1. National Veterans Training Institute
Overview
Pre-separation
Training
National Veterans Training Institute

2. State Veterans Benefits #21
State benefits vary
state to state
Eligibility and examples
Website resource

3. Health Care and Mental Health Services
Recognizing the Indications of Issues Referral Resources

4. Symptoms Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Depression Sleep Disturbance
Alcohol use disorder
Intimate Relationship Discord

5. Additional Issues Parenting Problems
Female service members twice as likely as males to divorce
VA Healthcare principally designed and funded to serve older generation of male veterans
Post Deployment Health Assessment (PDHA)

6. Dual Military Couples
Clinically significant Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)—1 in 10 homes of military families
Combat veterans less likely to receive treatment for Depression.

7. State and Local Health Care #15a(4)
Research the state
Explore options

8. DTAP OVERVIEW #20 Chapter 31 Preview: Voc Rehab:
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Provides information on VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Program as well as other programs for the disabled.
Chapter 31 Preview:
* Service Connected Disabilities
Voc Rehab:
* Employment Program/Outcome

9. Who Should Attend DTAP? A service-connected disability, or
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Who Should Attend DTAP?
Service members who are within 12 months of separation or 24 months of retirement
and veterans who have, or suspect they have:
A service-connected disability, or
An injury or illness that was aggravated by service.

10. What Is Vocational Rehabilitation?
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What Is Vocational Rehabilitation?
Vocational Rehabilitation / Chapter 31:
Title 38, USC
Designed to assist disabled veterans in qualifying for and obtaining suitable, entry level employment.

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Use of two benefits 1.
You may not use GI Bill and Chapter 31 at the same time. 2.
Voc Rehab/Chapter 31 can make 48 months of entitlement available

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Do you qualify?
Armed Forces service member who has a 10% rating from the VA through a BDD or Quick Start Evalution.
A Veteran who has:
A 10% Final Rating from VA, or
A 20% or higher Memorandum Rating from VA
A service member or veteran must also have an employment handicap

13. HOW DO YOU GET VOC REHAB SERVICES?
Entitlement is not automatic.
Employment Handicap
Serious Employment Handicap
If eligible, you must participate in an evaluation with a counselor
A VA counselor must make several decisions related to aptitude, interests, abilities, education, current situations, history, etc…

14. Five Tracks To Employment
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VR&E Programs
Five Tracks To Employment
Reemployment
Rapid Access To Employment
Employment Through Long Term Services
Independent Living Services
Self-Employment

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RE-EMPLOYMENT
Do you want to return to a former civilian job? Can you return to your former civilian job
VR&E can help you understand your rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act (USERRA) of 1994

16. RAPID ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT
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RAPID ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT
For those
who want a job now
Are you job ready?
VR&E can help you get a job

17. EMPLOYMENT THROUGH LONG TERM SERVICES
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EMPLOYMENT THROUGH LONG TERM SERVICES
For those who need specialized training and/or education--Do you need to be additional training?
OJT
Apprenticeships
Internships
Job Shadowing
Higher Education
VR&E provides valuable services such as:

18. SELF-EMPLOYMENT For those who want to be self-employed
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SELF-EMPLOYMENT
For those who want to be self-employed
Do you have what it takes to run your own business?
VR&E assistance varies based on severity of disability

19. VR&E can help! INDEPENDENT LIVING
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INDEPENDENT LIVING
For those who can’t go to work right now.
Are you so severely disabled that you can’t go to work right now?
VR&E can help!

20. Financial Benefit Tuition and Fees Books and Supplies Equipment Loans
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Financial Benefit
Tuition and Fees
Books and Supplies
Equipment
Loans
Subsistence Allowance:
Single = $585.11
1 Dep = $725.78
2 Dep = $855.28
Each additional dependant = $62.34

21. Other Services While Participating In Voc Rehab
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Other Services While Participating In Voc Rehab
Medical
Specially Adapted Housing
Dental
Voc-Ed
Counseling
Optical
Mental Health Treatment
Special Hiring Authority
Vet Centers