The VR&E Playbook
A Manual for Service-Connected Veterans Pursuing Employment, Education, and Career Stability
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About this book
Veteran Readiness and Employment, the VA program under Chapter 31, can help service-connected veterans train for, find, and keep suitable work. Most veterans never hear about it, and the ones who do usually find it by accident. This guide explains who is eligible, how to tell whether any deadline applies to you, how to apply, how the five tracks work, how to work with your counselor, and what to do when the process goes wrong.
Inside this book
- 1What Chapter 31 / VR&E Actually Is
- 2Are You Eligible?
- 3Applying for VR&E
- 4The Five Tracks
- 5Your VR&E Counselor
- 6VR&E for a Degree
- 7Vocational Training and OJT
- 8The Self-Employment Track (Track 3)
- 9Independent Living Track (Track 5)
- 10When VR&E Goes Wrong
- 11VR&E and Your Other Benefits
- 12After VR&E: Getting Hired
The book points you to its free field guide, Applying for VR&E Chapter 31 (a free download, no signup).
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Free guideApplying for VR&E (Chapter 31)
Free worksheetThe Frozen Record
Free worksheetWork History Record
J. Erickson
Author, educator, former veteran service officer.
J. Erickson is a service-disabled Air Force veteran. He served as a military firefighter and as a veteran service officer, where he spent years walking veterans through the same claims process he writes about now. He holds an MBA and writes plain-language guides for veterans who want to understand the system without a translator.
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