View informative, in-depth discussions in our collection of webinars on timely and enduring topics. Each webinar focuses on new topics and provides those who support veterans with updates and best practices to help better serve veterans.
In this webinar recording, NVTI Instructor Greg Davis and Nikkol Wymer of DOL VETS discussed resources to locate applicable guidance and regulations, identify resources for Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists, and identify resources for Local Veterans' Employment Representative (LVER) staff. They discussed resources specific to serving veterans with significant barriers to employment as well as other special veteran populations and topics to include rural veterans, American Indian and Alaska Native veterans, LGBTQ+ veterans, veterans with addictions, and suicide prevention for veterans. They also discussed resources for recruiting and hiring veterans, apprenticeships, on-the-job training, and retaining veterans. Please download the handout with additional resources that accompanied the presentation. We also encourage you to continue the conversation and provide any additional resources at the Making Careers Happen for Veterans: Community of Practice.
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The following webinar session is a comprehensive training for grant recipient financial and programmatic personnel responsible for closing out grant awards. The webinar session included an updated presentation on the grant closeout process as it applies to Department of Labor, Veterans’ Employment & Training Service grants (Jobs for Veterans State Grants as well as grants funded under the Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program). The presentation was followed by a question and answer session.
In this one-hour webinar recording, Emily Wen, Cost Negotiator with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Cost & Price Determination Division, reviewed different types of costs and indirect cost rates, discussed the allocation base, cost allocation plans (CAPs), and indirect cost proposal due dates. Emily Wen also reviewed the reimbursement of indirect costs via a rate, the reimbursement of indirect costs via a CAP, and answered questions at the end.
In the following webinar, Hughes McLean, Apprenticeship & Training Representative and Veteran Liaison for the Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship, supported participants in: describing Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs), the components of the program, and breadth of opportunities; summarizing the benefits of RAPs to the veteran, the employer and the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) program; identifying a working knowledge of the different partners in a RAP; discussing different tools and approaches to locating appropriate RAPs in their region and; establishing a connection between veteran needs and apprenticeship fit. Hughes McLean also engaged in a robust question and answer session with webinar participants.
The following webinar navigates through NVTI’s learning platforms; identifies NVTI learning product types and locations; identifies new and upcoming NVTI learning products; describes NVTI’s developing certificate program; and makes sure you know all the ways you can provide feedback and contact us at NVTI.org.
During this webinar, Dr. Toney walks through the NVTI website to showcase new NVTI products, updates and resources with attendees. Please click on the button below to listen to the webinar recording and hear about what NVTI has in store for 2021!
In this webinar participants will understand how, through discovery and customized employment, they will be able to:
In this webinar, participants will gain an understanding of how they can:
Participants will also be able to describe how veterans have customized their career plans through their own words.
This webinar is designed to provide veterans’ service providers staff with a better understanding of how workplace accommodations can assist job-seeking veterans. Through detailed examples, we will deliver accommodation solutions that will help you have informed conversations with job-seeking veterans and employers.
On Wednesday, July 22nd, U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans' and Training (DOL VETS) and National Veterans' Training and Institute (NVTI) facilitated a Listening Session with JVSG staff to discuss challenges and innovations in providing services amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and a period of national economic recovery. Launch Webinar
Benefits.gov is the official benefits website of the U.S. government. The mission of Benefits.gov is to increase citizen access to government programs and facilitate citizen interaction with the federal government. Since 2002, Benefits.gov has helped over 130 million people identify and access government benefits that can help them improve their circumstances. Join NVTI and NVTAC to learn how Benefits.gov can help the veteran community. Representatives from Benefits.gov will demonstrate the website's functionality and how its resources can be used to serve our Nation’s veterans.
The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) and DirectEmployers Association recently launched NeedAJobNow.usNLx.com, a job site dedicated to providing a centralized location for displaced workers to access employment opportunities from U.S. corporations with immediate hiring needs due to COVID-19. Hosted by the National Veterans’ Training Institute (NVTI) and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), Lori Adams, Veterans Policy Director, NASWA, and Charlie Terrell, Director, NLx, NASWA, discuss how you can use this resource to support veterans seeking employment. Launch Webinar
Recently appointed Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment & Training Services Jon Lowry kicks off the session. Next, NVTI and NVTAC co-host a Community of Practice discussion discussing promising practices in collaboration between Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program (HVRP) grantees and Jobs for Veteran State Grant (JVSG) staff. This conversation includes DVOP specialists, LVERs, and HVRP staff from around the country. Launch Webinar
Learn about the NVTI Community of Practice tool and how to access and use it. Launch Webinar
Learn about The Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing (HIRE) Vets Medallion program and updates in preparation for the 2019 program year. Launch webinar
Learn about the role and importance of professional development for workforce staff serving veterans and explore the wellspring of professional development resources offered by the National Veterans' Training Institute (NVTI) for JVSG state staff! Also learn about NVTI training structure which includes prerequisite eLearning and in-person classroom courses, training objectives for each course, and a demonstration of navigation in the NVTI Student Central portal. Launch webinar
