Career Services for Military Spouses

Official: Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act

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Armed Forces and National SecurityMilitary personnel and dependentsVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVeterans' pensions and compensation

Why This Matters

This bill helps military spouses find job support by allowing them to access services meant for disabled veterans. It recognizes the sacrifices of these families and aims to improve their career opportunities.

If you are a spouse of a disabled veteran or a fallen service member, you can now access important career services.

Affects: Spouses of disabled veterans and spouses of service members who died while serving in the military.

Summary

Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act This bill expands eligibility for the Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program to the spouses of certain veterans and members of the Armed Forces. Such program is administered by the Department of Labor and generally provides career and employment services to disabled veterans. The bill expands eligibility for the program to spouses ofpersons who died while members of the Armed Forces; persons who died of a service-connected disability; members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who, for more than 90 days, are listed as missing in action, captured by a hostile force, or forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by a foreign government power; persons who have a total permanent disability resulting from a service-connected disability; andpersons who died while an evaluated total disability was in existence.

What changes is this bill making?

1. This bill allows certain spouses to access career services for disabled veterans. 2. It expands eligibility to spouses of veterans and those who died in military service. 3. The bill updates the definition of 'eligible person' to include these spouses. 4. It aims to support the career development of military families. 5. The changes apply to the disabled veterans' outreach program.