Despite the fact that Pennsylvania’s state government is not yet able to provide an “executable” budget appropriation on time, a situation which is hurting many social service agencies and nonprofits — to include veterans organizations which provide benefits services on Read more…
2023 Vietnam Veterans Honor Bus Trip to the National Museum of the U.S. Army October 28, 2023, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Vietnam Veterans are invited to join the Army Heritage Center Foundation on an all-expenses-paid Honor Bus trip to Read more…
The Next PACT Act Deadline: Health Care Enrollment for Pennsylvania Veterans who deployed to Combat Zones On 8 September 2023, the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center released a press release stating, “Until 11:59pm local time on September 30, 2023, Veterans who Read more…
Get There First’est for the Most’est NuPaths, an IT and tech workforce development training provider co-founded by Harrisburg University of Science and Technology ca. 2018, has received from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry a $199,988 grant for 2023 Read more…
Northampton County plans on starting a Veterans Treatment Court (also called veterans or veterans problem-solving courts in Pennsylvania) in the Fall of 2023. It is a type of diversion, specialty court that its Court of Common Pleas can offer, and Read more…
Extension will ensure that no Veteran or survivor will miss out on a single day of backdated PACT Act benefits Today, VA announced that Veterans and survivors who apply (or submit their intent to file) for PACT Act benefits by Read more…
Reed Walker, Community Engagement and Partnerships Coordinator (CEPC) from the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center, explained to the council at its 19 July 2023 meeting that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is interested in creating a Suicide Prevention Coalition in the Read more…
Veterans have a higher rate of cancer than the general population due to toxic exposures, apparently. Therefore, when something comes along that expedites its detection, that is particularly newsworthy because it may save lives. Advances are slowly coming forth in Read more…
Presented by Debbie Rozear, Supervisor of Core & Housing Services, and Al-Nisha McFadden, Veteran Community Support Coordinator, of the Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living (LVCIL) to the council at its 17 May 2023 meeting, LVCIL is one result of a Read more…
The local chatter surrounding the Honor the PACT Act of 2022 in the Lehigh Valley tends to be about new presumptive conditions, compensation claims, and tort claims — but equally, if not more importantly for most, is the topic of Read more…