The Career Improvement Program (CEP) provides training and retraining opportunities to veterans who meet the program's criteria. This program offers veterans both in-person and on-the-job training, while employers receive financial incentives to help cover the costs associated with training veterans. Nevada JobConnect Career Centers provide employment counseling to veterans, as well as job search workshops that include resume preparation techniques and interviews. Veterans and their eligible spouses are given priority service in training and placement services.
Veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart are exempt from enrollment and laboratory fees for public universities in Nevada. The Southern Nevada State Veterans Home is located in Boulder City, while the Northern Nevada State Veterans Home is located in Sparks. Surviving spouses of veterans who were eligible for the exemption are also eligible for a property tax exemption as part of Nevada's veterans benefits. This link contains the Federal Contractors Report on the Employment of Veterans (VETS-100) and the guidelines for contractors to hire veterans.
Operation Recognition, Nevada's veterans benefits program, awards high school diplomas to eligible veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Nevada is pushing for more education-based benefits for its veterans, recently expanding them to provide incentives for veterans to attend college in the state. Eligibility requires being a veteran who was stationed in Nevada when honorably discharged, or being honorably discharged within five years of enrolling in school. The Veterans Employment Service provides services designed to assist the employment services of the veteran or eligible spouse. Eligibility for this exemption depends on their residence in Nevada, and the veteran must reside on the property as a permanent residence. Nevada veteran benefits include a free burial with military honors in one of two designated veterans cemeteries for eligible veterans and their families.
Non-residents may enroll in a Nevada institution if they were honorably discharged within five years of enrolling. Nevada veterans who have been honorably discharged receive a sum of 10 points on the Nevada civil service exam for state employment. Disabled veterans with a service-related disability rating of 60% or more are eligible for a property tax exemption. Nevada's affiliation with US Jobs and VETCENTRAL offers employment services with the highest number of job openings for employers in the state.
