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  • VFW’s Unmet Needs Program provides grant funds

    VFW’s Unmet Needs Program provides grant funds

    VFW Unmet Needs program provides grants to Veterans for unexpected financial difficulty as a result of deployment or military activity or injury.

  • Select locations to offer virtual exams for Veterans

    Select locations to offer virtual exams for Veterans

    ATLAS sites offer health care services that do not require hands-on exams such as primary care, mental health counseling, clinical pharmacy, nutrition services, social work, and more.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Roy N. Scow

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Roy N. Scow

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Roy N. Scow, who earned a Silver Star while serving in the infantry during World War I.

  • VA, VFW Facebook Live: Delivering care to rural Veterans

    VA, VFW Facebook Live: Delivering care to rural Veterans

    Join VA’s Office of Connected Care and VFW on Friday, Oct. 11, at 12 p.m. ET for a Facebook Live event: Delivering Care to Rural Veterans When and Where It's Needed.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Christopher Blevins

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Christopher Blevins

    In honor of the VFW’s 120th birthday, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Christopher Blevins, a VFW Unmet Needs recipient.

  • Veteran walks across country for suicide awareness

    Veteran walks across country for suicide awareness

    Veteran Tom Zurhellen is walking 22 miles a day from Oregon to New York to raise awareness about Veteran suicide and homelessness. He says 22 is the number of Veterans who commit suicide each day.

  • VA Promotes ATLAS at 120th VFW National Convention

    VA Promotes ATLAS at 120th VFW National Convention

    Advancing Telehealth through Local Access Stations (ATLAS) is the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ latest innovative virtual health care experience to increase Veteran access to care. ATLAS caters to Veterans living in rural areas with long travel times to VA health care facilities or with limited connectivity at home.

  • Project Atlas creates better access to care for Veterans

    Project Atlas creates better access to care for Veterans

    VA recently teamed up with Philips, VFW, and the American Legion to provide equipment for remote telehealth exam rooms. The project, dubbed “Atlas”, will enable Veterans to conduct virtual appointments with VA care teams and specialists.

  • Jamaine Smith: VFW Post Commander builds tradition, community

    Jamaine Smith: VFW Post Commander builds tradition, community

    Army Veteran Jamaine Smith recently became the first woman to command Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3337, where she'll continue VFW's community tradition.

  • Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs hosts first annual Women Veterans Benefits & Resource Fair

    Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs hosts first annual Women Veterans Benefits & Resource Fair

    More than 100 women Veterans received information and services about benefits at Oklahoma's First Annual Women Veterans Benefits and Resource Fair held recently in Del City, Oklahoma.

  • The truth about VA nursing homes

    The truth about VA nursing homes

    At VA, we welcome oversight because we know it makes us better, but this particular issue has been clouded by false statements, misinformation and hyperbole – doing a disservice to the Veterans and taxpayers VA is charged with serving.

  • ICYMI: Facebook Live event demos VA’s Video Connect technology

    ICYMI: Facebook Live event demos VA’s Video Connect technology

    Veterans are using VA Video Connect in record numbers. Since its release last year, more than 100,000 video visits have been logged using the application.

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