Case study · Government
VOW-VEI: transition assistance for veterans
Senior leader training, coaching, and counseling that helped service members, veterans, and families move from DoD to VA support.
The challenge
Background
DuraBante served as a critical sub-contractor in the National Capital Region supporting the VA Veterans Benefits Administration and DoD Program Office in the design and implementation of a new program: the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act / Veterans Employment Initiative (VOW/VEI).
The program supported service members’ transition from DoD to VA. Under the VEI Program Management, Training, and Implementation contract, DuraBante delivered senior leader training, content refinement, coaching, and counseling for active service members, veterans, and their families.
Our approach
What DuraBante did
Program support
Training refinement; roll-out design, implementation, delivery, and analysis; program management; and operations planning and execution.
Briefings and counseling
Veteran benefits briefings and one-on-one coaching for service members, veterans, and families at permanent and itinerant installations.
Career-focused briefs
Integrated with the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) team to deliver Career Technical Training Track briefs.
Transition offices
Established offices at five installations, in close coordination with local TAP managers, and served fifteen more itinerant sites periodically.
Consistent roll-out
Systematically deployed VA program amendments, policies, guides, and deliverables.
Outreach beyond TAP
Built a referral “chain of concern” through Army Smooth Take Off, Homeless Women Veterans events, hiring events, and transition summits.
Outcome
Results
- Transition service offices established at five military installations, plus periodic service at fifteen itinerant sites.
- Benefits briefings and individual counseling delivered across the National Capital Region.
- Outreach that reached service members and veterans beyond standard TAP events.
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