WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2013 - As a new school year begins, a Department of Veterans Affairs official announced today that VA will nearly triple the number of colleges and universities it partners with to offer on-campus vocational and rehabilitative VA counseling through its “VetSuccess on Campus” program. Curt Coy, VA’s deputy undersecretary for economic … [Read more...]
HUD and VA Announce More Funds to Help Homeless Veterans
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2013 - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs today announced the second round of HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing funding to local public housing agencies across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The $7.8 million in added funding will provide housing and clinical services for 1,120 currently … [Read more...]
HUD & VA Announce More Vouchers to Help Homeless Vets Get into Permanent Homes
WASHINGTON, August, 21, 2013 - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced the second round of HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) funding to local public housing agencies across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The $7.8 million will provide housing and clinical services for 1,120 currently … [Read more...]
DoD and VA Establish Two Multi-Institutional Consortia to Research PTSD and TBI
WASHINGTON (Aug. 12, 2013) -- In response to President Obama’s Executive Order, the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) highlighted today the establishment of two joint research consortia, at a combined investment of $107 million to research the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) … [Read more...]
Veterans May Get 1 Year of Retroactive Benefits with ‘Fully Developed Claims’
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 98, 2013) - Veterans filing an original "fully developed claim" for service-connected disability compensation may now be entitled to up to one year of retroactive disability benefits. The retroactive benefits, in effect Aug. 6, 2013 through Aug. 5, 2015, are the result of a comprehensive legislative package passed by Congress and signed … [Read more...]