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 | Mar 2, 2022
On Feb. 25, the Department of Veterans Affairs issued updated goals for its ongoing efforts to combat homelessness in the Greater Los Angeles area. The federal department now plans to place more than 1,500 California veterans into permanent housing by the end of...
by Christian Southards | Jul 21, 2021
U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) reintroduced a bill on Monday that bars VA disability benefits from being counted as income when determining eligibility for housing assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development....
by Christian Southards | Jun 23, 2021
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Dennis McDonough announced on Saturday that the VA has begun the process for changing its health care policy coverage to include transgender confirmation surgery. The announcement was made at a Pride event in Orlando, with...
