1. Program: ADULT VOCATIONAL TRAINING, INDIAN ON-THE-JOB TRAINING 2. Authorizing Legislation: P. L. 959 (70/986) 3. Administering Agency: Department of Interior--Bureau of Indian Affairs 4. Description: Grants and assistance to adult Indians to help them attain reasonable and satisfactory employment. 27. VETERANS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING 1. Program: ON-THE-JOB TRAINING 2. Authorizing Legislation: Title 38 U. S. Code 3. Administering Agency: Veterans Administration 4. Description: The Veterans Administration actively seeks out employers and encourages them to have existing on-the-job programs approved for veterans, and to set up programs where they do not already exist. Once these programs are established, they provide not only immediate employment for the veteran, but also long-range career potential. While in training the veteran receives a subsistence allowance from the V.A. which decreases at six-month intervals. 28. VETERANS DISABILITY REHABILITATION 1. Program: DISABILITY REHABILITATION 2. Authorizing Legislation (MDTA, EQA, etc.): Title 38 U.S. Code 3. Administering Agency: Veterans Administration 4. Description: This program is designed to provide educational opportunities to disabled veterans whose disability prevents them from following their former trade or profession. The program covers all costs of the education; including books, tuition, counseling, etc.; as well as providing a subsistence living allowance which varies according to dependency. 5. FY 1971: Preliminary (a) Obligations (in millions): $76.9 Participants (should represent the number on board at the start of the year, plus new participants--round to nearest hundred): 30,200 (does not consider terminations during the year). 29. VETERANS ASSISTANCE CENTERS 1. Program: VETERANS ASSISTANCE CENTER 2. Authorizing Legislation: Title 38 U. S. Code 3. Administering Agency: Veterans Administration 4. Description: The United States Veterans Assistance Center (USVAC) program was established in order to bring the Veterans Administration into closer contact with returning vietnam era veterans. While the USVAC's provide all the services of a regular contact office, they specialize in trying to place unemployed veterans in good Jobs and job-training programs. 30. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT PROJECT 100,000 1. Program: PROJECT 100,000 2. Authorizing Legislation: MDTA, Title II 3. Administering Agency: Department of Defense 4. Description: Provides basic education and military skills training upon entering into the military service for new recruits who fall below the minimum standards of educational and skill attainment. 5. FY 1971: As included in the President's Budget for FY 1972 (a) Obligations (millions): $5.0 (b) Participants: 60,000 6. Characteristics of Participants (%): N/A |