HB 15-1030 Summary

• Establishes an Employment Services for Veterans Pilot Program administered by the Department of Labor and Employment to serve up to 20 eligible veterans.

• Program provides follow-along services including job retention services, employer-employee mediation, job mentoring, career advancement support, and other employment services as deemed appropriate by the Department.

• Department shall use competitive request for proposal process to select an in-state nonprofit agency to implement and operate the program, which must currently generate revenue and reinvest proceeds in program growth and job training services.

• Director must require the nonprofit to report measurable program outcomes and evaluate results, with findings reported to the Senate Business, Labor, and Technology Committee and House Business, Labor, Economic, and Workforce Development Committee.

• $157,950 is appropriated to the Department of Labor and Employment for fiscal year 2015-16, based on an assumption of 0.3 additional FTE; the article automatically repeals effective January 1, 2018.