumstances does any other staff charge to the LVER project code.

1. Ensure that veterans are provided the range of labor exchange services needed to meet their employment and training needs. Work with other workforce development providers to develop their capacity to recognize, and respond to these needs. Examples may include the following activities:
   a) Train other staff and service delivery system partners to enhance their knowledge of veterans' employment and training issues;
   b) Promote veterans as a category of job seekers in the workforce development system who have highly marketable skills and experience.

2. On behalf of veterans, advocate for employment and training opportunities with business and industry, and community-based organizations. Examples may include the following activities:
   a) Plan and participate in any job fairs to promote services to veterans;
   b) Work with unions, apprenticeship programs, and business community to promote employment and training opportunities for veterans; and
   c) Promote credentialing and training opportunities for veterans with training providers and credentialing bodies.

3. Establish, maintain, or facilitate regular contact with employers to develop employment and training opportunities for the benefit of veterans. Examples may include the following activities:
   a) Develop employer relations contact plans for the service delivery point, to include identified federal contractors. Components of the plan may include: telephone contacts; employer visits; and ongoing research and analysis of local market conditions and employment opportunities; and
   b) Coordinate with business outreach representatives in the WorkSource Center to facilitate and promote employment and training opportunities for veterans.

4. Provide and facilitate a full range of employment and training services, as appropriate, to meet the needs of newly separated and other veterans in the workforce development system and especially address the needs of transitioning military personnel through facilitation of TAP workshops. Examples of employment and training services may include, but are not limited to the following activities:
   a) Conduct job search assistance workshops;
   b) Provide job development and referrals;
   c) Provide vocational guidance;
   d) Provide labor market information (LMI); and
   e) Provide referrals to training and supportive services.

5. Provide quarterly reports to the individual responsible for the management of an SDP to which the LVER has been assigned, and, through the appropriate state agency channels, to the State Director of Veterans Employment and Training (DVET). These reports are to review the following components of the SDP.
   a) Compliance with State directives on services to veterans; and
   b) Accomplishments towards meeting the State's performance standards for these services.

6. Supervise the DVOP specialist as well as direct the activities of the Veterans’ Unit.

The VETS-200 and the ETA 9002 B & D reports are produced by LMEA with data found in the SKIES automated system using the reportable activity identified in the LVER and DVOP Programs.  These reports reflect the numbers of veterans who receive services from ESD.  Such as veterans who have received Campaign Badges who are transitioning, female, special disabled, newly separated and disable veterans.  tha report also reflects what kinds of services were provided.

CASE MANAGEMENT

A veteran seeker that is in a Veterans’ Services case management status should be enrolled in the LVER or DVOP Program through the Seeker Program screen. Veteran seekers enrolled in the LVER or DVOP Program, as a Participant will be included in the data for Case Management in the federal reports. Services will not be the indicator for Case Management data. SKIES has added a Case Managed checkbox along with start date, to the Core Services/Basic/Additional screen and the Seeker Services screen. This indicator would be the data collected for Case Management reporting purposes on federal reports.

Definitions relating to Veterans are found in Policies and Procedures communications number 4030, Services for Veterans.

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998, Public Law 105-220 (WorkSource); the Wagner-Peyser Act as amended by WIA (Labor Exchange); Title 38, United States Code (USC), Chapters 41 and 42 (Veterans); and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 20, Chapter V, Part 652, Subpart B, and Chapter IX, Parts 1001 and 1005 (Veterans).

This communication cancels and supersedes Policies and Procedures document number 4031, dated April 16, 2000.

http://www.wa.gov/esd/policies 

Vicki M. Bishop
Employment Security Department
Veterans’ Services Unit
WorkSource Operations Division
P.O. Box 9046, MS 6000
Olympia, WA 98507-9046
E-mail:  vbishop@esd.wa.gov
Telephone: (360) 438-4068
Fax: (360) 438-4014
TTY: (360) 438-3167 (temporarily)

Service Delivery Site: ____________________________

Date Submitted: ________________________________

LVER: ________________________________________

Quarterly Report: _______________________________

The following report is submitted on a fiscal year quarterly basis as required by the DOL Funding Agreement for the Local Veterans' Employment Representative (LVER) regarding compliance with Veterans’ Performance Standards, Prototype Standards, and Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment (VR&E) activities.

1. Accomplishments:

2. Problem Areas:

3. Corrective Action

Taken:

Planned:

1. Accomplishments:

2. Problem Areas:

3. Corrective Action

Taken:

Planned:

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) (Note: All data provided must reflect current Fiscal Year (FY) quarterly, cumulative activities).

Referred from VA VR&E: Those VR&E clients determined to be job ready and referred each quarter by VA VR&E for registration with the local service delivery site for placement purposes: _________ (Data Source: VA VR&E).

Registered: The number of job ready VR&E clients referred from VA VR&E and registered each quarter with the local service delivery site for placement purposes: _________ (Data Source: local service delivery sites.

Registered carry-over from previous FY: Registered VR&E clients being case managed who are "carried over" from the previous FY. (First quarter entry only): __________.

NOTE: The following report categories are based on the VR&E clients being registered with the local service delivery sites for employment services.

Entered Employment: The number of above VR&E clients who have registered with the local service delivery site and entered employment each quarter through job placement or obtained employment _____________ (Data Source: local service delivery sites).

Discontinued: (For the purpose of this report) identifies those referred and registered VR&E clients who are no longer actively seeking employment through the local service delivery site __________ (Data Source: VA VR&E).

NOTE: Status Determination is made by the local VR&E officer after notification from the local service delivery site of those veterans who have registered with the site, but are no longer seeking employment services.

Average Entry Hourly Wage: Of the total number of VR&E clients who entered employment during the current Quarter: $__________ per __________ (Data Source: local service delivery site)

NOTE: Average entry wage information is being compiled as baseline data for Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS’) strategic planning purposes and to demonstrate program effectiveness in accordance with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1994.

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LVER Signature: _______________________________

Date: _________________________________________