Veterans

To be considered a veteran, the applicant must have served on active duty for more than 180 days or have a service-connected disability, and not have a period of active duty (not including training) of more than 90 days that ended during the 60-day period ending on the hire date. Employers must provide a copy of a veteran's DD214 form for verification. In addition, the qualified veteran must meet one of the criteria below:

• Veteran SNAP recipient: Must be a member of a family receiving assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for at least a 3-month period during the 15-month period ending on the hire date.
• Disabled veteran:  Must be entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability and is hired not more than 1 year after discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces.
• Disabled and unemployed veteran: Must be entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability and has received unemployment compensation for aggregate periods totaling at least 6 months during the 12 months prior to hire.
• Unemployed veteran: Must have received aggregated periods of unemployment compensation totaling at least 4 weeks, but less than 6 months, during the 12 months prior to hire; OR periods of unemployment compensation totaling 6 months or more in the 12 months prior to hire.