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Episode 14

Serving Veteran Spouses

Date Recorded: August 19 & August 25, 2022



Host: Hannah Toney
Guests: Nathalie Grogan, Mallory Huerta, Pam Langley, and Marcus Lane
Description: In this episode of the NVTI Podcast Series, our guests discuss how to best serve veteran spouses. The panel defines what it means to be a veteran spouse, discusses common misconceptions about veteran spouses, explores the unique employment issues faced by veteran spouses, and much more.

This podcast is accompanied by this Serving Veteran Spouses Podcast Resource Guide
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Episode 13

Supporting Veterans with Accessibility Needs

Date Recorded: August 10 & August 18, 2022



Host: Hannah Toney
Guests: Nikita Floore, Nuno Medeiros, and Micah Foster
Description: In this episode of the NVTI Podcast Series, our guests discuss how to successfully support veterans with accessibility needs. The panel defines accessibility, provides advice to service providers and employers to create an inclusive environment, discusses the importance of cultural competence, and much more.

This podcast is accompanied by this Supporting Veterans with Accessibility Needs Podcast Resource Guide
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Episode 12

DVOP/CVSO: Promising Practices to Connect and Serve

Date Recorded: August 15, 2022



Host: Hannah Toney
Guests: Mike Farmer, Nathalie Grogan, and Zach Migura
Description: In this episode of the NVTI Podcast Series, our guests discuss how Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists and other veteran service providers can best collaborate with County Veterans Services Officers (CVSOs). The panel explains the role of a CVSO, the ways veterans find and secure CVSO services, how CVSOs and DVOP specialists can work together to serve veterans, and much more.
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Episode 11

Serving Justice-Involved Veterans

Date Recorded: June 24 & July 8, 2022



Host: Hannah Toney
Guests: Jennifer Carter, Jose Sandoval, and Joseph Swyrtek
Description: In this episode of the NVTI Podcast Series, our guests discuss best practices, common misconceptions, and important factors to consider when assisting these justice-involved veterans in finding appropriate services and employment. They discuss the Justice-Involved Veterans Network (JIVN), Veterans Trial Court (VTC), and the Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) and how these programs can assist veterans. They also talk about the support they provide to justice-involved veterans while incarcerated to help to reduce the risk of recidivism. We cover these topics and more in this NVTI podcast.
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Episode 10

Supporting Entrepreneurship in Veterans: Helping Veterans Start Businesses

Date Recorded: July 5, 2022



Host: Hannah Toney
Guests: Stanley Kurtz, Laura Wages, and Billy Wright
Description: In this episode of the NVTI Podcast Series, our guests discuss the services available from the US Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD) and share success stories. They discuss the first step they recommend to a veteran interested in starting a business and the programs that support veterans along the path of entrepreneurship. They cover the role of Veteran Business Outreach Centers (VBOCs), and program including Boots to Business, Boots to Business Reboot, SCORE, and several other programs and services that can be critical to veterans’ success. A resource guide with helpful links has been provided to complement the podcast. Listen to this NVTI podcast to learn more about how you might help the veterans you serve along this exciting journey to business ownership.
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Episode 9

Serving Women Veterans

Date Recorded: May 19 & 20, 2022.



Host: Hannah Toney
Guests: Heather Deters. Melissa Washington. Nancy Glowacki. Nona Mallicoat
Description: In this episode of the NVTI Podcast Series, four veteran women share their personal journeys along with advice for veteran service providers. Those spotlighted include Heather Deters, a recent retiree from the Army who continues to serve her fellow veterans as one of five Home Base Iowa Career Planners; Melissa Washington, a Navy veteran, now serving as CEO and founder of the Women Veterans Alliance; Nancy Glowacki, an Army veteran who currently works at the Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) with her focus on women veterans; and Nona Mallicoat, a Marine Corps veteran who is the Deputy Director of the Employment Connections Division of the Washington State Employment Security Department.
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Episode 8

Strengthening America’s Trucking Workforce

Date Recorded: February 24, 2022.



Guests: James Rodriguez and Jesus Davila.
Description: On this episode of the NVTI Podcast Series, James Rodriguez, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Department of Labor VETS talks with Jesus Davila about the trucking industry as a viable and welcoming career option for veterans. Mr. Rodriguez and Mr. Davila discuss their time serving as Marines and the transferability of the skills honed during service to the trucking industry.

In support of the Administration’s Trucking Action Plan to Strengthen America’s Trucking Workforce, DOL VETS worked with Federal Partners and the White House to create a list of federal resources for transitioning service members and veterans pursuing careers in the trucking industry. You can read DOL’s Fact Sheet and find other employment resources at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets. You may also want to read the FACT SHEET: The Biden Administration’s Unprecedented Actions to Expand and Improve Trucking Jobs.
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Episode 7

Effective Collaboration Between Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG) Staff and Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP) Grantees

Date Recorded: September 08, 2021.

Host: Hannah Toney
Guests: Karen Frias, Sheryl Gillum, Chris Mills, Brian Ottlinger.
Description: On this episode of the NVTI Podcast Series, learn about the collaborative efforts of JVSG staff and HVRP grantees that have helped veterans experiencing homelessness access resources and find employment, best practices for working with veterans with significant barriers to employment, and about innovative veteran outreach techniques that have been employed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Episode 6

Serving Native American Veterans

Date Recorded: September 08, 2021.

Host: Hannah Toney
Guests: JP McCoy, Paul Pelot, Archie Barrow
Description: On this episode of the NVTI Podcast Series, learn about Native American veterans and various tribal communities. Guests share their own personal accounts of working with Native American veterans and offer some resources, best practices, and other critical information to help service providers.

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Episode 5

Serving LGBTQ+ Veterans

Date Recorded: July 23, 2021.

Host: Dan Griffiths
Guests: Bradley Aune, Nathaniel Boehme, Matthew Freeman, Joanna Michaels
Description: On this episode of the NVTI Podcast Series, learn about the unique challenges that LGBTQ+ veterans face as members of both the LGBTQ+ community and military. Guests share their insight and some resources to better support LGBTQ+ veterans.

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Episode 4

LVER Staff Skills

Date Recorded: April 12, 2021.

Host: Greg Davis
Guests: Randall Coon, Michael James, Edward Dupass, and Raymond Clay
Description: On this episode of the NVTI Podcast Series, learn about the function LVERs serve as well as the skills and tools they need. Guests discuss their experiences establishing connections with local businesses and forging mutually beneficial relationships that create opportunities for veterans.

Continue the conversation on this podcast at the Making Careers Happen for Veterans: Community of Practice.

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Episode 3

DOL VETS Leadership

Date Recorded: March 29, 2021.

Host: Greg Davis
Guests: James D. Rodriguez
Description: On this episode of the NVTI Podcast Series, learn about the future of VETS, including the HVRP and JVSG program. A special guest highlights their leadership role and exciting new initiatives underway at VETS.

If you have questions for DOL VETS, visit the Making Careers Happen for Veterans: Community of Practice and post under the topic !! Ask a Fed !!

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Episode 2

DVOP Specialist Skills

Date Recorded: February 8, 2021.

Host: Greg Davis
Guests: Timothy Rockefeller, Paul Cortez, Joe Henle, Brent Camery
Description: On this episode of the NVTI Podcast Series, learn about the essential skills that DVOP Specialists need to better serve veterans. Guests discuss their experiences serving veterans and share opportunities and resources to further develop these skills.

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Episode 1

Serving Rural Veterans

Date Recorded: December 4, 2020.

Host: Dan Griffiths
Guests: Katie Baillio, Eileen Boylston, Brandon Harting, Danny Wyatt
Description: On this episode of the NVTI Podcast Series, learn about the unique challenges facing rural veterans in the job market. Guests discuss their experiences serving rural veterans and share opportunities and resources to better support them.

Continue the conversation on this podcast at the Making Careers Happen for Veterans: Community of Practice.

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