'I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT A VETERAN MEANT YOU RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY OR SERVED OVERSEAS IN A WAR. I DIDN'T THINK I QUALIFIED.'

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Ohio's Department of Jobs and Fam ily Services referred Barnett to AMVETS Career Centers, but Barnett was initially skeptical as to whether veterans' assistance programs were really for him. "I was under the impression that a vet eran meant you retired from the military or served overseas in a war. I didn't think I qual ified," he said. "I finally stopped in and asked if they could help me, and I found out that AMVETS offered exactly what I needed." Barnett started taking free online courses through AMVETS Career Centers to make himself a more marketable candidate to employers. He quickly found innovative ways to make ends meet, but along the way discovered a new personal passion-shar ing what he had learned in his personal journey with his fellow veterans. To help Barnett serve his fellow veterans, AMVETS Career Centers will now also finance his fi nancial health counselor certification with the National Association of Certified Cred it Counselors.