The Department of Veteran Affairs has opened a new call center in Atlanta to provide suicide prevention and crisis intervention services to more veterans in need of assistance. The veteran crisis line satellite office is meant to double VA’s capacity to assist veterans, service members and their family members worldwide …
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The heads of 20 veterans organizations have asked President-elect Donald Trump to keep Bob McDonald as Department of Veterans Affairs’ secretary, Stars and Stripes reported Wednesday. Nikki Wentling writes the groups said in a Dec. 14 letter to Trump the veterans community “cannot afford to start over” on VA reform efforts such …
Read More » Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald has said his goal for 2016 is to bolster the department’s customer service as his office continues to work on reform efforts, Military Times reported Thursday. Leo Shane III writes that McDonald told the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee that the MyVA restructuring plan aims to simplify the …
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has introduced an online portal that seeks to help veterans access information and apply for education and disability benefits, Fedscoop reported Wednesday. Billy Mitchell writes VA unveiled the beta version of Vets.gov on Veterans Day with a search tool for benefits facilities and a comparison …
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