{"id":172585,"date":"2024-05-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=172585"},"modified":"2024-05-10T21:57:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:57:26","slug":"fort-cavazos-wstc-receive-army-community-partnership-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=172585","title":{"rendered":"Fort Cavazos, WSTC receive Army Community Partnership Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Lt. Gen. Kevin Vereen, Department of the Army chief of staff, G-9, speaks at a ceremony recognizing Army Community Partnership Award recipients April 11, 2024, in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
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\n Col. Lakicia Stokes, U.S. Army Garrison-Fort Cavazos commander, and representatives from U.S. Army installations and their community partners pose for a photo April 11, 2024, in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
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ARLINGTON, Virginia \u2014 U.S. Army Garrison-Fort Cavazos and Workforce Solutions of Central Texas received the 2023 Army Community Partnership Award in a ceremony April 11 in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.<\/p>\n

The award recognizes Army installations and their community partners for initiatives that improve Soldiers and family quality of life, enhance readiness, contribute to modernization, improve cost efficiencies, expand capabilities, support Army priorities and strengthen local community relationships.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt very honored to have been recognized at the Department of the Army level,\u201d said Lorri Golya, director of human resources for USAG-Fort Cavazos.<\/p>\n

The award spotlighted the installation\u2019s Transition Assistance Program, which connects transitioning Soldiers and spouses to high-skill, high-wage jobs, and WSCT assistance in facilitating job transition with additional resources that TAP and employers sometimes can\u2019t provide.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that the partnership that we have with Workforce Solutions of Central Texas and our Transition Assistance Program is exceptional, and I believe the judges recognized and were impressed with this partnership\u2019s commitment to developing programs and providing resources to our transitioning Soldiers and spouses,\u201d explained Golya. \u201cI think that impressed the judges who reviewed the (nomination) packet and is really what they are trying to recognize at the Department of the Army level about the strength of community partnerships and what they can achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n

TAP assists transitioning Soldiers in a variety of ways with training, career resources and career or educational opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe assist in resume building, job searching, career development, education opportunities, VA (Veteran Affairs) benefits, Department of Labor research, things of that nature that basically prepare (Soldiers) for their next career after they leave the military,\u201d said Mark Phillips, transition service manager for TAP.<\/p>\n

Phillips also mentioned that TAP uses the Career Skills Program, a program that gives transitioning Soldiers the opportunity to receive employment skills, on-the-job training, apprenticeships and internships, all designed to help prepare the Soldiers for civilian employment.<\/p>\n

\u201c(TAP) is very important because we\u2019re buying into the future of the person who volunteered to serve the nation, and I think it\u2019s a form of giving back,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cIt\u2019s a form of preparation and is also a form of saying, \u2018Thank you for serving your country.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

WSCT is able to provide further resources to program users, such as child care, uniforms and equipment, said Golya. In 2022 alone, 692 transitioning Soldiers and military spouses were enrolled in services sponsored by WSCT.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we\u2019re transitioning service members from the military, we\u2019re looking at the broader perspective,\u201d Phillips said, \u201cbut (WSCT) also focuses on job, career and training opportunities in the local area at no cost to the service member.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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