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Collins, Benjamin – Congressional Research Service, 2018
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment for veterans (VR&E) is an entitlement program that provides job training and related services "to enable veterans with service-connected disabilities to achieve maximum independence in daily living and, to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and maintain suitable…
Descriptors: Veterans, Veterans Education, Vocational Rehabilitation, Job Training
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Targett, Pam; Young, Cynthia; Revell, Grant; Williams, Sophie; Wehman, Paul – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2007
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 (Public Law 105-220) marked a major reform in the nation's job training system. It consolidated more then 60 federal training programs into three block grants to states: (1) adult employment and training; (2) disadvantaged youth employment and training; and (3) adult education and family literacy…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Youth Employment, Disadvantaged Youth, Job Training