DMVA Virtual Town Hall #4
Part of a series of virtual town halls, this one focuses on transportation accessibility to services. To see videos of past town halls, click here.
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LVMAC Tidbit: Lehigh Valley Community Foundation Awards Three Veterans Grants for 2022
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DMVA Virtual Town Hall
Part of a series of virtual town halls, this one focuses on homelessness.
Forward Observer
Forward Observer: Need a Little Help to Get By for the Moment?
Participants at the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Real Estate Outlook event on April 14 heard optimism over the continuing dream of a few to make us East Coast Warehouse Central. They also heard good news on the increased housing development which is needed to attract the younger workers needed for this valley to prosper. They did not hear about how we might solve the affordability gap for the average citizen, however. Other official reports from the area have stated or implied that it has becoming mountingly difficult for the average, hardworking citizen to live here, military servicemembers and veterans among them, with or without families, and regardless of age. (more…)
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LVMAC Tidbit: VA works to prevent evictions and foreclosures
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will extend the existing moratorium on evictions and foreclosures, as well as extend VA loan forbearance requests, to June 30, because of COVID-19. The current moratorium extensions for evictions and foreclosures were set to end March 31. It is the result of Read more…
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LVMAC Tidbit: Easton Area Announces Warming Shelters for 2019-2020
Since it affects homeless veterans during the cold season, we thought you might want to know that two nonprofits, Safe Harbor Easton and and Greater Shiloh Church are resuming their warming shelter operations beginning 1 December. For details click on the thumbnail to the right. Now we await the Bethlehem Read more…
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LVMAC Tidbit: Victory House Requests A Minute of Your Time!
From the Executive Director of Victory House of Lehigh Valley:
We are excited and honored to be one of ten non-profit organizations chosen by Wind Creek for a chance to win $25,000! Please help us celebrate along with Wind Creek in their grand opening festivities. It does not cost you anything but a minute of your time to watch our video and VOTE for Victory House. A Vote for Victory House is a Win for Victory House and a Win for Wind Creek Bethlehem.
Please view our video between September 23rd and 30th and then vote.
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Forward Observer
Forward Observer: Governor Announces Veterans’ Trust Fund Grant Awards for 2018
On 12 March 2018, Governor Tom Wolf announced that 13 Pennsylvania county veterans’ affairs offices and 18 nonprofit organizations will receive in grants from the Veterans’ Trust Fund (VTF), which is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA). (more…)
LVMAC NEWS
LVMAC News — Help Us with a Spark Grant from the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
Source: Spark Grants – Veterans Affairs | Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
We could use your help from 6 November through 17 November by the mechanism of voting on a Lehigh Valley Community Foundation webpage. As an organization of organization with no paid employees, we do not ask for ourselves, but instead (more…)