Wisconsin Veteran Job Retraining Grants

Veterans who are unemployed or underemployed may be eligible for a grant up to $3,000 per year, if they have a financial need while being retrained for new employment. The amount of the grant is determined by the applicant’s financial need as calculated by the WDVA.
Who is eligible for the Wisconsin Veteran Job Retraining Grants? The Veteran must have been involuntarily laid off or discharged (not due to misconduct) within one year before the date that the WDVA receives the application. The Veteran must have been employed for at least six consecutive months with the same employer or in the same or similar occupations. An underemployed Veteran must have current annual employment income that is below federal poverty guidelines.

The Veteran must be currently enrolled in a technical education program, authorized private occupational trade school or in a structured on-the-job training program that will be completed within two years of the date of application and is reasonably expected to lead to employment.

Veterans may apply for a second retraining grant one year after the first grant was issued. Veterans may only receive two retraining grants.

The WDVA will also pay a retraining grant to the Veteran’s employer when the Veteran is in an authorized on-the-job training program.