This checklist coincides with the Individual Transition Plan and certifies achievement of the Career Readiness Standards (CRS) commensurate with the Service member's desired employment, higher education, career technical training and/or entrepreneurial objectives. This checklist must be completed prior to the Service member's separation, certified by the Transition Counselor and Service member's Commander or Commander's designee.
Section I - Service Member Information.
1.Name. Self-explanatory.
2.Grade. Enter or select E1 - E9; W1 - W5; or O1 - O10 from the drop-down list.
3.DoD Identification Number. Self-explanatory.
4.Transition Date. Enter expected date of retirement, ETS, discharge, or release from active duty.
5.Service. Enter or select your specific Service Branch and Component from the drop-down lists.
6.Unit. Enter designation of current unit of assignment.
Section II - Common Career Readiness Standards and Section III - Accessing Higher Education/Career Technical Training Readiness Standards. A response is required for each entry. Mark the applicable box Yes, No, Not Applicable (N/A) in response to whether the Service member completed the corresponding Career Readiness Standards (CRS). Service members are required to meet the CRS and have a viable Individual Transition Plan (ITP).
Item 10 pertains only to Active Component Service members. Active Component Service members who are separating must receive counseling from a transition counselor on the value and importance of continuing Military Service in the Reserve Components.
Items 16.a. - d. pertain to Service members seeking higher education or career technical training when they depart from military service.
Section IV - Other.
20.Reason Exempted From Department of Labor (DOL) Employment Workshop. Select the item from the drop-down list corresponding to the reason the Service member may be exempted from attending the DOL Employment Workshop. Select "Not Exempt" if the Service member does not meet the following exemption criteria:
a.Service members retiring after 20 years or more of Active Federal Service (AFS) in the Military Services.
b.Service members, after serving their first 180 continuous days or more on active duty, pursuant to 10 U.S.C., if they meet at least one of the following criteria:
I. Provide documented confirmation of civilian employment.
II.Provide documented acceptance into an accredited career technical training, undergraduate or graduate degree program.
III. Have previously attended the DOL Employment Workshop.
c.Service members with specialized skills who, due to unavoidable circumstances, are needed to support a unit on orders to be deployed within 60 days. The first commander in the Service member's chain of command with authority pursuant to chapter 47 of 10 U.S.C. (also known as the "Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)" must certify on the ITP checklist any such request for exemption from the DOL Employment Workshop. A make-up plan must accompany the postponement certification.
d.Recovering Service Members (RSMs) imminently transitioning from active duty, who are enrolled in the Education and Employment Initiative (E2I) or a similar transition program designed to secure employment, higher education, or career technical training post-separation.
Section V - Warm Handover. Enter the name and contact information of the Veterans Administration, Department of Labor, or other employment, education, or supporting resources available at the Service member's final post-transition destination to provide assistance to the Service member after leaving active military service. The warm handover consists of a confirmed person-to-person contact of the Service member with appropriate partner agencies, and assurance that the partner acknowledges post-military assistance is required and that its staff will follow through to assist the member. A warm handover is required for those who do not meet the CRS or need further assistance.
Section VI - Verification. Commanders or Commanders' designees are responsible for verifying that Service members meet the CRS and have a viable ITP at Capstone. If Service members do not meet the CRS, then Commanders or Commanders' designees will take action to connect members via a warm handover to the appropriate interagency partners, or appropriate local resources, for the necessary assistance. Commanders or Commanders' designees will document the warm handover in Section V.
Type in the names of the Service Member, Transition Counselor, Commander or Commander's designee in Items 28.a. - 30.a. in lieu of a "wet" signature.
