VA in the “good old days”
https://www.cbsnews.com/feature/va-hospitals-scandal/
H.R.7443 - Veterans Claim Transparency Act of 2020. 07/01/2020 - Referred to the House Committee
on Veterans' Affairs.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7443?s=1&r=14
S.699 - National Green Alert Act of 2019. 03/07/2019 - Read twice and referred to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/699
H.R.1985 - Family Savings for Kids and Seniors Act. 03/28/2019 - Referred to the House Committee
on Ways and Means.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1985?s=1&r=9
H.R. 7504—the VA Clinical TEAM Culture Act of 2020. 07/09/2020 Referred to the House Committee on
Veterans' Affairs. 09/08/2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 09/10/2020 Committee Hearings Held.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7504
H.R.7617 - Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and
Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and
Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development
Appropriations Act, 2021. 07/31/2020 - On
passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 – 197.
08/12/2020 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the
Committee on Appropriations.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7617
Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers
https://www.caregiver.va.gov/pdfs/MIssionAct/CaregiversPCAFCExpansionFAQ73120.pdf
VA Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family
Caregivers begins expanding eligibility to Veterans of earlier eras
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5533
VA Expands Caregiver Stipend to Cover Eligible Vietnam,
Korea and World War II Veterans
5th Annual A Day To Change Direction
https://www.changedirection.org/day-to-change-direction/
A Day to Change Direction 2020 Presentation
Montel’s Journey Comes Full Circle as Host of Military
Makeover: Decorated Veteran "Psyched" to Support Military Families
https://militarymakeover.tv/montels-journey-comes-full-circle-as-host-of-military-makeover/
Private First Class Jacklyn H. Lucas: Medal of Honor
Series: In the bloodiest battle in
Marine Corps history, 27 Marines and sailors were awarded the Medal of Honor
for action on Iwo Jima. No other campaign surpassed that number.
Boca Raton Doctor Pleads Guilty To $20 Million Health
Care Fraud Scheme
Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (Inactivated or Recombinant):
What You Need to Know
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/flu.html
Fighting flu together: Get an immunization! Flu and COVID-19 can both lead to serious
illness
NOTE: Flu shots will be given out in the
Walk-In Flu Clinic at the CMC VAMC Philadelphia in front of the hospital for
veterans without an appointment Mon-Fri from 8 AM to 4 PM.
Study offers real world perspective on how Black patients
experience mental healthcare
Research provides insight into how perceptions of bias
affect engagement with providers
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/ri-sor091520.php
Access and manage your VA benefits and health care
Veterans Benefits - 800 827-1000
Veterans Benefits - 800 827-1000
Veterans Benefits - 800 827-1000
Health Care Benefits – 877 222-VETS (8387)
Access and Quality in VA Healthcare
VA Burials & Memorials – 800 827-1000
Center for Minority Veterans
www.va.gov/centerforminorityveterans
Community Care (MISSION Act) – 844 698-2311 (VA 311)
Devices for the Deaf (TDD) – Dial 711
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/711-telecommunications-relay-service
VA Education and Training – 888 442-4551
Homeless Veterans – 877 424-3838
VA Mental Health
Military Exposures (Agent Orange, Gulf War Illnesses,
etc.) – 877 222-8387
www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures
MOVE!* Weight Management
MyVA 311 – 844 MyVA311 (844 698-2311)
https://www.fedscoop.com/myva-311-shows-how-feds-are-taking-innovation-cues-from-cities/
National Center for Patient Safety
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
– 800 273-8255
SmokeFreeVET – 855-QuitVET (855 784-8838)
Text VET to 47848
Survivor Benefits – 800 827-1000
Traveling Veterans Coordinator Program
www.va.gov/health-care/about-va-health-benefits/where-you-go-for-care
VA Caregiver Support Line – 855 260-3274
VA Facility Locator
VHA National Center for Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention
Veterans Crisis Line – 800 273-8255 Press “1” OR text to
828255
OR chat confidentially online at
Virus Protection (Flu, Coronavirus (COVID-19), etc.)
Whole Health for Life
Women Veterans Call Center – 855 829-6636
H.R. 6933, the Caring for Survivors Act. 05/19/2020 Referred to the House Committee on
Veterans' Affairs. 06/16/2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability
Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6933?s=1&r=1
S. 4594, the Caring for the Survivors and Families of
Veterans Act of 2020. 09/16/2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs.
Virtual Volunteer Opportunities at CMCVAMC
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxwJXxwWrNjzMJwRQvgNXdDGKGbX?projector=1
Wings Of WW2: Flyover of vintage aircraft commemorates
victory
HIRING OUR HEROES
Looking inside the injured brain: Doctors can analyze the
brains of dead athletes to confirm football-linked brain injuries, said Patrick
Hruby in The Washington Post Magazine. But what about a test for the living?
https://theweek.com/print/484231/124294/looking-inside-injured-brain
The quest to detect CTE in the living and what it means
for football’s concussion crisis
'Utterly baffling': 76 vets die of Covid at soldiers home
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/utterly-baffling-76-vets-die-of-covid-at-soldiers-home/ar-BB19qza3
Veterans will see same cost-of-living boost in 2021 as
Social Security beneficiaries
Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog
VA’s collaboration with NARA digitizes Vietnam-era deck
logs
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79052/vas-collaboration-nara-digitizes-vietnam-era-deck-logs/
VA finishes digitizing deck logs for blue water Vietnam
veterans, should speed disability claims
Obituary for Dwight D. Edwards, October 10, 1945 -
September 22, 2020
https://www.wallacefuneraldirectorsinc.com/obituaries/Dwight-Edwards-2/#!/TributeWall
Lack of Adequate Controls for Choice Payments Processed
through the Plexis Claims Manager System
https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-19-00226-245.pdf
ICYMI: Facebook Live Resources for Homeless and At-Risk
Veterans
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79439/icymi-facebook-live-resources-homeless-risk-veterans/
VAntage Point Blog Update: Veterans Health Administration
sent this bulletin at 09/30/2020 10:00 AM EDT
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USVHA/bulletins/2a37190
Study Edge announces free access for Veterans through
December 31, 2020
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79361/study-edge-announces-free-access-veterans-december-31-2020/
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month at VBA
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79245/suicide-prevention-awareness-month-vba/
Q/A from the Women Veteran Series chat events: Questions
on business resources, yoga, acupuncture, military sexual trauma, claims,
appeals, reproductive and women health services
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79474/qa-women-veteran-series-chat-events/
#VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran J.W. Cortés
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79171/veteranoftheday-marine-corps-veteran-j-w-cortes/
Psychiatric medication and weight gain among women
Veterans: Effects of weight gain associated with certain medications
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79176/psychiatric-medication-weight-gain-among-women-veterans/
Register for the Fall Quarterly Meeting of the Delaware
Valley Veterans Consortium (DVVC) on Friday, October 16, 2020, from 9 to 10:30
AM, via Zoom:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/out-of-the-box-employment-strategies-tickets-120048270609
Museum of the American Revolution, 101 South Third St.,
Philadelphia, PA 19106
DVVC member organization Operation College Promise (OCP)
has partnered with Texas A&M University System to research the effects of
the Covid-19 pandemic on military and veteran students. Academic organizations are urged to
participate. For further info, contact:
Wendy Lang, Founder and Executive Director of OCP, at walang118@gmail.com or 561 302-5282.
Link to Staff Survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QRS83NP
Link to Student Survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WZZNN8K
The National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey in Sea
Girt is the home of the Center for U.S. War Veterans’ Oral Histories. The
Center’s mission is to collect and preserve the memories of Veterans and Gold
Star family members through recorded oral history interviews. This is a great
opportunity for Veterans to tell their personal stories. Go to
For further information on access to this collection, or
to participate in the program, please visit or contact Carol Fowler at the
museum in Sea Girt at 732-974-5966 or carol.fowler@dmava.nj.gov
.
https://njmilitiamuseum.org/oralhistory
Fact check: Trump claims Biden policies killed over
308,000 veterans, but that’s not what investigators found
VA coronavirus cases top 60,000 since start of the
pandemic
VA Fisher House program continues to grow: Expanding to
48 houses in 2020
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79289/va-fisher-house-program-continues-grow/
Five supply chain jobs perfect for Veterans
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79306/five-supply-chain-jobs-perfect-veterans/
Innovators selected for Spark-Seed-Spread Innovation
Program: VA Innovators Network selected 92 investments
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79231/innovators-selected-spark-seed-spread-innovation-program/
Mark Feldman: A Courageous Rescue
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79312/mark-feldman-courageous-rescue/
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Luis Rios
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78602/veteranoftheday-army-veteran-luis-rios/
White Ribbon VA highlights domestic violence awareness:
Working to end violence against women and girls
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79242/white-ribbon-va-highlights-domestic-violence-awareness/
VA launches White Ribbon VA campaign to promote healthy
relationships during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5532
Breonna Taylor grand jury recordings released
Newsletter Archive – Agent Orange Review
https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/publications/newsletter-archive.asp
Families of veterans who die from coronavirus would have
survivor benefits protected under House bill
https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/families-of-veterans-who-die-from-coronavirus-would-have-survivor-benefits-protected-under-house-bill-1.647569?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2010.06.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief
Study: Veterans with acupuncture before surgery have less
pain
Blazing a trail: How a Black Navy SEAL boosted his
success through online learning
Agent Orange Zone – this is a good source of information
about a variety of toxic exposures
http://agentorangezone.blogspot.com/
October is Agent Orange Awareness Month
http://agentorangezone.blogspot.com/2020/10/october-is-agent-orange-awareness-month.html
‘Greater Love Hath No Man:’ Marines in Congress request
Camp Reasoner sign be sent from Vietnam to the US
Wife of deceased Air Reserve Technician hopes law will
help others
https://www.wlox.com/2020/10/05/wife-deceased-air-reserve-technician-hopes-law-will-help-others/
Yankee Air Museum’s Vietnam Era Huey Helicopter to Offer
Three More Flight Days this Season
VA has denied about 78% of disability claims from burn
pits
Vietnam begins dioxin remediation at central airport
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-begins-dioxin-remediation-at-central-airport-4170720.html
Veterans Affairs to be investigated after allegations
from staff of widespread racism
https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/veterans-affairs-investigated-after-racism-allegations
Veterans Affairs active COVID-19 cases fell for two
months. Now, they're rising again.
https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/active-coronavirus-cases-spike-again-at-veterans-affairs
Active COVID-19 up nearly 50% at Veterans Affairs since
September as illness spikes again
The Rev. Robert Moore has served since 1981 as full-time
Executive Director of the Princeton, NJ-based Coalition for Peace Action
(CFPA), a regional organization dedicated to global abolition of nuclear
weapons, a peace economy, and a halt to weapons trafficking.
https://www.peacecoalition.org/about/reverendrobertmoore.html
Peace Voter 2020
https://www.peacecoalition.org/campaigns/peace-voter.html
CFPA Committees
https://www.peacecoalition.org/about/committees.html
About the Coalition for Peace Action
https://www.peacecoalition.org/about.html
Niki VanAller, Assistant Director, & Edward A.
Aguilar, J.D., Pennsylvania Director
https://www.peacecoalition.org/about/staff.html
Major Danny A. Sjursen
An Officer’s Path to Dissent
VFW Action Corps Weekly, October 9, 2020
https://www.vfw.org/advocacy/grassroots-efforts/vfw-action-corps-weekly
Congress Expands Veteran Access to Telehealth for Mental
Health Care: A bill headed to the President's desk will expand efforts by the
Department of Veterans Affairs to improve veteran access to mental health
services, including offering more services via telehealth.
S. 785: Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental
Health Care Improvement Act of 2019
This bill makes updates related to Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) transition assistance, mental health care, care for women
veterans, and telehealth care.
TITLE I--IMPROVEMENT OF TRANSITION OF INDIVIDUALS TO
SERVICES FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
(Sec. 101) This
section requires the VA to submit a plan for the provision of VA health care to
any veteran during the one-year period following the discharge or release from
active military, naval, or air service.
(Sec. 102) The
Department of Defense (DOD) and the VA must jointly review and report on the
records of each former member of the Armed Forces who died by suicide within
one year of separation from the Armed Forces during the five-year period
preceding the enactment of this bill.
(Sec. 103) The VA
must report on the Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health—Veterans
Enhanced Treatment (REACH VET) program to assess, among other elements, the impact
of the program on rates of suicide among veterans.
(Sec. 104) This
section updates reporting requirements related to the mental and behavioral
health care provided by the VA to former members of the Armed Forces with other
than honorable discharge.
TITLE II--SUICIDE PREVENTION
(Sec. 201) This
section establishes the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention
Grant Program, under which the VA must award grants for a period of three years
to eligible entities for the provision of suicide prevention services to
veterans and their families. A nongovernmental entity must conduct a study on
the provision of such grants to evaluate the effectiveness.
In certain circumstances, entities receiving grants must
refer eligible individuals for additional care at the VA. If it is clinically
appropriate, the VA must provide an individual receiving suicide prevention
services through a grant with a mental health care assessment or services. If
an individual refuses such care, ongoing clinical services provided by a
grantee must be at the expense of the grantee.
(Sec. 202) The VA
must complete a study and report on the feasibility and advisability of
providing complementary and integrative health treatments, such as acupuncture,
at all VA medical facilities.
(Sec. 203) After
the Creating Options for Veterans' Expedited Recovery Commission submits its
final report, the VA must conduct a three-year pilot program to provide
complementary and integrative health services (e.g., animal therapy) to certain
veterans from the VA or non-VA entities for the treatment of post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), depression, or anxiety. The VA is authorized to extend
the duration based on the results of the implementation.
(Sec. 204) The VA
must seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine to study the effects of opioids and benzodiazepine on
all-cause mortality of veterans, including suicide, regardless of whether
information relating to such deaths has been reported by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must conduct a
review of the staffing levels for mental health professionals of the VA.
(Sec. 205) This
section requires the GAO to report on the VA's efforts to manage veterans at
high risk for suicide.
TITLE III--PROGRAMS, STUDIES, AND GUIDELINES ON MENTAL
HEALTH
(Sec. 301) This
section requires the VA to conduct a study on the connection between living at
high altitude and the risk of developing depression or dying by suicide among
veterans. Depending on the results, a follow-up study may be required to
identify biological causes and effective treatments.
(Sec. 302) The VA
must develop a clinical provider treatment toolkit and training materials for
the evidence-based management of comorbid mental health conditions, comorbid
mental health and substance use disorders, and a comorbid mental health
condition and chronic pain.
(Sec. 303) The VA
and DOD (through the Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide
Work Group) must issue an update to the VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for
Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide that (1) considers
gender-specific factors; and (2) includes guidance with respect to the efficacy
of certain alternative therapies, such as meditation and animal therapy.
(Sec. 304) This
section requires the VA to complete the development of a clinical practice
guideline or guidelines for the treatment of serious mental illness. Under this
section, such guidelines must address the treatment of schizophrenia,
schizoaffective disorder, and persistent mood disorder (including bipolar
disorder I and II).
The VA must establish the Serious Mental Illness Work
Group with DOD and the Department of Health and Human Services to develop such
clinical practice guideline or guidelines.
Additionally, the VA must complete an assessment of the
2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Major Depressive
Disorders to determine if an update is necessary.
(Sec. 305) The VA
must implement the Precision Medicine for Veterans Initiative to identify and
validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans, with specific
consideration for depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and traumatic
brain injury. The VA must develop data privacy and security measures to ensure
the information of veterans participating in the initiative is kept private and
secure. The VA must also coordinate efforts of the initiative with the Million
Veterans Program.
(Sec. 306) This
section authorizes the VA to contract with academic institutions or other
qualified entities to carry out any statistical analyses and data evaluation as
required by law.
TITLE IV--OVERSIGHT OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND RELATED
SERVICES
(Sec. 401) The VA
must enter into an agreement with a nonfederal government entity that has
expertise in conducting and evaluating research-based studies to conduct a
study on the effectiveness of the VA's suicide prevention and mental health
outreach materials and campaigns.
(Sec. 402) The VA
must establish measurable goals to evaluate the effectiveness of the VA's
mental health and suicide prevention media outreach campaigns.
(Sec. 403) This
section requires the GAO to conduct a management review of the mental health
and suicide prevention services provided by the VA.
(Sec. 404) The GAO
must report on the VA's efforts to integrate (1) mental health care into VA
primary care clinics, and (2) community-based mental health care (care provided
by a non-VA provider but paid for by the VA) into the Veterans Health
Administration (VHA).
(Sec. 405) The VA
and DOD must report on their mental health programs, including joint programs
of the departments. The VA must establish a joint VA/DOD Intrepid Spirit Center
to serve active duty members of the Armed Forces, members of the reserve
components, and veterans for mutual benefit and growth in treatment and care
for PTSD and traumatic brain injury.
TITLE V--IMPROVEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH MEDICAL WORKFORCE
(Sec. 501) The VA
must submit a plan to address the staffing of mental health providers at its
facilities. Additionally, the VA must develop an occupational series for its
licensed professional mental health counselors and marriage and family
therapists.
(Sec. 502) This
section requires the VA to carry out the Department of Veterans Affairs
Readjustment Counseling Service Scholarship Program under the Educational
Assistance Program.
(Sec. 503) The GAO
must report on the VA's Readjustment Counseling Service. Such report must
include, among other elements, an assessment of barriers to care at Vet
Centers.
(Sec. 504) This
section expands the annual reporting requirement on the activities of the
Readjustment Counseling Service to include additional elements.
(Sec. 505) The VA
must conduct a survey on the attitudes of veterans toward the VA offering
appointments outside the usual operating hours of VA facilities, including via
telehealth appointments. The VA must also study the feasibility and
advisability of offering appointments outside the usual operating hours
(Sec. 506) The VA
must ensure each of its medical centers is staffed with at least one suicide
prevention coordinator. In addition, the VA must conduct a study to determine
the feasibility and advisability of the realignment and reorganization of
suicide prevention coordinators within the Office of Mental Health and Suicide
Prevention and the creation of a suicide prevention coordinator program office.
(Sec. 507) This
section requires the VA to report on its efforts to implement a suicide prevention
program for veterans presenting to an emergency department or urgent care
center of the VHA who are assessed to be at risk for suicide and are safe to be
discharged home.
TITLE VI--IMPROVEMENT OF CARE AND SERVICES FOR WOMEN
VETERANS
(Sec. 601) This section
requires the VA to expand the capabilities of the Women Veterans Call Center by
including a text messaging capability.
(Sec. 602) The VA
must publish a website providing information for women veterans about the
benefits and services available to them.
TITLE VII--OTHER MATTERS
(Sec. 701) This
section requires the VA to award grants to entities for the expansion of
telehealth capabilities and provision of telehealth services to veterans. An
entity seeking to establish a telehealth access point for veterans without
grant funding is authorized to enter into an agreement with the VA to establish
such access point.
The VA must assess and report on the barriers veterans
face in accessing telehealth services.
(Sec. 702) This
section authorizes the VA to enter partnerships with nonfederal government
entities to provide hyperbaric oxygen treatment to veterans to research the
effectiveness of such therapy in treating certain conditions (e.g., PTSD).
The VA must conduct a systematic review of published
research literature on off-label use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat PTSD
and traumatic brain injury among veterans and nonveterans. Additionally, the VA
must conduct a study on all individuals receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy
through the VA's current pilot program to determine the efficacy and
effectiveness for treating PTSD and traumatic brain injury.
(Sec. 703) The VA
must prescribe specified technical qualifications for appointment as a licensed
hearing aid specialist in the VHA. Under this section, at least one licensed
hearing aid specialist must be appointed at each VA medical center.
(Sec. 704) This
section requires the VA to complete policy revisions within the internal
directive titled Requirements for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research
to allow sponsored clinical research of the VA to use accredited commercial
institutional review boards to review VA research proposal protocols.
The VA must (1) identify accredited commercial
institutional review boards for use in connection with sponsored clinical
research of the VA, and (2) establish a process to modify existing approvals if
a board loses its accreditation during an ongoing clinical trial.
(Sec. 705) This
section also requires the VA to establish an Office of Research Reviews within the
VA's Office of Information and Technology to perform centralized security
reviews and complete security processes for approved research sponsored outside
the VA, among other purposes.
03/13/2019 - Read twice and referred to the Senate
Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
08/05/2020 - Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice
Vote.
08/07/2020 - Received in the House.
09/23/2020 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill Agreed to by voice vote in the House.
10/06/2020 - Presented to President.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/785
H.R.3228: VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act, which
expands on the landmark VA Mission Act, signed in 2018, by allowing
post-graduate healthcare employees and VA healthcare trainees to use telehealth
platforms under the supervision of VA-sanctioned care providers. This bill authorizes health professional
trainees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide treatment to
veterans via telemedicine. To provide such treatment, a trainee must be under
the supervision of a VA health care professional who is authorized to provide
health care via telemedicine.
06/12/2019 - Introduced in House
09/22/2020 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
09/23/2020 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed
on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 553.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3228
H.R.8247 - Veterans COMPACT (The Veterans’ Comprehensive
Prevention, Access to Care and Treatment) Act of 2020, which expands the
department’s programs for treating veterans at risk of suicide and improves
resources for caregivers and veterans, including telehealth options;
09/14/2020 – Introduce in the House and Referred to the
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
09/23/2020 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
09/24/2020 - Received in the Senate.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8247
H.R. 7105: The Dependable Employment and Living
Improvements for Veterans’ Economic Recovery (DELIVER) Act, a package of nine
bills aimed at improving services for homeless and unemployed veterans.
Included in that package is the Homeless Veteran Coronavirus Response Act,
which would require the VA to ensure that homeless veterans have access to
telehealth services, during the COVID-19 emergency.
06/04/2020 – Introduced in the House and Referred to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the cmte
concerned.
09/23/2020 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote
09/24/2020 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and
referred to the Cmte on Veterans' Affairs.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7105?s=1&r=5
Promoting safety in the use of antibiotics for Veterans:
South Texas VA leading the way in antimicrobial stewardship
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79686/promoting-safety-use-antibiotics-veterans/
Return survey and help future VA health care: Same-Day
Services survey e-mailed to thousands of Veterans
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79737/returning-survey-will-help-future-va-health-care/
Secretary Wilkie: Honoring Hispanic-American Veterans
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79921/secretary-wilkie-honoring-hispanic-american-veterans/
Veterans: Exercise online at your pace on your
schedule. Gerofit: From stretching to
full workouts
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79680/veterans-exercise-online-pace-schedule/
#VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Allen L. White
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79349/veteranoftheday-air-force-veteran-allen-l-white/
World War II Veterans honored, even as event cancelled
Protecting yourself against social media scams
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79801/protecting-social-media-scams/
#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Johann Balbuena
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79344/veteranoftheday-navy-veteran-johann-balbuena/
'Poisoning the Pacific': New book details US military
contamination of islands and ocean. More
than 12,000 pages of US government documents show military operations
contaminating the Pacific with radioactive waste, nerve agents, and chemical
weapons like Agent Orange
VA approves claims for more than 22,500 Blue Water Navy
veterans
Coronavirus deaths among VA patients top 3,500 this week
as number of cases slowly increases
DMVA Digest: A publication of Pennsylvania's Department
of Military and Veterans Affairs
September 30, 2020
https://www.dmva.pa.gov/VETERANSAFFAIRS/DOCUMENTS/DMVA_DIGEST.PDF
Reno Homeless Veteran stand down altered, not canceled:
VA and local donors help Veterans prepare for winter
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79704/reno-homeless-veteran-stand-altered-not-canceled/
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Melinda Pritchett
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79365/veteranoftheday-army-veteran-melinda-pritchett/
No Gold Star Families Got COVID-19 After White House
Event, Organization Says
Full Federal Circuit Grapples with Right to Review VA
Manual
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/full-federal-circuit-grapples-with-right-to-review-va-manual
Harrowing tale of Green Beret’s Vietnam valor drives push
for Medal of Honor
Black Force Recon Marine, battlefield commission, Vietnam
War hero ... snubbed for the Medal of Honor?
VA suspended copays for some vets during the pandemic.
Those bills are due in January.
https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/veterans-affairs-deferred-copays-due-in-january-2021
VA's Technical Programs GI Bill Is Now Open for
Applications
VA Solid Start program helps Veterans transition to
civilian life
Borne the Battle #215: Benefits Breakdown, Intimate
Partner Violence Assistance Program
VA and MAZON partner to support Veteran food security:
Food insecurity means lack of enough food to maintain a healthy lifestyle
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79745/va-mazon-partner-support-veteran-food-security/
National Hispanic Heritage Month entrepreneurial
spotlight: Moises Montanez
VIDEO: How service-connected Veterans can find VA
jobs. David Perry, chief officer of
workforce management and consulting, discusses career opportunities for
service-connected Veterans.
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79730/video-service-connected-veterans-can-find-va-jobs/
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Luis Gerardo Arguelles
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79469/veteranoftheday-army-veteran-luis-gerardo-arguelles/
Purple Heart finds home in library special collection:
Relative’s successful search for Veteran’s Purple Heart records
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79754/purple-heart-finds-home-library-special-collection/
White employees twice as likely to be promoted to
management at the VA
Philly Virtual Veterans Parade:
https://www.phillyveteransparade.org/
West Point Society of Philadelphia
https://sallyport.westpointaog.org/topics/11645
Central Montgomery County Business and Professional Women
http://www.centralmontgomerycountybpw.org/
Delaware Valley Veterans Consortium
Camden County College Veterans Services
https://www.camdencc.edu/student_life/student-services/veteran-services/
Central Montgomery County Business and Professional Women
Greater Philadelphia Veterans Network
For job hunters, check out This is Opportunity, Michael
Costantini at 267-229-4331. See also:
www.linkedin.com/in/michael-costantini-91860990
www.facebook.com/This.is.Opportunity
FourBlock – Veteran Career Readiness
Tiffany Miller, PAVE/Paralyzed Veterans of America
https://pva.org/find-support/veterans-employment/
https://pva.org/find-support/veterans-employment/pave-connect/
Lynne Williams, Ed.D - Executive Director of the
Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnewilliams
MILITARY ARMY VETERAN NETWORKS HER WAY TO A CORPORATE JOB
THROUGH CAREER EDUCATION AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
Career Management & LinkedIn for Veterans
https://montco.today/2020/10/career-management-linkedin-for-veterans/
How to Help Introverts Succeed in the Age of
Acceleration. Are you an introvert?
Attend Nov 9th at 6 PM:
https://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/event/102453
JOB SEARCH & CAREER MANAGEMENT / BLOG
https://greatcareersphl.org/blog
Let’s Get Excited, not Anxious, to Interview. Why Short Stories Matter- Matt Zaun
bit.ly/PAGCG4thThur
https://www.meetup.com/Philadelphia-Area-Great-Careers-Group/events/nsvplrybcnbdc/
DON'T RISK DESTROYING PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
RELATIONSHIPS - KEEP LINKEDIN POLITICS-FREE
https://greatcareersphl.org/2020/10/13/dont-risk-destroying-personal-and-professional-relationships-keep-linkedin-politics-free/
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