Excerpt from: Disability Blog (click for full article)
Walmart recently stated their commitment to hiring any honorably discharged returning veteran who applies for a job in the Walmart Corporation. As we applaud Walmart’s bold initiative, it should be noted that veterans with disabilities have faced record joblessness for years, before the Post-9/11 era and even during periods of low national unemployment. The fact remains: a veteran with a catastrophic disability is three to eight times more likely to remain under or unemployed than the general population.
Paralyzed Veterans of America launched its own veterans jobs initiative, PAVE (Paving Access for Veterans Employment), in 2007 to confront rampant unemployment among the most underserved veterans in our society. Through PAVE, we have educated employers, partnered with corporations and changed self-expectations in veterans who simply needed the resources, encouragement and opportunity to reach their full work potential.
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