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Vet News: VA Announces Aggressive National Recruitment Effort to Hire Mental Health Professionals

WASHINGTON - Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki recently announced the department would add approximately 1,600 mental health clinicians as well as nearly 300 support staff to its existing workforce to help meet the increased demand for mental health services. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has developed an aggressive national recruitment program to implement the hiring process quickly and efficiently.

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Vet News: VA Launches “Project REACH” Contest With HUD and Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation to Help Homeless Find Vital Services

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs launched a new contest today to help the people who help the homeless. It challenges the developer community to create easy, mobile access to resources that the homeless need, when they need it and where they can get it.

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Vet News: Women Veterans: Make Your Own History

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs joins the Nation in observing Women’s History Month in March by honoring women Veterans for their significant historical contributions and encouragin

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Vet News: VA Launches Acquisition Internship for Returning Veterans

WASHINGTON – A special internship to prepare newly-returned Veterans to become federal contracting specialists was launched recently at the Acquisitions Academy of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Frederick, Md.

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Vet News: Detroit to Host VA Small Business Conference, Hiring Fair

WASHINGTON – The National Veterans Small Business Conference, the government’s premier event for Veteran-owned small businesses, is coming to Detroit’s Cobo Center June 25-29, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced today.

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Vet News: Largest Annual Wheelchair Sports Event in the World Returning to Richmond this June

WASHINGTON – Registration is open for the 32nd National Veterans Wheelchair Games, the largest annual wheelchair sports event in the world. More than 500 Veterans from across the United States, Puerto Rico and Great Britain are expected to compete in the Games, taking place June 25-30, 2012, in Richmond, Va. – the site of the very first National Veterans Wheelchair Games held in 1981.

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Vet News: VA Launches Facebook Pages for All 152 Medical Centers

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that all of its 152 medical centers are now actively represented on Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site.

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Vet News: VA-HUD: Homelessness among Veterans Declines 12% in 2011

WASHINGTON – The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development today announced that a new national report shows that homelessness among Veterans has been reduced by nearly 12 percent between January 2010 and January 2011. The 12 percent decline keeps the Obama Administration on track to meet the goal of ending Veteran homelessness in 2015.

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Vet News: VA Recognizes Outstanding Achievements in Homeless Programs

WASHINGTON – The best facilities, employees and civilian providers working to eliminate homelessness among Veterans were recently honored by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Vet News: A Thanksgiving Day Message from the Secretary, Eric K. Shinseki

Thanksgiving is an American tradition that predates the U.S. Constitution by more than 100 years. It is an observance that binds us as Americans no matter our race, religion, or culture. It is a time when we reflect on our many blessings and give thanks for the bounty in our lives.

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Vet News: VA Announces Winner of “Blue Button for All Americans” Contest

WASHINGTON – RelayHealth, McKesson’s connectivity business, has been named the winner of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) “Blue Button for All Americans” contest.

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Vet News: Dr. Tracy Gaudet Named as one of Top 25 Women in Health Care

WASHINGTON -- Dr. Tracy Gaudet, Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) newly established Office of Patient-Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, has been selected as one of the top 25 Women in Health Care by Modern Healthcare magazine for her leadership in serving Veterans.

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Vet News: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) App Helps Thousands

WASHINGTON – The PTSD Coach smartphone application (app), launched in April by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD), has already helped more than 5,000 users connect with important mental health information and resources.

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Vet News: Veterans Tackle the Slopes at 25th Winter Sports Clinic

WASHINGTON – This week, more than 300 Veterans will hit the slopes at the 25th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, taking place this week in Snowmass Village, Colo., March 27 – April 1. The clinic provides newly injured Veterans, and those from years past, the opportunity to learn life changing skills through rehabilitative winter sporting events.

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Vet News: VA Salutes Ross Perot

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake presented business leader and veterans’ advocate Ross Perot a special award Jan. 7 for embodying "the very spirit of America" in his selfless support of veterans and the military.

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Vet News: Commission to Seek New VA Under Secretary for Health

WASHINGTON, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi today announced the formation of a 10-member commission to recommend candidates for the post of Under Secretary for Health within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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Vet News: New Temporary Health Benefits for Reserves Announced

WASHINGTON, February 16, 2004 -- The Department of Defense announced Feb. 12 that it will implement the 2004 Temporary Reserve Health Benefit Program for certain eligible Reserve Component sponsors and their family members.

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Vet News: VA Increases Payments to Medal of Honor Recipients

Monthly federal payments to 136 living recipients of the Medal of Honor are rising 67 percent this month.

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Vet News: VA Seeks Expansion of Benefits for Former POWs

WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to the needs of service members who were prisoners of war during Operation Iraqi Freedom, President Bush has proposed legislation to Congress that would improve benefits for former POWs.

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VA urges communities to recognize hospitalized Veterans during ‘National Salute to Veteran Patients’ week

WASHINGTON — Today the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that, as part of an effort to honor hospitalized Veterans, it will mark National Salute to Veteran Patients from Feb. 10-16 by encouraging communities to seek out opportunities to volunteer at their local VA facilities.

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