by Christian Southards | Jan 3, 2023
California veterans news for the first week of 2023. Happy New Year from the California American Legion news team! All California Veterans News Per the passage of the ABLE Age Adjustment Act in Congress, the age limit for enrolling in CalABLE has been raised from 26...
by Christian Southards | Aug 5, 2022
On Aug. 1, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that nearly 260 non-profit organizations, including 31 in California, will be receiving $431 million in grant funds to combat veterans homelessness. The grants are offered through the VA’s Supportive...
by Christian Southards | Apr 15, 2022
On April 14, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it will be issuing nearly $52 million in grant funds to organizations that provide or coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans and their families. The Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox...
by Christian Southards | Mar 24, 2022
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced March 23 it awarded 36 new grants to organizations that house homeless veterans, including seven grants worth nearly $8 million to California organizations. The grants are part of the VA’s Grant and Per Diem program,...
by Christian Southards | Nov 12, 2021
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs advanced 18 bills supporting veterans last Thursday. Chairman Mark Takano (D-CA) said, “the best way we can honor our veterans is through action—with these 18 bills, we can back up our ‘thank you’s’ with concrete steps to...
by Christian Southards | Sep 3, 2021
The Department of Veterans Affairs last week announced that it will be awarding over $116 million to over 200 community organizations as part of its Grant and Per Diem, or GPD program, including nearly $12 million to organizations in California. The grants are broken...
