by Christian Southards | Jun 21, 2022
A groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 15 for Ventura Springs, a new affordable veterans housing project in Ventura County, the Ventura County Star reported. The project is co-sponsored by nonprofit A Community of Friends and veterans service organization U.S....
by Christian Southards | Apr 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor announced April 1 that national veterans unemployment in March was down nearly five percent from 2021, and likely decreased in California as well. For context, California veterans unemployment was at its lowest rate in 2018 at 2.7 percent,...
by Military Times | Apr 14, 2022
Turnover rates among Veterans Affairs staffers have risen slightly in recent years, and officials worry that could increase dramatically if Congress doesn’t help ease the burden of bringing new candidates into the department’s workforce. “We are continuing to...
by Christian Southards | Feb 10, 2022
On Feb. 7, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released The 2021 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress or AHAR. According to the report, sheltered veterans homelessness fell approximately 10 percent from 2020 to 2021. However, the report also...
by Military Times | Jan 28, 2022
A group of U.S. senators is pushing the Department of Veterans Affairs to start providing at-home COVID testing kits to veterans for free, saying that individuals facing long commutes to medical centers or significant health complications may have no other way to...
by caLegion Contributor | Jan 19, 2022
The Biden administration’s new at-home COVID testing program launched in recent weeks, allowing people to order the tests online. “I just ordered mine,” said American Legion member Marilyn Rideaux in an email. “It will take 7-12 days to receive but they are free.” By...
