OBJECTIVES of The Veterans Employment Committee of San Diego County

• Provide a "clearinghouse" for questions, complaints and recommendations concerning effectiveness of employment services available to veterans and eligible persons at the local level.
• Encourage employers from the public and private sectors to list job openings with local EDD offices and participate in employment programs.
• Publicize the importance and advantages of hiring, training and retraining qualified veteran and emphasize EDD's priority services to veterans.
• Encourage organized veterans' groups and individuals to report all job openings to EDD field offices.
• Form action committees to review local veterans employment issues and submit recommendations and comments on position papers to appropriate entities.
• Assist individuals or organizations who may have questions, complaints, suggestions or recommendations on the employment services being provided to veterans by EDD.
• Prepare grant requests to veterans' organizations and public and private sector organizations for funding and in-kind donations to use for transportation, tools licenses, job interviews, job fairs, "Veteran Appreciation Month" activities, etc. as appropriate.
• Confer regularly with field office managers and/or staff on policy matters.
• Review departmental operating procedures as they apply to veteran and notify field office mangers of infringements or violations.
• Assist field offices in developing jobs by encouraging employers (through PICs, EACs, etc.) to use EDD.
• Initiate and prepare resolutions which will promote legislate action to augment and support needed services to veterans.