Veteran Services
The Long Beach Workforce Innovation Network (LBWIN) prioritizes veterans and eligible spouses for federally-funded activities, including technology-assisted ones. Veterans and eligible spouses receive precedence over non-covered persons in receiving services that include obtaining employment, career development, training and job placement resources.
Please review our Priority of Service for Veterans or Eligible Spouses policy to learn more:
Priority of Service for Veterans and Eligible Spouses
WIOA-VPS-1.B
Services Provided:
- Career Counseling: One-on-one counseling, assessment tools, labor market information, career exploration, and planning
- Job Search: Résumé assistance, interview preparation, networking, job search strategies, job fairs, and hiring events
- Training and Education: Training, certifications, and apprenticeship opportunities
- Technology: Access to computers, internet, Wi-Fi, copiers, printers, phones, and fax at LBWIN’s career center, the WorkPlace
Eligibility:
- Served on active duty for more than 180 days and discharged/released with other than a dishonorable discharge
- Discharged/released from active duty due to a service-connected disability
- A member of a reserve component under an order to active duty during a period of war/campaign/expedition, for which a campaign badge is authorized and was discharged/released from duty with other than a dishonorable discharge.
- Veteran spouses are eligible if their spouse meets any of these criteria.
- Any veteran who died of a service-connected disability
- Any veteran who has a total disability resulting from a service-connected disability, as evaluated by the VA, or died while a disability was in existence.
- Any active-duty member of the Armed Forces who, at the time of application for the priority and for 90 or more days has been captured, forcibly detained, or interned in the line of duty or missing in action.
Talk to a Veteran Career Specialist about your specific needs and how we can be of assistance.
To find out more, please contact Joseph Kavuma at (562) 570-3653 or joseph.kavuma@pacific-gateway.org
Visit us at:
The WorkPlace
4811 Airport Plaza Dr. Ste. 120
Long Beach, CA 90815
EDD Veteran Employment Services
The Employment Development Department (EDD) assists veterans and their eligible spouses to maximize their employment and training opportunities. Veterans are entitled to many resources designed to help in their search for employment.
For more information about EDD Veteran Services, please see the attached fact sheet.
Links to Veteran Resources
There are a number of employment and training resources available to help you. Click the links below: