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Veteran Information at the Workforce Center

Veterans services in Grand Junction

The Mesa County Workforce Center strives to serve all eligible Veterans and qualifying family members with employment and training opportunities, as well as assist with VA benefits. We have Workforce Center teams who specialize in Employment Services and Career Development with priority given to Veterans, but also have three individuals with unique training, qualifications, and certifications who only work with Veterans and qualifying dependents. All three are Veterans themselves who strive in providing the best service possible.​

 

Veterans Service Officers (VSO)

The Veterans Service Officer Anthony “Tony” Lee and Assistant Veterans Service Officer Laura Stanley are available to assist Mesa County Veterans and their loved ones with VA benefits such as service connected disability, pension, survivor benefits, and gaining their DD214.  Both Anthony and Laura are accredited VSOs through the VAs Office of General Council and hold their accreditation through the Colorado Division of Veteran Affairs.  

Our services are by appointment only other than open walk in hours every Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Veterans Service Team Email: VSO@mesacounty.us

Contact Anthony Lee 

Contact Laura Stanley 

Employment

Veterans and eligible covered persons receive priority of service in all federally funded workforce programs including job search assistance. Staff at the Mesa County Workforce Center provides job referrals, job searches, vocational guidance, and career information along with appropriate referrals to other programs.

Disabled Veterans Outreach Program

Intensive job search assistance is available to those Veterans meeting eligibility requirements through our Disabled Veterans Outreach Program Specialist.

Qualifications for veteran job seekers: 

Veterans must be interested in receiving one-on-one job search assistance, have served more than 180 consecutive days on active duty with anything other than a dishonorable discharge, and meet one of the following categories:

  • Disabled (including service-connected by the VA or any physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities)
  • Vietnam-era veteran
  • Recently separated veteran (discharged or released from active duty within the last three years)
  • Referred for employment services by the VA
  • Homeless
  • Ex-offender (justice involved)
  • 18-24 years old
  • Lack a high school diploma or equivalent certificate
  • Receive (or have in the last 6 months received) public assistance through SNAP, TANF, SSI, or state or local-based programs
  • Low income
  • Unemployed and available to work
  • Head of a single-parent household

For military members currently in service:

  • Within 2 years or retiring or 1 year of separating and have completed TAP
  • Assigned to a Wounded Warrior Transition Unit or the caregiver of a Wounded Warrior

For spouses, family caregivers, or widow(ers) of someone who served or is serving:

  • Spouse or caregiver or a current service member receiving care at a military treatment facility
  • Spouse of a totally disabled or deceased veteran whose disability or death was service-connected
  • Spouse of an active-duty service member who was listed for 90 or more days as missing in action or forcible detained by a foreign power or hostile entity while serving on active duty

Veterans and eligible persons can contact Job Services at 970-248-7560 or jobservice@mesacounty.us to complete the referral form.

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