LOS ANGELES – Dec 6, 2024 — JVS SoCal, a leading human services agency focused on workforce development, has become one of the newest partners in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment Navigator and Partnership Program (ENPP) as a part of an expansion of its Transition Assistance Program under the Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS).
The partnership extends the opportunity for veterans, transitioning service members and their spouses to access employment resources.
“Becoming a partner in the Department of Labor’s ENPP means JVS SoCal can provide even more support to our veterans and their families,” said Jeff Carr, CEO of JVS SoCal.
“Through our Veterans First program, we offer a variety of comprehensive employment services, referrals and resources; and we are grateful to the Department of Labor for helping expand our reach,” he said.
JVS SoCal operates California’s only America’s Job Center of California dedicated to serving veterans; and was awarded the U.S. Department of Labor’s HIRE Vets Gold Medallion for its commitment to veteran hiring, retention, and professional development.
JVS SoCal is one of seven organizations which signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with VETS to become new partners in the ENPP, which offers transitioning service members and their spouses one-on-one career services at 37 military installations worldwide. https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/vets/vets20241121
The program also connects participants and partner organizations that provide additional employment services before and after they separate from the military.
With the addition of seven new organizations, there are now 73 partners in the ENPP program that, since its 2021 launch, has served more than 19,000 transitioning service members and their spouses. Recent data shows enlisted participants were employed faster and earned more in quarterly wages than enlisted transitioning service members outside the program.
For information about JVS SoCal’s Veterans First program, visit https://jvs-socal.org/veteran-services/.
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About JVS SoCal
Founded in 1931, JVS SoCal is a nonprofit, non-sectarian social service agency, providing job training, career services, mentoring and placement assistance to diverse and multicultural populations, transforming lives and empowering individuals to achieve dignity and economic independence through sustainable employment. With over 20 locations throughout Southern California, JVS SoCal currently serves over 30,000 clients annually in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties.
Contact:
Sean Thibault
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Sean.Thibault@jvs-socal.org
323-306-2595