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Blinded Female Veterans Hike Appalachian Trail

Blinded Female Veterans Hike Appalachian Trail (Alexandria, VA) – For the first time, four of our blinded female veterans will hike a portion of the Appalachian Trail next month.  Hosted by Blinded Veterans Association’s Operation Peer Support, the 2019 Survived and Fierce Ranger Appalachian Trail March will occur on the Northern Appalachian Trails in Georgia starting May 28, 2019.  The four BVA member participants include: Jeanie Murphy, a retired Army Sergeant, Shianti Lee, a retired […]

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3 Services a Veterans Assistance Program Might Provide

3 Services a Veterans Assistance Program Might Provide After you have served your country, you are entitled to benefits to thank you for your service. Those benefits are meant to help you get back on your feet when you return home. Sometimes, accessing your benefits is not easy. The government agencies that are charged with overseeing the distribution of said benefits are bureaucratic and slow-moving. Veterans Assistance Program professionals are available to help you. Here […]

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Great Tips to Use When Applying for a Scholarship

Great Tips to Use When Applying for a Scholarship Scholarships for Veterans Dependents are available through the Blinded Veterans Association. The Kathern F. Gruber scholarship and the Thomas H. Miller scholarship is offered to spouses, dependent children, and grandchildren of blinded veterans. Each scholarship is for one single year, but students can re-apply each year and receive it for up to four years. Scholarships relieve a bit of the financial burden that families with college […]

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Tester Asks for Veterans Service Organization Feedback on Improving VA Mental Health Care

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2019   Sarah Feldman | 202.228.0371 Cassie Byerly   | 202.224.4588   *** VIDEO / PHOTOS ****   Tester Asks for Veterans Service Organization Feedback on Improving VA Mental Health Care Senator Hears Legislative Priorities from NASDVA, FRA, Gold Star Wives, BVA, Jewish War Veterans, MOPH, MOAA   (U.S. Senate) – Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Jon Tester today asked some of the nation’s leading Veteran Service Organizations how the VA […]

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VA Awards Grants to Develop Technology for Veterans, Service Members

New technology aims to help Veterans with service-connected disabilities modify their specially adapted homes. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the awarding of nearly $799,753 in Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology (SAHAT) grants of up to $200,000 per eligible individuals, researchers, or organizations to develop new assistive technology to enhance the ability of a Veteran or Servicemember to live in an adapted home. The SAHAT grants will allow outside entities, including non-profit and community […]