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Congressional witnesses highlight SkillBridge, navigators and employer partnerships as route to faster postservice employment
Summary
Witnesses from the Department of Labor, Hiring Our Heroes and employers told a House subcommittee that experiential programs such as SkillBridge and the Employment Navigator and Partnership Program shorten time to employment and raise starting wages for transitioning service members.
Witnesses to the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee described several workforce programs they said improve employment outcomes for transitioning service members and urged Congress and DOD to remove barriers to broader employer participation.
Margarita Devlin, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Labor's Veterans Employment and Training Service, described the Employment Navigator and Partnership Program (EMPP), which provides one-on-one career guidance at 40 military installations. Devlin said preliminary outcome data show enlisted service members who worked with an Employment…
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