Kaine cosponsors bill to expand Disabled Veterans Outreach Program for surviving spouses

The Disabled Veterans Outreach Program provides every state with funding to hire specialists who provide individualized career counseling services to eligible veterans.

The Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act would expand the program, which is housed within the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service at the Department of Labor, to include surviving spouses.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, cosponsored the bipartisan bill to increase access to job counseling services for spouses of members of the Armed Forces who died while on active duty.

“Gold Star families have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country,” Kaine said. “We have a responsibility to provide surviving spouses with crucial support, including access to high-quality career counseling services. This bipartisan bill would help us do that, and I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join us in standing with Gold Star families by getting this legislation signed into law.”