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Now Is the Time: For Veterans facing a mental health challenge, now is the time to start your journey toward a healthier tomorrow. For their families and friends, now is the time to start a conversation that you’re there for support.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Service members of every era, branch, gender, and sexual identity have survived military sexual trauma. MST is a term used by VA to refer to sexual assault or sexual harassment experienced during military service.
VA clinical retirees needed to help fight pandemic: VA needs retired VA clinicians and federal health providers to help us battle the COVID-19 pandemic. Areas of expertise include tele/virtual care, National Call Center, travel nurse corps and direct patient care/support.
2020 Veterans Day Poster Contest: April 1 deadline. Winning design is featured on posters sent to VA facilities and military installations. Poster is also the cover for the Arlington National Cemetery Veterans Day program.
Connecticut veterans featured in national campaign: The VA Center for Women Veterans recently added images of Connecticut veterans to its virtual “I Am Not Invisible” exhibit. The campaign seeks to raise awareness about the roughly 2 million women who proudly served.
National Salute to Veteran Patients: The week of February 14 each year is your opportunity to say thank you to a special group of men and women, the more than 9 million veterans of the U.S. armed services who are cared for in VA medical centers.
VA Video Connect: VA Video Connect connects veterans with their health care team from anywhere, using encryption to ensure a secure and private session. Veterans and providers jointly decide whether to use VA Video Connect.
Creative Arts Competition Accepting Entries: The VA National Creative Arts competition is open to any veteran currently enrolled for care with VA. Submission deadlines are in February. Competition is open to musicians, artists, dancers, actors, writers and poets.
Military exchanges, commissary access expanded: According to the DoD, starting Jan. 1, 2020, all service-connected veterans, Purple Heart recipients and former prisoners of war (POWs) can use commissaries, exchanges, and MWR retail facilities in-person and online.
Family Caregivers Month: November is National Family Caregivers Month. VA thanks, celebrates, and honors each, and every family caregiver. As a caregiver, the very best thing you can do for those who depend on you is to take care of yourself.