GI Bill® Approval for Newly Registered Apprenticeship Programs

RAVEWORKS

Registered Apprenticeship Veterans
Employment (RAVE)



Streamlined System
for GI Bill® Approval for
Newly Registered
Apprenticeship Programs



Under the new streamlined system,
companies, labor-management
organizations, industry associations,
and others, seeking Department of
Labor (DOL) approval of a Registered
Apprenticeship program will be
provided an opportunity to complete
the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) required forms for GI Bill® benefits
at the same time they complete DOL
apprenticeship registration. Newly created
Registered Apprenticeship
programs will have early awareness
of the GI benefits to eligible veterans
in apprenticeship and create a more
seamless process for that hire veterans, and result in more
veterans utilizing their GI Bill® benefits.



VA and DOL Process



Upon DOL approval of the Registered
Apprenticeship program with eligible
veterans, DOL will furnish two VA forms to
the appropriate State Approving Agency
(SAA) to initiate the certification process.
The SAA will work with the employer to
designate a Certifying Official (CO) at the
same time DOL is conducting its review or
hold the forms until a company is ready to
designate a CO.
• The SAAs, will approve DOL Registered
Apprenticeship programs (with eligible
veterans) that have completed the VA forms
with the apprenticeship training agreement
to meet the typically 30 day approval for
Registered Apprenticeship programs.
• As a result, the organization can then
be approved for the GI Bill® at the same
time DOL Registered Apprenticeship
sponsorship is approved. The results will
be a coordinated and efficient process by
which the GI Bill® approval process by being
guided by trained DOL personnel during the
apprenticeship registration process.



For more information:
Visit http://www.doleta.gov/OA/contactus.cfm 

OA and SAA Contact Info

To find out more about the benefits of the Registered Apprenticeship program, contact the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship or your state’s apprenticeship office.

Offices Contact Information

• National Office Contact Information
• Regional Office Contact Information
• Office of Apprenticeship State Offices Contact Information
• State Apprenticeship Agencies Contact Information