{"id":842,"date":"2019-05-14T14:29:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T21:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hiringourheroes.org\/we-cant-just-keep-handing-veterans-lists\/"},"modified":"2019-05-14T14:29:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T21:29:43","slug":"we-cant-just-keep-handing-veterans-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiringourheroes.org\/stories\/we-cant-just-keep-handing-veterans-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"We Can\u2019t Just Keep Handing Veterans Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"

From job listings to resume training, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation\u2019s Hiring Our Heroes has community partners<\/a> at the state and local levels. These partners provide a great number of day-to-day support services to our military community members. Often, the services these state and local programs offer are as unique as the communities they serve.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Texas Workforce Commission estimates that there are 1.7 million veterans living in Texas and 967,000\u00a0veterans are working or actively seeking work.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Texas Veterans Leadership Program<\/a> is a Texas Workforce Commission resource and referral network connecting returning veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan with the resources and tools they need to lead productive lives and enjoy the full benefits of the society they have willingly served.<\/em><\/p>\n

Each one of its 28 workforce development areas is assigned a Veterans Resource and Referral Specialist. All of these specialists are veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/em><\/p>\n

Listen in as Texas Veterans Leadership Program Regional Manager Charles Connor and Veteran Resource Coordinator Clay Dyess explain the resources offered through the Texas Workforce Commission and how their state program can be replicated by other states looking to attract and retain military talent.<\/em><\/p>\n