Vow to Hire Heroes Act

The Vow to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 provides job counseling, training and placement assistance for former members of the military. It also helps military members leaving the service transition into civilian positions.

The act also provides for additional career counseling, shortens the time to start a federal job after discharge from service and makes it easier for veterans to get licenses and certifications to translate military skills into civilian sector jobs.

Disabled veterans get one year of additional VA Vocational and Rehabilitation Employment benefits.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that veterans can download information about their military training and experience to use to find jobs through www.myhealth.va.gov as part of the act. Please click here for more information on the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP) for unemployed Veterans

Businesses will be given a Returning Heroes Tax Credit of up to $5,600 for each eligible Veteran they hire who has been looking for a job for more than six months. A tax credit of $2,400 will be awarded for hiring Veterans who have been unemployed for more than four weeks.

Also, as part of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act, the Wounded Warrior Tax Credit provides up to $9,600 for companies that hire Post-9/11 Veterans with service-connected disabilities who have been looking for a job for more than six months.