After more than a decade of continuous warfare, the cost of disability compensation for wounded veterans is surging to mammoth proportions. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs expects to spend $57 billion on disability benefits next year. That’s up 25% from $46 billion this year, and nearly quadruple the $15 billion spent in 2000, before
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For Immediate Release Contact: Barbara Nyegaard, ERISS April 4, 2012 bjn@eriss.com; 858-722-2177 ERISS Corporation, an award-winning, woman-owned business serving workforce organizations for 20 years announced today that they are teaming up with REBOOT, a reverse boot camp program recognized by the White House and REBOOT’s Executive Director Maurice Wilson, as a Champion of Change. “By
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Dig deeper into the pages of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data and it becomes apparent that while the job market is slowly improving for most Americans, it’s moving in the opposite direction for Gulf War II vets (defined by the BLS as those on active duty since 2001). The youngest of veterans, aged
As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan windes down, of the many decisions service members will have to make, one of them is which city/state to live in after service. NVTSI recommends that before you choose which city/state you want to live in, do your homework first. Find out what the labor market trends are
(NAVY TIMES 23 FEB 12) … Rick Maze A key lawmaker concerned about jobs for veterans proposes to strip all veterans’ employment and rehabilitation programs from the Labor Department and instead place them in the Veterans Affairs Department, where they might get more attention. That proposal, from Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., the House Veterans’ Affairs