[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 14 (Monday, January 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 6988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01435]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Personalized Career Planning and Guidance

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announces its 
Educational and Career Counseling has been renamed Personalized Career 
Planning and Guidance (PCPG). The new name will enhance stakeholder 
recognition of counseling services provided under Chapter 36 and will 
support more effective program outreach and communication.

DATES: The changes were effective October 1, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dean Greenlee, Chief, Personalized 
Career Planning and Guidance, Office of Transition and Economic 
Development, at 202-820-4051 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective October 1, 2020, VA changed the 
name of its Chapter 36 benefit provided under 38 U.S.C. 3697A from 
Educational and Career Counseling to PCPG. PCPG provides Service 
members, Veterans and eligible dependents with enhanced career 
counseling, assessments, education planning and guidance resources that 
are unique to the needs of each participant to set and achieve 
personal, career and education goals.
    To enhance program awareness and utilization of counseling services 
provided under Chapter 36, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) 
conducted human-centered design (HCD) research with Veterans and 
Service members to better understand their career and education needs 
and preferences related to the benefit. Through the HCD research, VBA 
identified program strengths, weaknesses, pain points and opportunities 
to better serve our eligible beneficiaries and better align Chapter 36 
benefits with their values and ambitions.
    The new name clarifies the type of benefits the program offers for 
eligible participants by emphasizing the right career and education 
counseling themes. This name change also is an important part of VBA's 
wider effort to support a more successful military-to-civilian 
transition. For more information about the PCPG program, please visit 
https://benefits.va.gov/transition/economic-development-home.asp.

Signing Authority

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this 
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document 
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as 
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Brooks D. 
Tucker, Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, 
Performing the Delegable Duties of the Chief of Staff, Department of 
Veterans Affairs, approved this document on January 8, 2021 for 
publication.

Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy & 
Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-01435 Filed 1-22-21; 8:45 am]
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