President Vow to Hire Heroes

7/28/2019 President Vow to Hire Heroes

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President

VOW to HireHeroes


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Veterans Served Time & Country

Heroes Locked UpPresident Obama has declared all veterans as

heroes. A population has been locked up in

prison. They have served their time and wish

to re-enter our society. VOW is committed

to retraining veterans that have been made

homeless due to lack of employment.

Prison ReleaseAny veteran that has served his or

her jail sentence time in full, plus

has earned a DD214 honorable

discharge from our United States

Armed Forces, should be entitled

to work on a job without fear of

harassment among co-workers.

On-the-job GossipGirl let me tell you what so and so

has been convicted of. On-the-job

gossip is a social type of harassment

that isnt conducive for productivity

in the workplace. It makes personsfeel self-conscious. The atmosphere

becomes uncomfortable for work.


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VOW To Hire Heroes

(Veterans Retraining Assistance Program)

VOW To Hire HeroesVow to hire heroes also known as the

Veterans Retraining Assistance Program

(VRAP) is joint initiative among Veterans

Affairs and the Department of Labor to

secure employment for unemployedveterans between 35 and 60 years of age.

Retraining VeteransVRAP is designed to retrain disabled

veterans that suffer social disabilities

(unemployment or homelessness).

Veterans receive funds for education

much like the Montgomery GI Billextended education funds for physical

or mental rehabilitation disabilities.

VOW CardA VOW card is a new idea that will

require employers to waive criminal

background checks for veterans that

have honorable discharges from any

branch of military service. The idea

is to show veterans how much we

love their services to our nation.


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Tennessee State Lawmakers

Should enact VOW Cards

VOW CardsTennessee State Lawmakers should enact

VOW Cards be issued to ex-convicted

felons who have served in our military and

received honorable discharges. To qualify

eligibility he or she must have completed

his or her sentence in full. The VOW card

will open the door for re-entry to work.

DD214 Certifies StatusDD214 is the official military document that

certifies the legal discharge status of service

members. Each veteran has a DD214 and/or

may obtain a duplicate copy at ebenefits.gov.

DD214 is the most widely accepted military

document in the United States.

Job Market FrustrationThe job market is highly frustrating. It is easy for

ex-convicted veterans to give up. Employers that

desire to participate with VOW to hire heroes

may accept his or her Vow card and recognize

that the court has cleared him or her of chargesand he or she is eligible for gainful employment.


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Fight for the Right to Work

Each veteran should fight for

the right to work on a job in

the State of Tennessee

without fear of harassment or

intimidation by co-workers.

His or her service to our

nation has made it possible

for citizens to enjoy his or her

freedoms in our great nation.

OCSVA Petition DriveOCSVA board of directors has

commenced an official petition

drive to collect signatures among

our veteran community. This is the

first time in the history of America

that a petition drive is dedicated to

support legal help for veterans. Wehave collected signatures from only

veterans. Our goal is to collect at

least a thousand signatures. Thus

far we collected ten percent (100).

Street PanhandlingOften times we see homeless veterans

panhandling on city street corners andwonder how he or she has gotten in

such bad condition. The majority have

felony records and cant work. The end

result is our heroes end up homeless.


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Off City Streets Veterans Association

(OCSVA)

Incarcerated VeteransOCSVA is the first and only nonprofit

501c19 veterans organization in the

United States dedicated to the mission of

rescuing men and women who have been

released from incarceration. Most states

have denied expunging felony records. The

latter has increased the unemployment rate

and recidivism rate of high imprisonment.

Voting RightsIt is incomprehensible that state

lawmakers have stripped ex-convicted

veterans of American citizenship and

disenfranchised his or her legal voting

rights. The latter is an infringement of

our 14th

&15th

Amendments. Our staffwill devote our resources to restore the

legal voting rights of veterans that

have been released from incarceration.

About UsMy name is Stanley Green. I am Founder

and President of OCSVA. My board of

directors are veterans. Our worthwhilecause of action is to rescue veterans in

prisons or jails. We need your support!

Thanks!

www.ocsva.org

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