{"id":71506,"date":"2019-04-03T14:18:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T14:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/03\/veterans-education-employment-programs-could-be-shifted-to-a-new-transition-focused-va-office\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:48:46","slug":"veterans-education-employment-programs-could-be-shifted-to-a-new-transition-focused-va-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2019\/04\/03\/veterans-education-employment-programs-could-be-shifted-to-a-new-transition-focused-va-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans education, employment programs could be shifted to a new transition-focused VA office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lawmakers are reviving plans to create a new fourth administration within the Department of Veterans Affairs focused on education and employment activities, calling those transition benefits<\/a> too important to be left buried in other federal bureaucracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes in the wake of GI Bill benefits mistakes<\/a> last fall which affected tens of thousands of student veterans, a problem which outside experts have said was caused in part by a lack of a singular accountable official as problems arose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new bill mirrors legislation that passed out of a House committee last year<\/a> and was introduced in the Senate, but failed to gain further momentum. Advocates say the move would help improve services at the Veterans Benefits Administration, shifting some of their responsibilities to new offices and creating less pressure on their operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They insist that\u2019s needed because work surrounding compensation and pension claims has \u201cresulted in a lack of attention\u201d on benefits such as the GI Bill, Vocational Rehabilitation and Home Loan benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\t