I will give you a very short answer here now; perhaps in the future, Lord willing, a longer answer might be forthcoming. Two extremely excellent sources for understanding the millennium as Christ's Kingdom on earth now can be found in footnotes 11 and 12 of my article:
The Main Point of my article, however, is that there ARE presentations on both sides of the Millennium question done very well by biblical scholars. However, only One view can be correct, and the only SAFE view is not to trust in anything that might occur post-rapture. This is for the very reason that intense debate exists. If the secret rapture, then tribulation, then conversion view of Israel is incorrect, as many fine scholars (such as the two examples I gave) believe, then people who place any kind of hope whatsoever on opportunities for conversion after the proposed rapture will be eternally disappointed. There is only one safe bet--only one safe time for ethnic Israelites and all to turn to Christ and that is now. Anyone who turns to Christ now will be part of the church. My message is that people should not "hold out" for the Millennial kingdom to come, which is debatable. (They should not try to avoid the church in order to be fully human subjects in the millennial kingdom--which logically, is a possibility that follows along from dispensational premillennialist thought).
Both Hendriksen and Azurdia (who claims he read every single book on the topic on both sides before presenting his three year sermon series), make an excellent biblical case for the binding of Satan's having occurred at the first coming of Christ. The binding is for the purpose that he may deceive the nations no longer (Revelation 20:3). That is exactly what we have experienced for 2,000 years--a vast, highly successful, missionary effort by the church in which the gospel has gone out to nearly all the nations on earth. Those Gentiles, who in the Old Testament never believed nor had much opportunity to believe, have entered the Kingdom in droves. One day, that freedom to hear the gospel will cease, when Satan is unbound and able to deceive the nations again.
Quick answer on peace: the peace is within the church. The former (sinner) lions and the former (sinners) lambs all lie together. I can have more fellowship with a believer in Christ whom I just met on an airplane than with a nonbeliever I've known my whole life. I can go to Africa and relate to tribes people there whose language I don't know. That is peace! Christian brethren who live in nations physically at war with each other can have peace between themselves. The world, in terms of evangelism and Christian bonding and love is in the millennium.
Very soon, we can see it happening in front of us right now, the millennium will be over. We can see the various groups gathering together, surrounding the camp of the saints, and soon there may well be all out spiritual war against the proclamation of the gospel. It might even become impossible one day soon to proclaim Christ publicly in our own nation. That signifies the unbinding of Satan.
The ideas I have presented are developed in great detail by both Hendriksen and Azurdia.
Thanks again for your response--remember the main point--the fact that such debate exists does not make placing one's trust on a future millennium a sure thing. NOW is the time to evangelize and proclaim Christ to everyone, including ethnic Israel, and NOW is the time to receive Him into one's heart.
Thank you for your post and the research you have done. But....In reading your post one question came to me: How can one say we are "in the millennium" at this time? You say this: "I believe that the millennium is right now, today." But, according to scripture that period of time is to be marked by peace. Is there peace on this earth? Is there a righteous judge overseeing all of the world's troubles? That is my question back to you based upon what you consider to be the millennium.
For further reading please go here to read Dr. Walvoord's paper on this subject where he emphatically says "We are not in the millennium today in any real sense of the word."
Dr. Greg Herrick also writes on this subject: Eschatology: Consummation of All Things as does Sid Litke in his article: The Rapture Debate
Well, actually what I see is a deep and sad neglect towards your wife, sorry. I'm really glad you managed to withstand all the diffiulties and managed to be together, but you left her! You kept on leaving her all the time and you hated her! Together with that you wanted her to stay with the same feelings towards you. Is that fair? How can a hating man make his wife love him and stay staedy? This is the point I can't understand, your egocentrism is amazing. Sorry for being so straightforward!
My hay loft is a mountain vantage point where I can still hear the trickle of the stream below me. It's musical! I'd certainly like to go there today but we've just experienced another snow storm overnight. Six inches in my yard at the end of May is equivalent six feet at my said vantage point! No getting there today...too bad.
I am impressed in seeing this site, we are actually a developer of iPhone and iPad apps and also maker of iphone keyboard, we just wish that this Netbible will be available in mobile applications.
Your heart is on your sleeve and we see and hear your pain. Be encouraged, I too deal with one who has lost their way. That is why Heb 5:14 is one of the answers I see: "Butsolidfoodisfor the mature, whose perceptionsare trainedbypracticetodiscernbothgoodandevil." When we are not IN the Word and not being bathed BY the Word how can we know and discern when the enemy knocks and leaves his calling card? I see that in mega doses today all around me ...and you are facing it in this so called Bible Study and now with one you care so much about.
Hang in there, keep looking, keep searching, keep close to God ...let the bitter ones alone but there is a verse for your sis: remeber the counsel of Jude:
1:22 And have mercy on those who waver; 1:23 save others by snatching them out of the fire
May God bless you in your walk...seeking to honor Him above all else
A friend posted this on facebook today which sums it up perfectly:
"For at no time since the Reformation have Christians as a body been so unsure, tentative, and confused as to what they should believe and do. The outside observer sees us as staggering from gimmick to gimmick and stunt to stunt like a drunk in the fog. Preaching is hazy, heads are muddled, and hearts fret. Why is this? We blame the external pressures of our world, but this is like Eve blaming the serpent. The real trouble is that for two generations or more our churches have suffered from a famine of hearing the Word of the Lord." -J. I. Packer
True now and true in the time of Joshua...will we ever learn?
Father, I have made you too small in my life, forgive me. For you are mighty and all I need, not only for this moment but always. I regret that I have neglected you Father because it is has caused me to not understand you and your ways. There is nothing in life that I need to know more than your nature and mercy.
Father, as I raise my voice in meager praise, join your voice to mine and cause those words to be a prayer and a praise that brings healing and health to all who hear. I long for you. I awaken with your song on my lips. Let my words bring you praise and glory as I walk through my day.
Allow people to see you through me, and to hear your voice as I speak. Father, cover me so that my failings are masked to others, for I only want them to see you. I want them to understand your mercy and grace; a mercy that is beyond my comprehension.
Use me Father as you see fit. Take this mouth and fill it with your words, words that bring life and not destruction. Allow me to be a blessing.
Thanks for this as my next lesson for my "senior saints" is on the bride for Isaac. As I was studying for my next lesson I too was impressed with the servant and his willingness to travel, to go to an uncertain people, to carry such a vast sum of wealth and to seek a bride for Isaac. What impressed me in this chapter and I am not finished yet, is the humility of this servant and his desire to please Abraham and "his" God.
Rebekah certainly came across as the woman of the hour...but as you note in the end she has sacrificed much all because of her strong love of one boy over the other and her lack of "waiting" on God for His provision of the promise He gave her. So what are we to glean from all of this? Outward beauty is just that, outward, but it is the inward beauty that God desires. You were so right when you said: "Rebekah comes off as remarkable in the first few seconds, and she demonstrates some traits that would have made her the prize of any man."
Rebekah had the outward beauty but did she have the inward? What changed? Why did she lose the inward beauty? I think she lost the inward when she craved Jacob's love and affection over her husband's and Esau's. I may be wrong but that is how I see it from the perspective of a woman.
There are several lessons to be learned from all of this ...and I will be pondering them as I study. Thanks Ozzie!
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I think also that it is good if we sit down with our children and help them see their strengths and weaknesses as they ask "what should I do".. It is a wonderful thing that.she is seeking your input and direction. That means she trusts you to help her. That is also a parent's role. We are to raise them, but if we have raised them correctly they will trust us to lead them in His way and so with prayer with them and for them we can carefully guide them in the way they should go. Some good questions to ask are:
1. What does your heart tell you?
2. What interests you most?
3. What does God say to you when you ask Him?
4. Then add: I see your strengths in this area and your weaknesses in this area. They are mature enough to handle both sides of the equation if you have built the foundation.
5. Offer this as an idea: Let's start a check list together of what we see as your ideas, thoughts, strengths, weaknesses, passions etc. Hang it where you can add to it together. Then get the whole family together to pray over it with them. You can start one on the other kids as well so that they too are analyzing their lives.
I do not know why but this is one of the quietest blog sites with very few commenters. I suppose the key to commenting is to actually having something to say.
Allow me to say welcome back.
It is always a good thing to share the testimony of Jesus Christ, especially in this day and time we are living in.
I ask the Father, in the name of Yashua, the holy one of God, creator of Heaven and earth, Jesus Christ, to hold you in his arms and bring you a comfort in knowing that he alone is God and that there is no one beside him.
I ask the Father to grant you an unsual peace that transcends this earthly turmoil, and that you have a clarity of thought as you write.
Know that we are writing to an audience that believes that are his and yet some are not. I believe that we are watchmen upon the wall, sounding the warnings for an enemy that approaches rapily. Matthew 25 tells me that 50% are not anxiously awaiting his coming. They are not looking at what is going on around them, and they are intentionally in the dark. Jesus told us that we are not in the darkness that the thief should sneak up on us. That is why I blow the trumpet in the form of blogs.
If God has spoken to your heart, and I believe he has, then you are called too. Sound that trumpet as loudly as you can see fit.
My granddaughter gave me a sweet devotional that I am enjoying. It is called Jesus Calling! It is all about practicing the presence of God and it is written as if God is speaking to you. In today's selection, the author writes and I paraphrase since I do not have the book before me: When you seek to please others you are in bondage to them...when that happens whisper Jesus' Name and He will be there with you to guide you, comfort you and to take away those feelings of disheartenment and discouragement. Those "d's" are really the deadly "d's" that the enemy uses to keep our focus away from God. Tell the enemy to scatter...and he will. Remember your study from James? Jam 4:7 So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.
The enemy is busy seeking to distract you...hang on to Jesus and the enemy will flee...just whisper His Name.
Hi my name is Janice I'm a christian and im soul out for Christ......waiting for my soulmate.......He must be a true man of God.....I live in the United State of America..........I love meeting people and getting to know them.......I love to study the word of God
How often did I 'hate' my job but because of obedience to my parent I went and did it...however I must admit I am enjoying it now ...not b/c I am in the classroom but in God's classroom teaching His Word.
Secondly, yesterday I taught my precious Senior Saints the lesson on Abraham and Isaac....and much of what you said above was used in my lesson...Abraham was willing to give Isaac back to God...he was willing to sacrifice him for God and God alone.
There are many ePub software available in the market but they do not reach out to tech PR agencies in London, US or AUS to promote their tools. A new invention or development needs to create branding in order to get known to the public. I wish there is a database where we can find all ePub software tools with its corresponding PROS and CONS, & sort of, review from its users.
Through YouVersion, I discovered the wonder of the chronological Bible. It makes so much more sense to me when I read it i order. However, I also discovered that chronological Bibles are made in only a few translations.
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Thank-you for an excellent question!
I will give you a very short answer here now; perhaps in the future, Lord willing, a longer answer might be forthcoming. Two extremely excellent sources for understanding the millennium as Christ's Kingdom on earth now can be found in footnotes 11 and 12 of my article:
11 William Hendriksen, More Than Conquerors, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Baker Books, © 1940,1967, pages 142 f., 185-193.
12 Arturo Azurdia III, Sermons, Revelation, available at http://www.spiritempoweredpreaching.com/sermons.htm
The Main Point of my article, however, is that there ARE presentations on both sides of the Millennium question done very well by biblical scholars. However, only One view can be correct, and the only SAFE view is not to trust in anything that might occur post-rapture. This is for the very reason that intense debate exists. If the secret rapture, then tribulation, then conversion view of Israel is incorrect, as many fine scholars (such as the two examples I gave) believe, then people who place any kind of hope whatsoever on opportunities for conversion after the proposed rapture will be eternally disappointed. There is only one safe bet--only one safe time for ethnic Israelites and all to turn to Christ and that is now. Anyone who turns to Christ now will be part of the church. My message is that people should not "hold out" for the Millennial kingdom to come, which is debatable. (They should not try to avoid the church in order to be fully human subjects in the millennial kingdom--which logically, is a possibility that follows along from dispensational premillennialist thought).
Both Hendriksen and Azurdia (who claims he read every single book on the topic on both sides before presenting his three year sermon series), make an excellent biblical case for the binding of Satan's having occurred at the first coming of Christ. The binding is for the purpose that he may deceive the nations no longer (Revelation 20:3). That is exactly what we have experienced for 2,000 years--a vast, highly successful, missionary effort by the church in which the gospel has gone out to nearly all the nations on earth. Those Gentiles, who in the Old Testament never believed nor had much opportunity to believe, have entered the Kingdom in droves. One day, that freedom to hear the gospel will cease, when Satan is unbound and able to deceive the nations again.
Quick answer on peace: the peace is within the church. The former (sinner) lions and the former (sinners) lambs all lie together. I can have more fellowship with a believer in Christ whom I just met on an airplane than with a nonbeliever I've known my whole life. I can go to Africa and relate to tribes people there whose language I don't know. That is peace! Christian brethren who live in nations physically at war with each other can have peace between themselves. The world, in terms of evangelism and Christian bonding and love is in the millennium.
Very soon, we can see it happening in front of us right now, the millennium will be over. We can see the various groups gathering together, surrounding the camp of the saints, and soon there may well be all out spiritual war against the proclamation of the gospel. It might even become impossible one day soon to proclaim Christ publicly in our own nation. That signifies the unbinding of Satan.
The ideas I have presented are developed in great detail by both Hendriksen and Azurdia.
Thanks again for your response--remember the main point--the fact that such debate exists does not make placing one's trust on a future millennium a sure thing. NOW is the time to evangelize and proclaim Christ to everyone, including ethnic Israel, and NOW is the time to receive Him into one's heart.
Thank you for your post and the research you have done. But....In reading your post one question came to me: How can one say we are "in the millennium" at this time? You say this: "I believe that the millennium is right now, today." But, according to scripture that period of time is to be marked by peace. Is there peace on this earth? Is there a righteous judge overseeing all of the world's troubles? That is my question back to you based upon what you consider to be the millennium.
For further reading please go here to read Dr. Walvoord's paper on this subject where he emphatically says "We are not in the millennium today in any real sense of the word."
Dr. Greg Herrick also writes on this subject: Eschatology: Consummation of All Things as does Sid Litke in his article: The Rapture Debate
Well, actually what I see is a deep and sad neglect towards your wife, sorry. I'm really glad you managed to withstand all the diffiulties and managed to be together, but you left her! You kept on leaving her all the time and you hated her! Together with that you wanted her to stay with the same feelings towards you. Is that fair? How can a hating man make his wife love him and stay staedy? This is the point I can't understand, your egocentrism is amazing. Sorry for being so straightforward!
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I have made comments over the course of several weeks and none of them can be seen by me, possibly by those I made comment to. Am I being disapproved?
Ozzie
Amen.
Don't get me wrong, I have been on both ends of this.
God is the anchor.
Oz
Sonshine,
My hay loft is a mountain vantage point where I can still hear the trickle of the stream below me. It's musical! I'd certainly like to go there today but we've just experienced another snow storm overnight. Six inches in my yard at the end of May is equivalent six feet at my said vantage point! No getting there today...too bad.
Thank God for this initiative. I want to know more on WEB Envangelism. I'll read the above -named article now.
I am impressed in seeing this site, we are actually a developer of iPhone and iPad apps and also maker of iphone keyboard, we just wish that this Netbible will be available in mobile applications.
Thanks Sonshine,
I love getting feedback, especially when it is encouraging.
God bless
Oz
Ozzie
Your heart is on your sleeve and we see and hear your pain. Be encouraged, I too deal with one who has lost their way. That is why Heb 5:14 is one of the answers I see: "But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil." When we are not IN the Word and not being bathed BY the Word how can we know and discern when the enemy knocks and leaves his calling card? I see that in mega doses today all around me ...and you are facing it in this so called Bible Study and now with one you care so much about.
Hang in there, keep looking, keep searching, keep close to God ...let the bitter ones alone but there is a verse for your sis: remeber the counsel of Jude:
1:22 And have mercy on those who waver; 1:23 save others by snatching them out of the fire
May God bless you in your walk...seeking to honor Him above all else
A friend posted this on facebook today which sums it up perfectly:
"For at no time since the Reformation have Christians as a body been so unsure, tentative, and confused as to what they should believe and do. The outside observer sees us as staggering from gimmick to gimmick and stunt to stunt like a drunk in the fog. Preaching is hazy, heads are muddled, and hearts fret. Why is this? We blame the external pressures of our world, but this is like Eve blaming the serpent. The real trouble is that for two generations or more our churches have suffered from a famine of hearing the Word of the Lord." -J. I. Packer
True now and true in the time of Joshua...will we ever learn?
Father, I have made you too small in my life, forgive me. For you are mighty and all I need, not only for this moment but always. I regret that I have neglected you Father because it is has caused me to not understand you and your ways. There is nothing in life that I need to know more than your nature and mercy.
Father, as I raise my voice in meager praise, join your voice to mine and cause those words to be a prayer and a praise that brings healing and health to all who hear. I long for you. I awaken with your song on my lips. Let my words bring you praise and glory as I walk through my day.
Allow people to see you through me, and to hear your voice as I speak. Father, cover me so that my failings are masked to others, for I only want them to see you. I want them to understand your mercy and grace; a mercy that is beyond my comprehension.
Use me Father as you see fit. Take this mouth and fill it with your words, words that bring life and not destruction. Allow me to be a blessing.
In Jesus precious name.
Ozzie
By the way, I enjoyed your post. It inspired me.
Ozzie
Thanks for this as my next lesson for my "senior saints" is on the bride for Isaac. As I was studying for my next lesson I too was impressed with the servant and his willingness to travel, to go to an uncertain people, to carry such a vast sum of wealth and to seek a bride for Isaac. What impressed me in this chapter and I am not finished yet, is the humility of this servant and his desire to please Abraham and "his" God.
Rebekah certainly came across as the woman of the hour...but as you note in the end she has sacrificed much all because of her strong love of one boy over the other and her lack of "waiting" on God for His provision of the promise He gave her. So what are we to glean from all of this? Outward beauty is just that, outward, but it is the inward beauty that God desires. You were so right when you said: "Rebekah comes off as remarkable in the first few seconds, and she demonstrates some traits that would have made her the prize of any man."
Rebekah had the outward beauty but did she have the inward? What changed? Why did she lose the inward beauty? I think she lost the inward when she craved Jacob's love and affection over her husband's and Esau's. I may be wrong but that is how I see it from the perspective of a woman.
There are several lessons to be learned from all of this ...and I will be pondering them as I study. Thanks Ozzie!
The post is written in very a good manner and it entails much useful information for me. I am happy to find your distinguished way of writing the post. Now you make it easy for me to understand and implement the concept. Thank you for the post.
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I think also that it is good if we sit down with our children and help them see their strengths and weaknesses as they ask "what should I do".. It is a wonderful thing that.she is seeking your input and direction. That means she trusts you to help her. That is also a parent's role. We are to raise them, but if we have raised them correctly they will trust us to lead them in His way and so with prayer with them and for them we can carefully guide them in the way they should go. Some good questions to ask are:
1. What does your heart tell you?
2. What interests you most?
3. What does God say to you when you ask Him?
4. Then add: I see your strengths in this area and your weaknesses in this area. They are mature enough to handle both sides of the equation if you have built the foundation.
5. Offer this as an idea: Let's start a check list together of what we see as your ideas, thoughts, strengths, weaknesses, passions etc. Hang it where you can add to it together. Then get the whole family together to pray over it with them. You can start one on the other kids as well so that they too are analyzing their lives.
I do not know why but this is one of the quietest blog sites with very few commenters. I suppose the key to commenting is to actually having something to say.
Allow me to say welcome back.
It is always a good thing to share the testimony of Jesus Christ, especially in this day and time we are living in.
I ask the Father, in the name of Yashua, the holy one of God, creator of Heaven and earth, Jesus Christ, to hold you in his arms and bring you a comfort in knowing that he alone is God and that there is no one beside him.
I ask the Father to grant you an unsual peace that transcends this earthly turmoil, and that you have a clarity of thought as you write.
Know that we are writing to an audience that believes that are his and yet some are not. I believe that we are watchmen upon the wall, sounding the warnings for an enemy that approaches rapily. Matthew 25 tells me that 50% are not anxiously awaiting his coming. They are not looking at what is going on around them, and they are intentionally in the dark. Jesus told us that we are not in the darkness that the thief should sneak up on us. That is why I blow the trumpet in the form of blogs.
If God has spoken to your heart, and I believe he has, then you are called too. Sound that trumpet as loudly as you can see fit.
God bless
Oz
My granddaughter gave me a sweet devotional that I am enjoying. It is called Jesus Calling! It is all about practicing the presence of God and it is written as if God is speaking to you. In today's selection, the author writes and I paraphrase since I do not have the book before me: When you seek to please others you are in bondage to them...when that happens whisper Jesus' Name and He will be there with you to guide you, comfort you and to take away those feelings of disheartenment and discouragement. Those "d's" are really the deadly "d's" that the enemy uses to keep our focus away from God. Tell the enemy to scatter...and he will. Remember your study from James? Jam 4:7 So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.
The enemy is busy seeking to distract you...hang on to Jesus and the enemy will flee...just whisper His Name.
Great! Good decision! Glory to God!
Ozzie,
Strong work on this article. Jesus loved hanging around the riffraff that the religiious despised. Love your heart...
Ozzie,
Strong work on this article. Jesus loved hanging around the riffraff others despised. Love your heart!
Hi my name is Janice I'm a christian and im soul out for Christ......waiting for my soulmate.......He must be a true man of God.....I live in the United State of America..........I love meeting people and getting to know them.......I love to study the word of God
How often did I 'hate' my job but because of obedience to my parent I went and did it...however I must admit I am enjoying it now ...not b/c I am in the classroom but in God's classroom teaching His Word.
Secondly, yesterday I taught my precious Senior Saints the lesson on Abraham and Isaac....and much of what you said above was used in my lesson...Abraham was willing to give Isaac back to God...he was willing to sacrifice him for God and God alone.
I so agree on all you wrote. Super blog....
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NVTI Case Manage
NVTI's Case Management consists of two phases: Phase I is offered via distance training methods and Phase II is a three and a half day course on-site. Case Management is for employment service providers to learn the skills and knowledge to successfully assess, prepare and progress customers from employability development through gainful employment.
Case Management objectives include understanding the assessment interview process and gathering relevant information. Participants will identify employment barriers, the need for counseling and recognize the need for referral to supportive service. Skills in determining clients' interests, occupational skills and employment goals will be gained. Participants will be able to understand conflict management techniques and utilize case management communication skills and styles. Knowledge of aptitude tests, goal setting and referral making is stressed. Participants will learn skills in marketing activities targeting local employers. This is a course that involves participants in several skill practice exercises to learn to apply the knowledge they have gained.
Participants will understand how to conduct follow-up interviews with clients, service providers and employers to assess and analyze clients' progress. Discussion of guidelines, policies for record retention and disposal will be included.
Advanced Case Management
On Site Duration: One and a half days from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Scheduled by request throughout the year
Who attends this course: DVOP and LVER staff who have completed the case management course.
The course is designed to refresh participants on the key concepts learned in case management training. It is an advanced level of case management training with a focus on addressing some of the most difficult skills. These areas are the comprehensive assessment, goal setting, and creating a plan that includes effective case notes. Participants will identify problems they experience on an every day basis, brainstorm solutions and practice specific skills. Examples, videos, case scenarios, small group discussions, and exercises are provided.
Labor & Employment Specialist with e-Learning Components
On Site Duration: 8:00 AM Tuesday through 12 noon Friday
e-Learning Duration: begins the Monday after class ends, course is open 3 weeks
Regularly scheduled throughout the year
Who attends this class: LVERs and DVOPs
The primary topics of the course include learning about the essential elements of the grant agreement between the Department of Labor (DOL) Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) and the special initiatives of the Secretary of Labor. Also, understanding diversity, having sensitivity to diversity issues and emphasizing VETS' targeted veteran populations are key subjects covered in the course.
The LES training also delves into the specialist's relationship to employers by discussing job development and employer negotiation strategies. In addition, the elements of job retention are studied. This specialized course is designed for DVOPs and LVERs to develop skills and attain knowledge in the changing environment of public sector employment assistance; how changes have affected service delivery to veterans, and in particular, specialized groups within the veteran population.
Managing Case Management
Duration: 8:00 a.m. Tuesday through noon Friday
Regularly scheduled throughout the year
Who attends this class: Managers and supervisors who oversee case management activities in job service and one stop offices.
NVTI's Managing Case Management (MCM) is a three and a half day course aimed at enhancing awareness of issues and management techniques related to case management.
Participants learn the basic concepts of case management and understand how to monitor and support the CM process. Skills in the utilization of various approaches to overseeing case loads and familiarity with different types of documentation are achieved. Participants gain understanding in conflict management techniques and facilitation of team building both inside and outside the agency.
Participants in MCM gain the knowledge to assist case managers in all areas, including legal and ethical issues. Understanding the importance of employer outreach and the establishment of a network outside the office is discussed.
Orientation to Veterans' Services
Duration: 8 hours
Regularly scheduled throughout the year
Who attends this class: Higher echelon management, especially those involved in one/stop career centers
Orientation to Veterans' Services is a one-day session providing state agency management officials with training focused on current federal statutes, grant provisions and program guidelines governing delivery of services to veterans.
Participants learn to recognize differences between the perceived and prescribed duties of LVERs and DVOPs, as well as the management implications and consequences of those differences.
The agenda for this session explores the following topics:
Title 38, Chapters 41, 42 and 43 of the United States Code
Legislative mandate
Roles and responsibilities of LVERs and DVOPs
Veterans' priority of service
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Course Duration: A time-frame of two weeks from the time the course begins is allowed for completion
Regularly scheduled throughout the year
Who attends this course: DVOP/LVERs, non-veteran staff that interact with veterans to assist with benefit resources and referrals
This is a self-paced class that covers the basics of veterans' benefits. The participant has two weeks to complete the work assigned and may do the work either at their office and/or at home. The course is available/accessible 24 hours a day for each 12 day span.
The course has four modules. Each module includes reading assignments, quizzes and research. There is a discussion forum that requires individual postings open to all students and an on-line instructor. The discussion board is designed to be interactive and focused on making contacts at the local level.
The agenda for this session explores the following topics: Alcohol and drug dependence treatment, disability compensation, education and training, healthcare enrollment, homeless veterans, hospital and outpatient care, Montgomery GI Bill, post 9/11 Montgomery GI Bill, community resources, readjustment counseling, disability ratings, VA pension, veterans’ educational assistance programs, vocational rehabilitation and women veterans.
Employment Services for Veterans
DOL Veterans' Oportunities - Provides information about how DOL supports the Veterans Hiring Initiative along with links to jobs and resources at DOL and other federal agencies.
DOL Veterans' Opportunities
The Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS), through cooperative efforts with, and grants to, each state, offers employment and training services to eligible veterans through two principal programs:
Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program.
Local Veterans' Employment Representatives Program.
Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program
Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists develop job and training opportunities for veterans, with special emphasis on veterans with service-connected disabilities. DVOP specialists provide direct services to veterans enabling them to be competitive in the labor market. They provide outreach and offer assistance to disabled and other veterans by promoting community and employer support for employment and training opportunities, including apprenticeship and on-the-job training.
DVOP specialists work with employers, veterans' organizations, the Department of Veterans' Affairs and Defense, and community-based organizations to link veterans with appropriate jobs and training opportunities.
DVOP specialists serve as case managers for veterans enrolled in federally-funded job training programs such as the Department of Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation program, and other veterans with serious disadvantages in the job market. DVOP specialists are available to those veterans and their employers to help ensure that necessary follow up services are provided to promote job retention.
The Department of Labor provides grant funds to each state's employment service to maintain DVOP specialist positions in the state. The staffing formula and current appropriations level support about 1,400 DVOP specialists nationally. DVOP specialists are employees of the state and are generally located in state employment service offices. About one-quarter are stationed full- or part-time in locations other than employment service offices.
DVOP specialists may be stationed at regional offices and medical or veterans' outreach centers of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, state or county veterans' service offices, Job Training Partnership Act program offices, community-based organizations, and military installations.
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Local Veterans' Employment Representatives
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supervising the provision of all services to veterans furnished by employment service employees, including counseling, testing, and identifying training and employment opportunities;
monitoring job listings from federal contractors to see that eligible veterans get priority in referrals to these jobs;
monitoring federal department and agency vacancies listed at local state employment service offices and preliminary processing of complaints from veterans about the observance of veterans' preference by Federal employers;
promoting and monitoring the participation of veterans in federally-funded employment and training programs;
cooperating with the Department of Veterans' Affairs to identify and aid veterans who need work-specific prosthetic devices, sensory aids or other special equipment to improve their employability; and
contacting community leaders, employers, unions, training programs and veterans' service organizations to be sure eligible veterans get the services to which they are entitled.