Florida Jobs for Veterans’ State Grant Program

Florida Department of Commerce

No-cost employment services with priority of service

CareerSource Florida Centers have Disabled Veterans Outreach Program Specialists and Local Veterans Employment Representatives who help you find work. The outreach specialists give intensive case management to people facing barriers to employment, particularly disabled veterans, and the employment representatives work directly with employers to open up jobs for veterans. Eligible veterans and spouses also get priority of service ahead of other job seekers.

Check eligibility

How to apply

Contact your local CareerSource Florida Center and tell them you are a veteran or an eligible spouse. You can also email VETS@Commerce.fl.gov.

What you'll need

Your DD214 showing a discharge other than dishonorable, or documentation of the veteran’s 100 percent disability rating, death, or missing, captured or detained status if you are claiming as a spouse.

Eligibility

You served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, not counting active duty for training, and received a discharge other than dishonorable, or you are the spouse of a veteran with a 100 percent service-connected disability rating, the spouse of a veteran who died while that rating was in place, or the spouse of an active duty service member who is missing in action, captured in the line of duty, or forcibly detained for at least 90 days
You are seeking employment assistance in Florida

Source

Official source

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