The Association for Service Disabled Veterans (ASDV) has intensified and expanded its mission to assist service disabled and prisoner of war veterans (SDV), by establishing a program to provide employment and work therapy opportunities for in-patient and out-patient disabled veterans.

Service disabled and prisoner of war veteran owned and operated businesses will be developing private and public sector contracts and procurements that will be targeted to maximum utilization by severely handicapped veterans as a rehabilitation support strategy.

The program will be coordinated with university and community college small business development centers (SDBC), The National Veterans Corporation (TVC), the Ability One Organization and other sources of disabled persons and disability programs.

Surveys of rehabilitation facilities and human resources, indicate that a valuable source of intellect and skill resides in the nation's physically disabled veteran population. Much of this skill and proficiency was developed by the superb training received during active military service, terminated by traumatic sacrifice for our nation.

Service Disabled Veterans Rehabilitation (SDVR), a non-profit affiliate, operates the program.

I. "THE OBJECTIVE" OF THE COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM (CROP) is to provide experience, training and education for Service Disabled and Prisoner of War Veterans (SDV) and other Disabled Persons(DP) that will enable these persons to achieve economic participation in the society.

II. "THE METHOD" by which this is accomplished is by a program of "MANAGED EMPLOYMENT" and "SELF EMPLOYMENT" experience.

• Managed Employment is work experience obtained through the performance of on-the-job duties and training in a rehabilitation directed but real work requirements, dictated by contractual obligations to produce goods and services to public and private clients. This program is operated by Service Disabled Veterans Rehabilitation (SDVR).
• Self-Employment is a combination of orientation and training, following work experience in managed employment where technical expertise was acquired. Upon successful evaluation, the SDV receives financial assistance, marketing (procurement) assistance and continuing technical assistance while entering the marketplace. This program is operated by the Association for Service Disabled Veterans (ASDV).

III. "THE RESOURCES" supporting these activities are made available by the cooperation of the nation's leading corporate and organization leadership under the direction of Service Disabled Veterans Comprehensive Rehabilitation Opportunities Program (SDV/CROP).

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