AGENCY TESTIMONY
Volunteer pillar: Veteran Voices Project and ETS Sponsorship Program
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Commissioner Hendon describes two additional volunteer programs: the Veteran Voices Project (VVP) and the ETS Sponsorship Program.
- The Veteran Voices Project is an oral history initiative preserving stories of New York City's veteran community.
- VVP recordings are archived and made publicly available, with plans to provide over 80 recordings to the Library of Congress.
- The ETS Sponsorship Program, rebranded as Onward Ops, connects transitioning service members with trained volunteer mentors to support their reintegration into civilian life.
James Hendon
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Veteran voices project or VVP.
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VVP is an oral history initiative designed to preserve the stories of New York City's veteran community.
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After being trained and provide it with suggested questions by storytellers, volunteers collect the oral histories of veteran and veteran family members.
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Those histories are then archived by DVS and the municipal archives.
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Recording are publicly available on SoundCloud and the NYC DBS veteran voices project series on artifact.
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We're currently in the process of providing more than 80 of our veteran voices project recordings to the library of congress.
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Details about VVP can be found online atnyc.gov/vet voices, ETS sponsorship program.
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The expiration of terminal service or ETS sponsorship program recently were branded onward ops enables volunteers to mentor transitioning service members as they reintegrate into civilian life.
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A DBS non profit partner, onward ops connects new veterans with trained sponsors from the communities to which they will transition.
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The effort focuses on the 12 months surrounding new veterans departure from the armed forces like our other initiatives.
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Onward ops depends on the presence of volunteers.
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These volunteers serve as the trained sponsors.
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More information is available atnyc.gov/vetmentor.
