A peer-run support group is taking its local impact to the next level with Veterans on Board, an organization designed to find housing and job opportunities for former service members. The group that began in… Read More
Lease of buildings, CBOC funds listed HOT SPRINGS Several items in the fiscal year 2016 budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs have outraged members of the local Save the VA Committee, as well… Read More
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. The Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center diabetes self-management education program has been awarded Certification Recognition from the American Diabetes Association. Since 1986, the ADA Education Recognition has assured that approved education programs meet… Read More
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has been under warranted criticism for long wait times at its hospitals and clinics, a crisis that led President Obama to change leadership at the VA. In North Carolina, a… Read More
Spokane is throwing its hat into the ring to help end veteran homelessness. Today, Mayor Condon announced a nine-month initiative that is part of the national Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness. The need for… Read More
The Commonwealth of Virginia is poised to be the first state to end veteran homelessness, providing hope – and evidence – that we can end this national disgrace. Gov. Terry McAuliffe recognizes community… Read More
We often say at USICH that to end homelessness nationally, we must end homelessness locally. To help communities optimize their current resources to accelerate progress towards ending Veteran homelessness, we have identified ten essential strategies… Read More
Congresswoman Dina Titus, from Nevadas First Congressional District, has created new legislation which seeks to address the VAs backlog of hundreds of thousands of appeals for VA benefits. Currently, the Department of Veteran Affairs has… Read More
RALEIGH The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to open another outpatient clinic in the Raleigh area to meet growing demand in Wake County and to try to reduce wait times for appointments. The VA is… Read More
WASHINGTON Rep. Dina Titus on Thursday demanded the Department of Veterans Affairs add staff immediately to attack a backlog of benefit appeals. Titus, D-Nev., said the agency should add enough claims officers to reduce the… Read More