Coal Mine Workers' Compensation
The Black Lung Benefits Act provides monthly cash benefits and
medical benefits to coal miners who have become totally disabled due to
pneumoconiosis, and monthly cash benefits to widows and other survi...
Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP)
Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists provide intensive services to meet the employment needs of disabled veterans and other eligible veterans, with the maximum emphasis directed toward serving those who are economically or educationa...
Disaster Unemployment Assistance
The Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) program provides unemployment benefits to individuals who have become unemployed as a result of a Presidentially declared major disaster....
Dislocated Worker Program (Workforce Investment Act, Title I)
The purpose of this program is to assist individuals who have been
laid off or terminated, or who are scheduled to be laid off and need
transition assistance to find or qualify for a new job....
EBSA COBRA Premium Assistance
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 contains COBRA premium assistance provisions that expand COBRA eligibility and provide eligible individuals with a 65 percent reduction of their COBRA premiums for up to 9 months. If eligible, these ...
Employment and Training Assistance
Services are available to individuals seeking a job or developing
work skills. Services include job search assistance, referral and placement
assistance, reemployment services to unemployment insurance ...
Federal Employees' Work-Related Injury or Disease Compensation
The Federal Employees' Compensation (FEC) program assists Federal
employees who have sustained work-related injuries or disease by providing
both appropriate financial benefits and help in returning to ...
Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC)
HCTC is a tax credit administered by the Internal Revenue Service. The tax credit is equal to 80 percent of the amount paid by an eligible individual for qualified health coverage as specified in Section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code. Monthly payme...
Homeless Veterans Reintegration Project (HVRP)
The HVRP provides employment and training services to assist in reintegrating homeless veterans into meaningful employment within the labor force and to stimulate the development of effective service delivery systems that will address the complex pro...
Jobs for Veterans State Grants Program (JVSG)
The Jobs for Veterans State Grants Program (JVSG) helps veterans find good jobs by providing employment services at One-Stop Career Centers and other locations through funding for Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists and Local Vetera...
Local Veterans Employment Representative Program (LVER)
Local Veterans Employment Representatives (LVER) conduct outreach to employers and engage in advocacy efforts with hiring executives to increase employment opportunities for veterans and encourage the hiring of veterans....
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation
Enacted in 1927, the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
(LHWCA) compensates for lost wages, medical benefits, and rehabilitation
services to longshore, harbor and other maritime workers who ...
National Emergency Grants
National Emergency Grants (NEG) are awards given by the Department of Labor that temporarily expand service capacity at the State and local levels through time-limited funding assistance in response to significant dislocation events. Significant even...
National Farmworker Jobs Program
The National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) provides job training,
employment assistance, and other supportive services to migrant and seasonal
farmworkers and their dependents with the goal of helping ...
Native American Employment and Training Programs
This program supports employment and training activities for Native
American, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian individuals to develop their
academic, occupational and literacy skills, make them more c...
One-Stop Career Center Initiative
One-Stop Career Centers are at the heart of the new workforce investment system emerging under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). These centers provide an integrated array of high-quality services so that workers, job seekers, and businesses can con...
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pension Insurance
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) insures traditional private defined benefit plans, which are the type that promise to pay a specific monthly benefit at retirement. PBGC does not insure retirement plans that do not promise specific b...
Senior Community Service Employment Program
The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) provides
part-time community service training positions to low-income persons age 55
and older. Program participants work an average of 20 hours a...
The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA)
The EEOICPA includes two separate benefit programs: Part B and Part
E. Part B of the EEOICPA provides
eligible employees or survivors with lump-sum compensation up to $150,000,
a...
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Dislocated Workers
Trade Adjustment Assistance provides transition assistance to workers who have been determined by the U.S. Department of Labor to have been adversely affected by imports from or shifts in production to foreign countries. Benefits include training, jo...
Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
TAP is a cooperative effort between Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS), the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Veterans Administration (VA). TAP provides career information for active duty service ...
Unemployment Insurance
In general, the Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program provides unemployment benefits to eligible workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own (as determined under state law including District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and Pue...
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
USERRA protects civilian job rights and benefits for veterans and members of reserve components. USERRA makes major improvements in protecting service member rights and benefits by clarifying the law, improving enforcement mechanisms, and adding Fede...
Veterans Preference (VP)
Veterans who are disabled or who served on active duty in the armed forces during certain recognized periods, or in military campaigns, are entitled to preference over other qualified candidates from competitive lists of eligible applicants. They are...
Veterans Workforce Investment Program (VWIP)
The primary objective of VWIP is to provide resources for the training necessary to prepare eligible veterans for meaningful employment within the labor force and to stimulate the development of effective service delivery strategies that will address...
Veterans' Employment & Training Service (VETS)
The Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) proudly provides resources and expertise to assist and prepare veterans and service members to obtain meaningful careers, maximize their employment opportunities, and protect their employment rights...
Youth Education and Training Activities
The Youth Activities Program provides grants to State and local
communities to operate a comprehensive array of youth services that help
low-income youth (ages 14-21) seeking assistance in achieving aca...
