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One Step Closer to Ensuring Access to VA Facilities for Vets Who Use Service Dogs

One step closer to ensuring access to VA facilities for vets who use service [...]

Taking the Hill

VetsFirst recently met with key players in DC to ensure veterans’ issues are kept high on the [...]

Service Dogs-A Veteran’s Best Friend

Denying veterans access to service dogs is denying their access to greater quality of life and [...]

VetsFirst and Social Security Works Report on Veterans' Stake in Social Security Reform

VetsFirst and Social Security Works encourage political leaders to give special attention to stake of veterans in future of Social [...]

VetsFirst Testifies: Vocational Rehabilitation is Critical to Veterans’ Livelihood

VetsFirst testifies: vocational rehabilitation is critical to veterans’ [...]

VetsFirst Announces 2011 Public Policy Priorities

VetsFirst 2011 Public Policy Priorities support services that allow veterans with disabilities to fully reintegrate into their communities and remain with their [...]

First Look at the President’s Budget for Fiscal 2012

VetsFirst reviews the President’s budget request for the VA for fiscal 2012 and how it will impact [...]

New Challenges Must Present New Opportunities, Not Reductions

As the 112th Congress begins to take shape , VetsFirst looks forward to working with the new Chairmen for the House and Senate Committees on Veteran’s Affairs to ensure that veterans with disabilities and their families will have access to needed VA benefits, health care, and other [...]

VetsFirst Supports Integrated Approaches to Eliminating Veterans Homelessness

VetsFirst strongly supports the efforts of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to end homelessness for veterans. By focusing on the needs of homeless veterans, many of whom have disabilities, more veterans with service-connected disabilities will receive the benefits and services needed to allow them to successfully reintegrate into their communities. [...]

VetsFirst Takes Battle For Veterans’ Rights To The U.S. Supreme Court

United Spinal affiliate VetsFirst has joined in an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to ensure that veterans with disabilities are able to challenge denied VA benefits decisions in court. [...]