Full Title: Number of veterans receiving services and assistance, including veterans with disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, older veterans, and veterans in rural communities.
Definition of Key Terms
Veteran: “a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.” section 101 of title 38,23 United States Code, http://veterans.house.gov/documents/title38.pdf
Veterans with disabilities: “an individual who has served on active duty in the armed forces, has been separated therefrom under honorable conditions, and has established the present existence of a service connected disability or is receiving compensation, disability retirement benefits, or pension because of a public statute administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs or a military department.” 5 USC Sec. 2108 Paragraph (2), http://law2.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t05t08+175+1++'5%20USC%20Sec
Veterans who are unemployed: “certified by the designated local agency as—(I) having been discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces at any time during the 5-year period ending on the hiring date, and (II) being in receipt of unemployment compensation under State or Federal law for not less than 4 weeks during the 1-year period ending on the hiring date.” SEC. 1221 (a) (14) (b) of H.R.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c111:8:./temp/~c111n8Ueat:e703556:
Older veterans: age 65 or older, 2001 National Survey of Veterans (NSV): Final Report, http://www1.va.gov/vetdata/docs/NSV%20Final%20Report.pdf
Veterans in rural communities: veterans who reside in communities NOT designated by the U.S. Census Bureau as urban (See http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ua/uapltab.pdf)
Receiving services and assistance: could be a variety of different kinds of supports to help the veterans have a higher quality of life, but cannot simply be referrals to federal services; may be delivered by phone, e-mail, or in person; may be delivered individually or as a group
How to Calculate Measure/Collect Data
Unduplicated count of veterans receiving services or assistance from the AmeriCorps Program. Regardless of the number of times the veteran returns for services or the number of different services the veteran may receive from the AmeriCorps program, each veteran should be counted only once per contract year.