Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 787 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - DEPARTMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES › Chapter 2 - Employment Services › Section 787 KAR 2:010 - Veterans' benefits

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				194.030(9)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: 38 USC authorizes the
				states to implement veterans' employment and training programs. The Cabinet for
				Workforce Development is authorized by
				KRS
				151B.020 to adopt such rules and regulations
				as are necessary to implement programs mandated by federal law or to qualify
				for receipt of federal funds and as are necessary to cooperate with federal
				agencies for the proper administration of the cabinet and its programs. The
				function of this administrative regulation is to implement the veterans'
				training and benefit programs in accordance with applicable federal laws and
				regulations.
Section 1. In order to
			 facilitate the administration of the veterans' programs as authorized by 38
			 USC, and as regulated in 20 CFR Parts 652 and 653, the following CFRs, federal
			 statutes and bulletins are adopted by reference:
(1)20 CFR Parts 652 and 653, dated March 30,
			 1984, which includes implementation procedures for providing veterans and
			 eligible persons the maximum employment and training opportunities with
			 priority given to the needs of disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam
			 era.
(2) 38 USC Chapter 41, as
			 amended through January 14, 1983, which mandates the establishment of a job and
			 job training counseling service program, an employment placement service
			 program and a job training placement service program for eligible veterans and
			 other eligible persons and the provision of maximum employment and training
			 opportunities to veterans, with priority given to the needs of disabled
			 veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era through existing programs,
			 coordination and merger of programs and implementation of new
			 programs.
(3) Veterans Employment
			 Representative (VER) Bulletins A through 17 which contain implementation
			 procedures for employment services provided to veterans in fulfillment of
			 responsibilities mandated by law.
(4) Federal Contractor Job Listing (FCJL)
			 Bulletins 1 through 4, which contain updated instructions and procedures for
			 processing federal contractor job listing under the mandate of PL 93-50
			 requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to list suitable job openings
			 with the appropriate local office of the Department for Employment
			 Services.
(5)PL 96-466, The
			 Veterans Rehabilitation and Education Amendments of 1980, which revised the
			 disabled veterans vocational rehabilitation program and established the
			 Disabled Veterans Outreach Program.
(6)PL 98-77, The Emergency Veterans' Job
			 Training Act of 1983, which addresses problems of service and continuing
			 unemployment among veterans by providing payments to defray the costs of
			 training and incentives to employers to hire and train certain war time
			 veterans who have been unemployed for long periods of time for stable and
			 permanent positions that require significant training.
(7)PL 97-300, The Job Training Partnership
			 Act, which establishes programs to prepare youth and unskilled adults for entry
			 into the labor force and to afford job training to those
			 economically-disadvantaged individuals and other individuals facing serious
			 barriers to employment who are in special need of training to obtain productive
			 employment. Title II, Part C of the Act specifically authorizes programs for
			 veterans recently separated from military service, Vietnam-era veterans and
			 disabled veterans.
(8)41 CFR Parts
			 60-250, dated June 25, 1976, which mandates and provides procedures for
			 ensuring compliance with Section 402 of the Vietnam-era Veterans Readjustment
			 Act of 1974, which requires government contractors and subcontractors to take
			 affirmative action to employ and advance the employment of qualified disabled
			 veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.
(9)PL 98-543, The Veterans Benefits
			 Improvement Act of 1984, which increased various rates of compensation or
			 benefits paid to eligible veterans in various programs administered by the
			 Veteran Administration, extended the Veterans' Readjustment Appointment
			 Authority to September 30, 1986, extended several provisions of PL 98-77, and
			 established the Special Program for Veterans in Receipt of Individual
			 Unemployability and the Special Training Program for Veterans in Receipt of
			 Pensions, which are administered by the Veterans Administration.