Injured service members returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan
will get individualized job training, counseling and
re-employment services, Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao
announced Oct. 4. REALifelines (Recovery and Employment
Assistance Lifelines) is a joint program by the Department of
Labor, the military medical community, and local agencies to
help wounded veterans transition back into the private sector.
REALifeline counselors will help service members identify
barriers to employment and set up individual recovery and
re-employment plans, Chao said. She emphasized that
“personalized care” will be a priority of the program. “If you
have been wounded or injured serving this nation, real people
are going to meet you face to face with the personalized help
that you may need to recover and to succeed in a career that
you love,” she said.
