Buddy Check 22 aids at-risk veterans
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Buddy Check 22 is an American Legion program that reaches out to possibly at-risk veterans. The “22” in the name is most significant: it is the average number ... Continue Reading →
Boot-camp for veteran-owned businesses
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Last summer, the Department of Veterans Affairs brought together 80 women veteran business owners for a six-month boot camp hosted by PenFed and the VA Office ... Continue Reading →
Veterans Village opens
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We were all there the day Veterans Village officially opened: Sarge, the older veterans brought out in a van borrowed from the senior center, the dormitory crew ... Continue Reading →
Veterans service groups are up and running again
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Is your local Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) or American Legion up and running again? Many shut down over the past year due to ... Continue Reading →
VA expands assistance to homeless veterans
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With prices soaring all around us, imagine how bad it must be in places that already had high costs when it came to rental housing. In an effort to help homeless ... Continue Reading →
New hires to process VA claims backlog
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has hired 2,000 claims processors to deal with the claims backlog. They’re going to be busy once they’re trained.
As ... Continue Reading →
Veterans Village: David steps up
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I had to park on the street because the lot behind the coffee shop was completely full, with the older veterans relegated to the sidewalk. Sarge and David, the ... Continue Reading →
VA ends debt relief
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The Department of Veterans Affairs called a cease-fire on collection of overpayments between April 2020 and September 2021 due to the COVID pandemic. Now that ... Continue Reading →
Here’s how to find where a vet is buried
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The Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM) website has been expanded by 500,000 names at 93 veterans cemeteries across the country. This is in addition to the 4 million ... Continue Reading →
Cybercriminals have vets in their sights
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Veterans are victims of cybercrimes at a much higher rate than civilians. And it’s not just veterans, included are military spouses, survivors, ... Continue Reading →
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