Priority of Service

1. Priority of Service

2. Key Definitions `Priority of service'means, with respect to any qualified job training program, that a covered person shall be given priority over nonveterans for the receipt of employment, training, and placement servicesprovided under that program.

3. Key Definitions `Qualified job training program'is any workforce preparation, development, or delivery program or service that is directly funded, in whole or in part, by the Department of Labor.

4. Key Definitions • Veteran [38 USC 101(2)] • Active military service • Discharged under “other than dishonorable” conditions (regulations)

5. Key Definitions • Eligible Spouse • Eligibility derived from a living veteran • Service member is missing in action, captured or forcibly detained • Veteran has total service-connected disability, per VA evaluation • Eligibility derived from a deceased veteran • Veteran died of a service-connected disability • Veteran died while a total service-connected disability, per VA evaluation, was in existence

6. Priority Defined • The right to take precedence over non-covered persons – “earlier than” or “instead of” • At point of entry, covered persons are made aware of: • Entitlement • Services available, and • Eligibility

7. Priority of Service