VRAP Meets FY 2012 Goal, Accepting Applications for FY 2013

Sept. 21, 2012

The Veteran Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP) has surpassed its goal of approving 45,000 applications in Fiscal Year 2012. Under the VOW to Hire Heroes Act, which established VRAP in November 2011, the Department of Veterans Affairs, in cooperation with the Department of Labor, pays for up to 12 months of retraining assistance in "high demand" occupations for unemployed eligible veterans between the ages of 35 and 60. "Our veterans have provided so many services to this country," said Secretary Solis. "This program serves them by helping unemployed veterans receive the training they need to compete for good jobs." The program aims to retrain 99,000 veterans for high-demand jobs by the end of FY 2013 and VRAP continues to accept applications. Benefits for additional approved applications will be available beginning Oct. 1.

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