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Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)

Program Overview

The primary objective of the BRAC initiative is to enhance the regional economic vitality of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, to meet the immediate needs and future demands of the military, to provide occupational skills training and transitional assistance to affected workers and to facilitate a quick return of dislocated workers to the workforce. In an award of a National Emergency Grant, the US Department of Labor approved a plan for the District to partner with local BRAC impacted geographic areas to provide employment and transition assistance to employees. Under this grant the District will deliver workforce and educational and training opportunities to personnel of the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Joint Base Anacostia Bolling, the Naval District Washington and Maryland and Virginia BRAC installations.

 
A brief description of services includes the following:
  • Skills Assessment - Assessment services evaluate the customer’s employment history, education, interests, skills and barriers to employment, resulting in the development of individual employment plans and, where needed, individual training accounts and services needed to obtain personal career goals.
  • Career Counseling - BRAC counseling services are designed to assist the customer in establishing and reaching realistic employment-related goals.
  • Job Referrals and Assistance - Job referral and assistance facilitate the matching of job seekers and employers.
  • Education and Training - Participants are encouraged to enroll in short-term certification training that is reasonably cost and in high demand occupations that are available in the region.
  • Career/Education Fairs - Department of Employment Services hosts career/education fairs with local and regional area training providers and employers seeking to fill positions.

 

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible participants must be a member of the following groups:
  • A federal civilian employee or contractor at a military installation in the District that was closed or realigned due to the BRAC 2005 actions
  • The spouse of a military member who was affected by BRAC and was required to leave a job due to BRAC actions, including those being transferred from one installation to another
  • An employee including self-employed individuals, laid off (or scheduled for layoff) from a business as a result of BRAC
Department of Employment Services BRAC staff will evaluate customers for eligibility of services. Applicants must show proof of US citizenship or a valid permanent resident (green card) card from the Immigration and Naturalization Service authorizing legal status in the United States.
 
Customers seeking BRAC services must call and visit the BRAC Career Center Office:
Bertie Backus Campus of the Community College of the District of Columbia
5171 South Dakota Avenue, NE
Washington DC 20017
Phone: (202) 698-5859
Email: BRAC@dc.gov
Contact TTY: 
711