Just 20 years ago, VA served a little more than 150,000 women Veterans. This was before 9/11, an event that prompted so many American men and women to enlist and defend their country. Today, VA is serving more than 740,000 women Veterans.
The VA developed a new website landing page to increase Veteran and family member access to benefits and services at www.va.gov/getstarted.
VA worked with state representatives to compile a list of the most popular state Veteran monument, part of a five part series.
PRIDE is a health education program that focuses on reducing health care disparities. It helps VA employees engage with LGBTQ+ Veterans, showing them VA welcomes them and serves all who served.
“‘Hey Mom, I signed up for the Navy.” Oh. Okay. So, Jessica Burnett decided to support her daughter and now she manages the women Veterans’ program at an Oregon VA medical center.
Center for Minority Veterans hosted the inaugural National Minority Veterans Summit focusing on the needs and issues imperative to minority Veterans.
Minority Veterans’ needs and issues about VA benefits and services will be the focus of the inaugural 2019 National Minority Veterans Summit Sept. 27-28.
VA released the Spanish version of the application for health benefits, as part of VA’s effort to improve the health care enrollment process for Veterans.
Now in its fifth year, Operation: GoodJobs continues to provide tools and resources that link Veterans and military families with meaningful work so that they can access financial stability they have earned.
For more than 200 years, men and women of Asian and Pacific Island decent have voluntarily taken the oath to “support and defend the constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic.“
The advisory committee saw firsthand how VA provides service to rural women Veterans, as well as the challenges women Veterans who live in rural areas face in accessing VA benefits and services.
VA is doing its part to further the discussion on early detection and proper screening.
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