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Using data from the Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP) grantee survey administered to grantees from program year 2020 and supplemented with interviews with staff from eight site visit grantees and their American Job Center (AJC) partners, the brief addresses three topics: (1) the AJC program in which a majority of HVRP participants were co-enrolled; (2) the percentage of participants receiving services at the AJC; and (3) the processes grantees used to co-enroll participants.

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Research Questions

• In which AJC program were the majority of HVRP participants co-enrolled, as reported by grantees?
• What percentage of HVRP participants actually received AJC services, as reported by grantees?
• What processes did grantees use to co-enroll HVRP participants in a program at the AJC?

Key Takeaways

• Of the 147 grantees, approximately 56 percent responded that most of their HVRP participants were co-enrolled in Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG). Fewer indicated that a majority of participants were enrolled in the Wagner-Peyser Employment Service (30 percent) or Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs (13 percent).
• Co-enrollment did not necessarily translate to using AJC services. Although 42 percent of surveyed grantees reported that most or all of their participants received services at the AJC, 37 percent reported that few or none of their participants received services.
• HVRP participants’ enrollment at the AJC occurred in multiple ways. Many grantees (49 percent) made a referral to the AJC. Other grantees reported providing a virtual introduction to the AJC (18 percent), accompanying the participant to the AJC (14 percent), or hosting AJC staff at the HVRP office (9 percent).

Citation

Rosenberg, L., Hu, M. (2022). Mathematica. Co-Enrollment of Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP) Participants in a Program at an American Job Center. Chief Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of Labor.

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