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Blinded Veterans Association Expands Criteria for Organization Membership
Any person having honorably served, or currently serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, qualifying for Department of Veterans Affairs Blind Rehabilitation Service is now eligible for membership in BVA…
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VetTech Next Week: Talking Signage Makes Environment Come to Life
Join BVA’s VetTech team this Wednesday, April 3, at 2:00pm Eastern Time, for our Weekly Wednesday Webinar. We will welcome Darren Gladstone, U.S. Operations Director at RightHear, a user-friendly audio format signage app that increases accessibility to both indoor and outdoor locations for blind and low vision users. RightHear assists the blind and low vision population to interpret and understand their surroundings in real time. Have you ever wondered how to locate the restrooms in
Women Veterans Receiving Disability Compensation Now at All-Time High
VA announced last week that an all-time record number of women veterans are now receiving earned disability compensation benefits. The number stands at an astounding 702,557, an increase of nearly 181,000, or 26 percent, over what it was just five years ago. Women veterans are the fastest-growing demographic at VA. “Women veterans have fought in every war since the American Revolution, but they have not always been able to access the care and benefits they
Blinded Veterans Association Earns 2024 Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency
BVA recently earned a 2024 Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency! Check out the Association’s nonprofit profile to keep up to date with the impact BVA is having on the lives of blinded veterans. Keep this link handy as we want to be sure you always have the information you need to support our work with trust and confidence. Candid supports nonprofits with information, resources, training, and data to find funding opportunities, determine which funders are
BVA Named for Support of Timely Mental Health Legislation
BVA has joined a handful of other Veterans Service Organizations in endorsing legislation that would expedite VA’s hiring process to fill critical shortages of psychiatrists at hospitals and clinics where positions have remained open for at least 35 days, Stars and Stripes reported this week. The bill, introduced by Representative Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8), comes on the heels of a 2023 VA Inspector General report referring to “severe shortages” in psychiatry staffing while hundreds of veterans