Remarks of Governor Thomas H. Kean, Dedication of Veterans Multi Service Center, Jersey City, New Jersey, Tuesday, October 23, 1984

Download or read book Remarks of Governor Thomas H. Kean, Dedication of Veterans Multi Service Center, Jersey City, New Jersey, Tuesday, October 23, 1984 written by Thomas H. Kean and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governor Kean mentions his support for Senator John Gallagher's resolution to appropriate money for the first state-sponsored Vietnam Veterans' centers in New Jersey. Kean forwarded this appropriated grant to Robert Wallace, the Chairman of the Governor's Vietnam Veterans Special Services Council, who accepted on behalf Vietnam Veterans' Leadership Program. THe VVLP had improving employment opportunities and medical care for veterans as its goal. Governor Kean reminds his audience about the stigma of an unpopular war, fighting against unfair sterotypes, a much higher unemployment rate (than the then national average) and how our veterans dealt with how society viewed them. This center provided services in education, securing employoment (including a job search workshop), counseling, training programs and medical benefits. He stresses that our young veterans needed what they deserved from our society: jobs, health care, skills and the assurance of our support.