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LVMAC Tidbit: Up for Telegenic Urgent Care?
Tele Urgent Care is now available in VISN 4, which means our Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center Healthcare Network is providing it. Veterans can now obtain care with the ease of a video chat. (more…)
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LVMAC Tidbit: Op Homefront Changes Lives
One of the more worthwhile national, military support organizations to have arrived on the scene since the second Gulf War is Operation Homefront. It focuses on those still serving and also those just discharging. While it cannot replace the value of certain, long-established, chartered veterans service organizations and their grassroots support activities (one would be ignorant to think so), it is definitely a value-for-the money organization which attempts to address some of the more pressing concerns of military families in often imaginative ways. (more…)
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LVMAC Tidbit: Shout-out for Participants for MST Focus Group
Click on image to enlarge ### As of 24 January 2018
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LVMAC Tidbit: Free Credentialing Program Available to Veterans
Want to get a foot in the door in the industrial field without a degree and relatively quickly? Want to fine tune what you offer to a prospective employer? Desire to work for the likes of Lutron, B. Braun, Crayola, SussexWire, Victaulic, Tesla, REEB, etc.? (more…)
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LVMAC Tidbit: Battle Borne Launches Vet Peer Group
https://www.facebook.com/lvmac/posts/2430327083739839 ### As of 18 December 2019
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LVMAC Tidbit: Updated Eligibility Requirements for Blue Water Navy Claims
“The Department of Veterans Affairs will soon mail letters to Blue Water Navy veterans and survivors who were previously denied benefits. The letters provide updated eligibility requirements approved in the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019, the paperwork required of a veteran or survivor, and available resources to assist in the claims process. The law says that veterans who served offshore of the Republic of Vietnam from 1962-1975 are presumed to have been exposed to Agent Orange or other harmful herbicides. Exposure to these herbicides have been linked to a list of several harmful medical conditions: (more…)
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LVMAC Tidbit: Veterans’ Trust Fund Notification of Funding Availability for 2020 Just Announced
We just received word that the period for submitting a grant application to the Veterans’ Trust Fund this from the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. A Governor’s press release is undoubtedly forthcoming, but considering the short deadline, looking at the deadline, we decided not to wait and are spreading the word now. Please help us to through your networks. See below: (more…)
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LVMAC Tidbit: Guess Who Is Coming to the Vet Job and Ed Fair? Are You?
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On November 6, CareerLink Lehigh Valley is again sponsoring a veterans employment and education fair, as it has done annually for a few years now. It is primarily arranged by its employees who themselves are veterans and are keen in helping you find employment.
They thought you might be interested in knowing the employers who will be attending thus far: (more…)
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LVMAC Tidbit: Chess, “the Fairy Tale of 1001 Blunders”, Finds a Purpose
According to some, there is a growing body of empirical evidence that chess can help ease the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) — helping with both cognitive functioning and mental health. In some parts of the country, chess clubs have actively worked with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and the VFW. And, chess brings people from all walks of life together more casually through the pleasure of a game — something often missing in our society. Its benefit can be manifold. (more…)