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It also discusses the SBA\u2019s Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and P.L. 114-38, the Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015, which authorized and made permanent the SBA\u2019s recent practice of waiving the SBAExpress loan program\u2019s one time, up-front loan guarantee fee for veterans (and their spouse).", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/R42695", "sha1": "bbe4f08ddea65facfc741b5c998c3d7270f1ca86", "filename": "files/20181010_R42695_bbe4f08ddea65facfc741b5c998c3d7270f1ca86.html", "images": {} }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R42695", "sha1": "881d530f79a7d9d63aee3353105a80e792ee26c5", "filename": "files/20181010_R42695_881d530f79a7d9d63aee3353105a80e792ee26c5.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4749, "name": "Veterans Education Benefits" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4832, "name": "Small Business" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4941, "name": "Veterans Education, Employment, & Housing" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 584798, "date": "2018-07-13", "retrieved": "2018-09-12T22:38:35.084754", "title": "SBA Veterans Assistance Programs: An Analysis of Contemporary Issues", "summary": "Several federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration (SBA), provide training and other assistance to veterans seeking civilian employment. For example, the Department of Defense (DOD), in cooperation with the SBA, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, and several other federal agencies, operates the Transition Goals Plans Success program (Transition GPS), which provides employment information and entrepreneurship training to exiting military servicemembers to assist them in transitioning from the military to the civilian labor force.\nIn recent years, the unemployment rate among veterans as a whole has generally been similar to or lower than the unemployment rate for nonveterans 18 years and older. However, veterans who have left the military since September 2001 have experienced higher unemployment than other veterans and, in some years, higher unemployment than nonveterans. As a result, Congress has focused much of its attention on finding ways to assist veterans who have left the military since September 2001.\nThe SBA provides management and technical assistance services to more than 100,000 veterans each year through its various management and technical assistance training partners (e.g., Small Business Development Centers, Women\u2019s Business Centers [WBCs], Service Corps of Retired Executives [SCORE], and Veterans Business Outreach Centers [VBOCs]). The SBA\u2019s Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD) also administers several programs to assist veterans, including the Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup initiative which is part of DOD\u2019s Transition GPS program.\nThe expansion of federal employment training programs targeted at specific populations, such as women and veterans, has led some Members and organizations to ask if these programs should be consolidated. In their view, eliminating program duplication among federal business assistance programs across federal agencies, and within the SBA, would result in lower costs and improved services. Others argue that keeping these business assistance programs separate enables them to offer services that match the unique needs of various underserved populations, such as veterans. In their view, instead of considering program consolidation as a policy option, the focus should be on improving communication and cooperation among the federal agencies providing assistance to entrepreneurs.\nThis report opens with an examination of the economic circumstances of veteran-owned businesses drawn from the Bureau of the Census\u2019s 2012 Survey of Business Owners (SBO). It then provides a brief overview of veterans\u2019 employment experiences, comparing unemployment and labor force participation rates for veterans, veterans who have left the military since September 2001, and nonveterans. 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It also discusses the SBA\u2019s Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and P.L. 114-38, the Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015, which authorized and made permanent the SBA\u2019s recent practice of waiving the SBAExpress loan program\u2019s one time, up-front loan guarantee fee for veterans (and their spouse).", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/R42695", "sha1": "24f11b0d76e20efab2cff5841e22f2f923535628", "filename": "files/20180713_R42695_24f11b0d76e20efab2cff5841e22f2f923535628.html", "images": {} }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R42695", "sha1": "aaeabf4a2f07c4843b5ca8903952b561d50b3692", "filename": "files/20180713_R42695_aaeabf4a2f07c4843b5ca8903952b561d50b3692.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4749, "name": "Veterans Education Benefits" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4832, "name": "Small Business" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4941, "name": "Veterans Education, Employment, & Housing" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 580558, "date": "2018-04-27", "retrieved": "2018-05-01T14:09:26.553387", "title": "SBA Veterans Assistance Programs: An Analysis of Contemporary Issues", "summary": "Several federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration (SBA), provide training and other assistance to veterans seeking civilian employment. For example, the Department of Defense (DOD), in cooperation with the SBA, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, and several other federal agencies, operates the Transition Goals Plans Success program (Transition GPS), which provides employment information and entrepreneurship training to exiting military servicemembers to assist them in transitioning from the military to the civilian labor force.\nIn recent years, the unemployment rate among veterans as a whole has generally been similar to or lower than the unemployment rate for nonveterans 18 years and older. However, veterans who have left the military since September 2001 have experienced higher unemployment than other veterans and nonveterans. As a result, Congress has focused much of its attention on finding ways to assist veterans who have left the military since September 2001.\nThe SBA provides management and technical assistance services to more than 100,000 veterans each year through its various management and technical assistance training partners (e.g., Small Business Development Centers, Women\u2019s Business Centers [WBCs], Service Corps of Retired Executives [SCORE], and Veterans Business Outreach Centers [VBOCs]). The SBA\u2019s Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD) also administers several programs to assist veterans, including the Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup initiative which is part of DOD\u2019s Transition GPS program.\nThe expansion of federal employment training programs targeted at specific populations, such as women and veterans, has led some Members and organizations to ask if these programs should be consolidated. In their view, eliminating program duplication among federal business assistance programs across federal agencies, and within the SBA, would result in lower costs and improved services. Others argue that keeping these business assistance programs separate enables them to offer services that match the unique needs of various underserved populations, such as veterans. In their view, instead of considering program consolidation as a policy option, the focus should be on improving communication and cooperation among the federal agencies providing assistance to entrepreneurs.\nThis report opens with an examination of the economic circumstances of veteran-owned businesses drawn from the Bureau of the Census\u2019s 2012 Survey of Business Owners (SBO). It then provides a brief overview of veterans\u2019 employment experiences, comparing unemployment and labor force participation rates for veterans, veterans who have left the military since September 2001, and nonveterans. 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It also discusses the SBA\u2019s Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and P.L. 114-38, the Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015, which authorized and made permanent the SBA\u2019s recent practice of waiving the SBAExpress loan program\u2019s one time, up-front loan guarantee fee for veterans (and their spouse).", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/R42695", "sha1": "874283e98330c0c1bf97ae2df3aad5ea5efe51be", "filename": "files/20180427_R42695_874283e98330c0c1bf97ae2df3aad5ea5efe51be.html", "images": {} }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R42695", "sha1": "6c63fdfa37bf28621679b26ff3696385378de0bf", "filename": "files/20180427_R42695_6c63fdfa37bf28621679b26ff3696385378de0bf.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4749, "name": "Veterans Education Benefits" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4832, "name": "Small Business" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4941, "name": "Veterans Education, Employment, & Housing" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 577535, "date": "2018-01-10", "retrieved": "2018-01-16T23:11:15.147958", "title": "SBA Veterans Assistance Programs: An Analysis of Contemporary Issues", "summary": "Several federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration (SBA), provide training and other assistance to veterans seeking civilian employment. For example, the Department of Defense (DOD), in cooperation with the SBA, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, and several other federal agencies, operates the Transition Goals Plans Success program (Transition GPS), which provides employment information and entrepreneurship training to exiting military servicemembers to assist them in transitioning from the military to the civilian labor force.\nIn recent years, the unemployment rate among veterans as a whole has generally been similar to or lower than the unemployment rate for nonveterans 18 years and older. However, the unemployment rate of veterans who have left the military since September 2001 has, until recently, been higher than for nonveterans. As a result, Congress has focused much of its attention on finding ways to assist veterans who have left the military since September 2001.\nThe SBA provides management and technical assistance services to more than 100,000 veterans each year through its various management and technical assistance training partners (e.g., Small Business Development Centers, Women\u2019s Business Centers [WBCs], Service Corps of Retired Executives [SCORE], and Veterans Business Outreach Centers [VBOCs]). The SBA\u2019s Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD) also administers several programs to assist veterans, including the Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup initiative which is part of DOD\u2019s Transition GPS program.\nThe expansion of federal employment training programs targeted at specific populations, such as women and veterans, has led some Members and organizations to ask if these programs should be consolidated. In their view, eliminating program duplication among federal business assistance programs across federal agencies, and within the SBA, would result in lower costs and improved services. Others argue that keeping these business assistance programs separate enables them to offer services that match the unique needs of various underserved populations, such as veterans. In their view, instead of considering program consolidation as a policy option, the focus should be on improving communication and cooperation among the federal agencies providing assistance to entrepreneurs.\nThis report opens with an examination of the economic circumstances of veteran-owned businesses drawn from the Bureau of the Census\u2019s 2012 Survey of Business Owners (SBO). It then provides a brief overview of veterans\u2019 employment experiences, comparing unemployment and labor force participation rates for veterans, veterans who have left the military since September 2001, and nonveterans. 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It also discusses the SBA\u2019s Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and P.L. 114-38, the Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015, which authorized and made permanent the SBA\u2019s recent practice of waiving the SBAExpress loan program\u2019s one time, up-front loan guarantee fee for veterans (and their spouse).", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/R42695", "sha1": "7dc2057e66ccfea4a8ac9bb5c03ff3e2e5a5584b", "filename": "files/20180110_R42695_7dc2057e66ccfea4a8ac9bb5c03ff3e2e5a5584b.html", "images": {} }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R42695", "sha1": "4db6589114723bf7988d88df38f372de12cd944c", "filename": "files/20180110_R42695_4db6589114723bf7988d88df38f372de12cd944c.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4749, "name": "Veterans Education Benefits" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4832, "name": "Small Business" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4941, "name": "Veterans Education, Employment, & Housing" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 463389, "date": "2017-08-17", "retrieved": "2017-08-21T14:17:28.918908", "title": "SBA Veterans Assistance Programs: An Analysis of Contemporary Issues", "summary": "Several federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration (SBA), provide training and other assistance to veterans seeking civilian employment. For example, the Department of Defense, in cooperation with the SBA, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, and several other federal agencies, operates the Transition Goals Plans Success program (Transition GPS), which provides employment information and entrepreneurship training to exiting military servicemembers to assist them in transitioning from the military to the civilian labor force.\nIn recent years, the SBA has focused increased attention on meeting the needs of veteran small business owners and veterans interested in starting a business. The SBA provides management and technical assistance services to more than 100,000 veterans each year through its various management and technical assistance training partners (e.g., Small Business Development Centers, Women\u2019s Business Centers [WBCs], Service Corps of Retired Executives [SCORE], and Veterans Business Outreach Centers [VBOCs]). The SBA\u2019s Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD) also administers several programs to assist veterans.\nCongressional interest in the SBA\u2019s veteran assistance programs has increased in recent years primarily due to reports by veteran organizations that veterans were experiencing difficulty accessing the SBA\u2019s programs. Congress also has a continuing interest in assisting veterans, especially those returning from overseas in recent years, in their transition from military into civilian life. The unemployment rate (as of July 2017) among veterans (3.1%) was lower than for nonveterans 18 years and older (4.4%). However, the unemployment rate of veterans who have left the military since September 2001 (4.6%) was higher than for nonveterans.\nThe expansion of federal employment training programs targeted at specific populations, such as women and veterans, has also led some Members and organizations to ask if these programs should be consolidated. In their view, eliminating program duplication among federal business assistance programs across federal agencies, and within the SBA, would result in lower costs and improved services. Others argue that keeping these business assistance programs separate enables them to offer services that match the unique needs of various underserved populations, such as veterans. In their view, instead of considering program consolidation as a policy option, the focus should be on improving communication and cooperation among the federal agencies providing assistance to entrepreneurs.\nThis report opens with an examination of the economic circumstances of veteran-owned businesses drawn from the Bureau of the Census\u2019s 2012 Survey of Business Owners (SBO). It then provides a brief overview of veterans\u2019 employment experiences, comparing unemployment and labor force participation rates for veterans, veterans who have left the military since September 2001, and nonveterans. 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It also discusses the SBA\u2019s Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and P.L. 114-38, the Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015, which authorized and made permanent the SBA\u2019s recent practice of waiving the SBAExpress loan program\u2019s one time, up-front loan guarantee fee for veterans (and their spouse).", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/R42695", "sha1": "d8eed6d713a0c9a40ee821d213e5616a36d52ac6", "filename": "files/20170817_R42695_d8eed6d713a0c9a40ee821d213e5616a36d52ac6.html", "images": {} }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R42695", "sha1": "7c4ced8a4861f4fe0b130b2cbf0b8156b3c64e08", "filename": "files/20170817_R42695_7c4ced8a4861f4fe0b130b2cbf0b8156b3c64e08.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4749, "name": "Veterans Education Benefits" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4832, "name": "Small Business" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4941, "name": "Veterans Education, Employment, & Housing" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 458327, "date": "2017-01-18", "retrieved": "2017-01-24T16:57:59.890613", "title": "SBA Veterans Assistance Programs: An Analysis of Contemporary Issues", "summary": "Several federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration (SBA), provide training and other assistance to veterans seeking civilian employment. For example, the Department of Defense, in cooperation with the SBA, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, and several other federal agencies, operates the Transition Goals Plans Success program (Transition GPS), which provides employment information and entrepreneurship training to exiting military servicemembers to assist them in transitioning from the military to the civilian labor force.\nIn recent years, the SBA has focused increased attention on meeting the needs of veteran small business owners and veterans interested in starting a business. The SBA provides management and technical assistance services to more than 100,000 veterans each year through its various management and technical assistance training partners (e.g., Small Business Development Centers, Women\u2019s Business Centers [WBCs], Service Corps of Retired Executives [SCORE], and Veterans Business Outreach Centers [VBOCs]). The SBA\u2019s Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD) also administers several programs to assist veterans.\nCongressional interest in the SBA\u2019s veteran assistance programs has increased in recent years primarily due to reports by veteran organizations that veterans were experiencing difficulty accessing the SBA\u2019s programs. Congress also has a continuing interest in assisting veterans, especially those returning from overseas in recent years, in their transition from military into civilian life. The unemployment rate (as of December 2016) among veterans (4.1%) was lower than for nonveterans 18 years and older (4.4%). However, the unemployment rate of veterans who have left the military since September 2001 (5.7%) was higher than for nonveterans.\nThe expansion of federal employment training programs targeted at specific populations, such as women and veterans, has also led some Members and organizations to ask if these programs should be consolidated. In their view, eliminating program duplication among federal business assistance programs across federal agencies, and within the SBA, would result in lower costs and improved services. Others argue that keeping these business assistance programs separate enables them to offer services that match the unique needs of various underserved populations, such as veterans. In their view, instead of considering program consolidation as a policy option, the focus should be on improving communication and cooperation among the federal agencies providing assistance to entrepreneurs.\nThis report opens with an examination of the economic circumstances of veteran-owned businesses drawn from the Bureau of the Census\u2019s 2012 Survey of Business Owners (SBO). It then provides a brief overview of veterans\u2019 employment experiences, comparing unemployment and labor force participation rates for veterans, veterans who have left the military since September 2001, and nonveterans. The report also describes the employment assistance programs offered by several federal agencies to assist veterans in their transition from the military to the civilian labor force and examines, in greater detail, the SBA\u2019s veteran business development programs, the SBA\u2019s efforts to assist veterans\u2019 access to capital, and the SBA\u2019s veteran contracting programs. It also discusses the SBA\u2019s Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and P.L. 114-38, the Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015, which authorized and made permanent the SBA\u2019s recent practice of waiving the SBAExpress loan program\u2019s one time, up-front loan guarantee fee for veterans (and their spouse).", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/R42695", "sha1": "3ad2e5431dfee74d4dd5d0f3dbc9a53cb2ad74f0", "filename": "files/20170118_R42695_3ad2e5431dfee74d4dd5d0f3dbc9a53cb2ad74f0.html", "images": null }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R42695", "sha1": "8ec04d12523ee5253e932c1d7fc8c63ec737f18b", "filename": "files/20170118_R42695_8ec04d12523ee5253e932c1d7fc8c63ec737f18b.pdf", "images": null } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4749, "name": "Veterans Education Benefits" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4832, "name": "Small Business" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4941, "name": "Veterans Education, Employment, & Housing" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 457194, "date": "2016-11-21", "retrieved": "2016-11-28T21:05:19.418077", "title": "SBA Veterans Assistance Programs: An Analysis of Contemporary Issues", "summary": "Several federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration (SBA), provide training and other assistance to veterans seeking civilian employment. For example, the Department of Defense, in cooperation with the SBA, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, and several other federal agencies, operates the Transition Goals Plans Success program (Transition GPS), which provides employment information and entrepreneurship training to exiting military servicemembers to assist them in transitioning from the military to the civilian labor force.\nIn recent years, the SBA has focused increased attention on meeting the needs of veteran small business owners and veterans interested in starting a business. The SBA provides management and technical assistance services to more than 100,000 veterans each year through its various management and technical assistance training partners (e.g., Small Business Development Centers, Women\u2019s Business Centers [WBCs], Service Corps of Retired Executives [SCORE], and Veterans Business Outreach Centers [VBOCs]). The SBA\u2019s Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD) also administers several programs to assist veterans.\nCongressional interest in the SBA\u2019s veteran assistance programs has increased in recent years primarily due to reports by veteran organizations that veterans were experiencing difficulty accessing the SBA\u2019s programs. Congress also has a continuing interest in assisting veterans, especially those returning from overseas in recent years, in their transition from military into civilian life. The unemployment rate (as of October 2016) among veterans (4.3%) was lower than for nonveterans 18 years and older (4.5%). However, the unemployment rate of veterans who have left the military since September 2001 (4.7%) was higher than for nonveterans.\nThe expansion of federal employment training programs targeted at specific populations, such as women and veterans, has also led some Members and organizations to ask if these programs should be consolidated. In their view, eliminating program duplication among federal business assistance programs across federal agencies, and within the SBA, would result in lower costs and improved services. Others argue that keeping these business assistance programs separate enables them to offer services that match the unique needs of various underserved populations, such as veterans. In their view, instead of considering program consolidation as a policy option, the focus should be on improving communication and cooperation among the federal agencies providing assistance to entrepreneurs.\nThis report opens with an examination of the economic circumstances of veteran-owned businesses drawn from the Bureau of the Census\u2019s 2012 Survey of Business Owners (SBO). It then provides a brief overview of veterans\u2019 employment experiences, comparing unemployment and labor force participation rates for veterans, veterans who have left the military since September 2001, and nonveterans. The report also describes the employment assistance programs offered by several federal agencies to assist veterans in their transition from the military to the civilian labor force and examines, in greater detail, the SBA\u2019s veteran business development programs, the SBA\u2019s efforts to assist veterans\u2019 access to capital, and the SBA\u2019s veteran contracting programs. It also discusses the SBA\u2019s Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and P.L. 114-38, the Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015, which authorized and made permanent the SBA\u2019s recent practice of waiving the SBAExpress loan program\u2019s one time, up-front loan guarantee fee for veterans (and their spouse).", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/R42695", "sha1": "f93e8d3edf45d969a63d9c23857142286487a678", "filename": "files/20161121_R42695_f93e8d3edf45d969a63d9c23857142286487a678.html", "images": null }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R42695", "sha1": "5e7d54b2a1d77b7d592c14262d733cf2fd40b6bd", "filename": "files/20161121_R42695_5e7d54b2a1d77b7d592c14262d733cf2fd40b6bd.pdf", "images": null } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4749, "name": "Veterans Education Benefits" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4832, "name": "Small Business" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4941, "name": "Veterans Education, Employment, & Housing" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 455329, "date": "2016-08-25", "retrieved": "2016-09-09T18:36:21.985718", "title": "SBA Veterans Assistance Programs: An Analysis of Contemporary Issues", "summary": "Several federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration (SBA), provide training and other assistance to veterans seeking civilian employment. For example, the Department of Defense, in cooperation with the SBA, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, and several other federal agencies, operates the Transition Goals Plans Success program (Transition GPS), which provides employment information and entrepreneurship training to exiting military servicemembers to assist them in transitioning from the military to the civilian labor force.\nIn recent years, the SBA has focused increased attention on meeting the needs of veteran small business owners and veterans interested in starting a business. In FY2015, the SBA provided management and technical assistance services to more than 100,000 veterans through its various management and technical assistance training partners (e.g., Small Business Development Centers, Women\u2019s Business Centers [WBCs], Service Corps of Retired Executives [SCORE], and Veterans Business Outreach Centers [VBOCs]). The SBA\u2019s Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD) also administers several programs to assist veterans.\nCongressional interest in the SBA\u2019s veteran assistance programs has increased in recent years primarily due to reports by veteran organizations that veterans were experiencing difficulty accessing the SBA\u2019s programs. Congress also has a continuing interest in assisting veterans, especially those returning from overseas in recent years, in their transition from military into civilian life. The unemployment rate (as of July 2016) among veterans (4.7%) was lower than for nonveterans 18 years and older (4.9%). The unemployment rate of veterans who have left the military since September 2001 was 5.9%.\nThe expansion of federal employment training programs targeted at specific populations, such as women and veterans, has also led some Members and organizations to ask if these programs should be consolidated. 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