by Christian Southards | May 23, 2022
On May 18, Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) reached a bipartisan agreement to advance the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics, or Honoring Our PACT, Act. The act fundamentally changes how the...
by Christian Southards | May 18, 2022
On May 13, the office of Governor Gavin Newsome announced that $50 million in state funding would be used to establish the California Veterans Health Initiative, or CVHI, with the purpose of ending veteran suicide in the state. According to the California Department...
by Christian Southards | May 13, 2022
On April 27, U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano, D-Calif., introduced the REMOVE Copays Act, which aims to ease financial burdens on veterans seeking mental health care from Veterans Health Administration facilities. The Reduce and Eliminate...
by Christian Southards | Apr 28, 2022
On April 22, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs unveiled its “Master Plan 2022” for combating veterans homelessness in the country by first focusing on its West Los Angeles campus. The VA has previously expressed its desire to use the Southern California...
by Christian Southards | Apr 23, 2022
On April 19, the Government Accountability Office issued a report on the state of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ Native American Direct Loan, or NADL, program. The NADL program was established in 1992 and allows eligible Native American veterans to take out a...
