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LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AND CAREER EDUCATION
VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ON LABOR
SUBCOMMITTEE ON WOMEN VETERANS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


SUBJECT: The integration of the New York State Department of Labor's veterans programs into the One-Stop delivery system under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998.

PURPOSE: To provide an update on the progress and implementation of the One-Stop delivery system under WIA as it concerns the services provided by the New York State Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Services.

Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Hamilton Hearing Room B,
Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor
Albany, New York
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.


In 1994 New York State passed the Veterans' Bill of Rights (Chapter 553) describing the State's commitment to employment services for veterans and reflecting priority in training opportunities for veterans. The year 2004 marks the tenth anniversary of this legislation. The Workforce Investment Act (WIA), passed by Congress in 1998, identified the Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Services (VETS) as one of sixteen partners to provide specialized services to veterans through a One-Stop delivery system. The New York State Department of Labor's Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP) and Local Veterans Employment Representatives (LVER) programs will be a good indicator of whether or not the State is upholding veterans' rights in compliance with WIA.

In order to assess the progress of this federal legislation, the Legislative Commission on Skills Development and Career Education, the Committees on Veterans' Affairs and Labor, and the Subcommittee on Women Veterans will hear testimony from individuals, community organizations and businesses, Local Workforce Investment Board chairs and veterans' organizations to evaluate the progress and effect of WIA in providing veterans priority and employment training.

Persons wishing to testify at the hearing should complete and return the enclosed reply form as soon as possible. It is important that the reply form be fully completed and returned so that persons may be notified in the event of emergency postponement or cancellation.

Oral testimony will be limited to ten minutes in duration. In preparing the order of witnesses, attempts will be made to accommodate individual requests to speak at particular times in view of special circumstances. These requests should be made on the attached reply form or communicated to the Commission staff prior to the hearing date. In the absence of a request, witnesses will be scheduled in the order in which reply forms are postmarked.

Ten copies of any prepared testimony should be submitted at the hearing registration desk. Advanced receipt of prepared statements is appreciated.

In order to further publicize these hearings, please inform interested parties and organizations of the Commission's interest in receiving testimony from all sources.

In order to meet the needs of those who may have a disability, the Assembly, in accordance with the policy of non-discrimination on the basis of disability, as well as the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), has made its facilities and services available to all individuals with disabilities. For individuals with disabilities, accommodations will be provided, upon reasonable request, to afford access and admission to Assembly facilities and activities.


William Scarborough
Member of Assembly
Chair
Legislative Commission on Skills Development & Career Education

Ronald C. Tocci
Member of Assembly
Chair
Veterans' Affairs Committee

Susan John
Member of Assembly
Chair
Committee on Labor


Catherine T. Nolan
Member of Assembly
Assembly Speaker's Representative
NYS Workforce Investment Board

Patricia Eddington
Member of Assembly
Chair
Subcommittee on Women Veterans




SELECTED RECENT CONCERNS TO WHICH WITNESSES MAY DIRECT THEIR TESTIMONY:

  1. Are New York State's veterans provided with better service today than they were ten years ago? What new problems are being addressed since converting to the One-Stop system?
  2. How has the Veterans' Bill of Rights aided in making sure that all who are eligible for services are, in fact, provided those services in a timely manner? What populations are most impacted in a positive manner? Are there any populations still not being served adequately?
  3. How has the State Workforce Investment Board provided direction to Local Workforce Investment Boards in taking into account the specialized needs of veterans when developing local workforce investment plans?


PUBLIC HEARING REPLY FORM


Persons wishing to attend the Public Hearing on the Integration of the New York State Department of Labor's veterans programs into the One-Stop Delivery System under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 are requested to complete this reply form as soon as possible and mail it to:

Eileen Longo
Legislative Commission on Skills Development and Career Education
Empire State Plaza
Agency Building 4, 12th Floor
Albany, New York 12248
(518) 455 - 4865 (phone)
(518) 455 - 4175 (fax)
longoe@assembly.state.ny.us (e-mail)


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