During Sexual Assault Awareness Month, VA is connecting with MST survivors and raising awareness of its MST related services and treatment.
Training conducted virtually by a woman Veteran who has experience with VA services. Women from various VA clinics and facilities around the country answer questions about specific women’s services.
VA’s Women’s Health Transition Training provides valuable information about how to enroll in VA benefits and VA women’s health care services…beyond general preventative care and wellness.
VA’s Women’s Health Transition Training program will be offered virtually twice a day through mid-December to allow more women to attend. Focus is educating Servicewomen on the services offered by VA.
Army Veteran Yvonne Grissett’s difficult journey with Military Sexual Trauma, PTSD and alcohol. She describes her VA treatment as “Powerful.” Today, she is a Peer Support Specialist helping Veterans.
The Western New York Community Veterans Engagement Board works diligently to improve the lives of Veterans in the Buffalo, New York, area.
VA’s Center for Women Veterans is advancing a cultural transformation throughout VA and aims to serve as a portal for women Veterans. One advocate is Ashley Gorbulja-Maldonado, a VBA employee and Army National Guard Veteran, who empowers other women Veterans with her mantra, “I can, I will… watch me.”
Help VA continue to provide high-quality women’s health care to the nation’s female Veterans, the fastest growing demographic.
VA provides a full range of programs and services to help Veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness secure stable housing and achieve independence. These resources are vital for all Veterans, especially women: homelessness among female Veterans increased by 2% between 2018 and 2019, while homelessness among male Veterans declined by 3% during the same period.
Sexual Assault Awareness Month was observed at Fayetteville VA Medical Center with a display of tee-shirts created for the Clothesline Project by survivors of military sexual trauma.
Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) is an annual observance in […]
Over 250 Veterans have participated in the Courage Group, part of a Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Military Sexual Trauma program.