This page is under development and will list organizations and resources to assist our disabled Veterans community. Our goal is to direct disabled Veterans and their families to resources and opportunites to help them live more productive and fulfilling lives.

California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Alliance http://www.dvbe-california.org/

Stanford School of Medicine and the Department of Veterans Affairs, California Offices on Caregiving, are conducting a study testing a new online workshop for family caregivers of people with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), dementia (Alzheimer's or other dementia), or doctor-diagnosed memory impairement.

Office of Disability and Employment Policy

History

The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) was authorized by Congress in the Department of Labor's FY 2001 appropriation. Recognizing the need for a national policy to ensure that people with disabilities are fully integrated into the 21st Century workforce, the Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao delegated authority and assigned responsibility to the Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy. ODEP is a sub-cabinet level policy agency in the Department of Labor.

Mission

The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) provides national leadership on disability employment policy by developing and influencing the use of evidence-based disability employment policies and practices, building collaborative partnerships, and delivering authoritative and credible data on employment of people with disabilities.

Vision

A world in which people with disabilities have unlimited employment opportunities.

Employment can play a major role in the recovery of wounded and injured service members. To support these brave men and women in their return to civilian life, the U.S. Department of Labor launched two employment-related outreach programs for returning service members and their employers—REALifelines and America’s Heroes at Work.

Read about "Supporting the Workplace Success of Wounded and Injured Service Members"

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