Combat2Careers

Project Activities

• Demonstrate how the integration of Discovery and Career Pathways helps veteran students with disabilities choose and obtain jobs in their occupational preferences.
• Develop employment methods specifically tailored to the needs of female veterans with disabilities overcome academic and employment challenges for career success.
• Validate methods for developing employer partnerships to provide input into credential and career curricula, apprenticeships, and for hiring veteran students with disabilities.
• Support participants in overcoming their disability-related barriers to employment by integrating veteran-specific academic, employment and personal supportive services.
• Leverage external resources from Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Labor, VA and other partners to support veteran students’ employment.
• Assist 100–125 male and female veterans with disabilities across the two colleges to obtain part- or full-time employment over the 2-year project.
• Develop data methods that validate program success by tracking pre- and post-graduation job attainment and retention through 90 days after project exit.
• Disseminate materials and provide training to other colleges and universities in Missouri and New York State for future replication.