{"id":67263,"date":"2020-06-04T18:47:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T18:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/04\/vets-who-lost-jobs-due-to-coronavirus-could-be-eligible-for-new-job-training\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:17:21","slug":"vets-who-lost-jobs-due-to-coronavirus-could-be-eligible-for-new-job-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/education-transition\/2020\/06\/04\/vets-who-lost-jobs-due-to-coronavirus-could-be-eligible-for-new-job-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Vets who lost jobs due to coronavirus could be eligible for new job training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new bipartisan congressional plan would create a rapid retraining program for veterans who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/04\/02\/coronavirus-recession-isolation-could-hit-veterans-harder-than-most-report\/\" target=_blank>lost their jobs<\/a> due to the coronavirus pandemic, giving them potentially 12 months of courses in a \u201chigh demand\u201d career field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposal, introduced on Thursday, would mirror current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2020\/03\/17\/emergency-fix-for-gi-bill-payouts-at-colleges-shuttered-by-coronavirus-advances-but-final-passage-uncertain\/\" target=_blank>post-9\/11 GI Bill education benefits<\/a>, with both tuition funding and a housing stipend on par with full-time students. 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Those using other veteran education benefits would not be eligible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement comes a day before the Bureau of Labor Statistics is scheduled to release its national unemployment estimates for May, figures that are expected to show another uptick in the number of jobless veterans across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2020\/05\/08\/veteran-unemployment-up-to-nearly-12-percent-amid-coronavirus-crisis\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20128747638099.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Veteran unemployment up to nearly 12 percent amid coronavirus crisis<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">More than 1 million veterans reported being jobless in April as the national unemployment rate 14.7 percent.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April, about one million veterans filed for unemployment benefits, pushing the jobless rate to nearly 12 percent. In March, that number was 3.5 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nationally, the unemployment rate for April was 14.7 percent, due mainly to layoffs and company closures forced by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnfortunately, veterans \u2014 particularly young veteran women \u2014 have not been spared from the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 virus and by our national response to it,\u201d said Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., ranking member on the House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee and co-author of the new retraining bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c(This bill will) rapidly retrain those veterans so that they have the knowledge and skillset they need to successfully transition from military to civilian life, quickly reenter the workforce, and thrive in the post-pandemic economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure is also sponsored by Rep. Mike Levin, D-Calif. and chair of the committee\u2019s economic opportunity panel, as well as the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee: Chairman Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, and ranking member Jon Tester, D-Mont. VA officials would have three months after passage of the measure to launch the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a setback in veterans\u2019 employment,&#8221; Moran said. &#8220;The Veterans Economic Recovery Act of 2020 will provide retraining opportunities to help our veterans and their spouses find meaningful jobs so they can provide for themselves and their families. These men and women, who have raised their right hand to serve, deserve no less during this crisis that we are facing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be eligible for the new retraining program, veterans must be between the ages of 25 and 60, be unemployed, have an honorable or other than dishonorable discharge, and not be enrolled in other VA education benefits or federal job training program.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/04\/02\/coronavirus-recession-isolation-could-hit-veterans-harder-than-most-report\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6156847.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image 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