May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and VA has made great progress in testing, treating, and curing hepatitis C (Hep C) for Veterans enrolled in VA
Every May, VA recognizes Mental Health Awareness Month as an opportunity to raise public awareness and reduce the inaccurate and often damaging stereotypes associated with
Today VA announced that, as part of its recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, it is promoting “Use Your Voice,” a national awareness
April has come to and end and it was another successful and moving month of events to raise awareness of sexual assault and in particular,
Each time a bugle plays Taps and a folded flag is presented to a grieving family, experts tell us that on average, 10 lives will
Today President Donald J. Trump visited VA to thank Veterans for their service, and VA employees for their work helping Veterans. While at VA, the
As the number of women serving in the military has increased, female Veterans have become the fastest growing demographic in America’s homeless community. Today, women comprise approximately
An important change to VA memorial benefits allows Veterans and their family members to find out in advance if they are eligible for burial in
There are more than 21.3 million Veterans in the United States – that’s 21.3 million potential targets for fraud. Unfortunately, fraudsters like to try to
The Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated that nearly 40,000 veterans were homeless as of January 2016—making up about 10 percent of all people
VA recently started digitizing older, inactive paper records, which will save taxpayer dollars through reduced, leased office-space that currently houses these records. “This is just
You may know April for World Autism Month, Mathematics and Statistics Month or National Volunteer Month. But, it wasn’t until April 1, 2001, when the
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