Veterans transitioning from homelessness to permanent housing can receive one of approximately 30,000 smartphones to help them stay engaged with their health care providers. These phones from VA help Veterans continue attending virtual groups and recovery programs, assist with virtual housing and job searches, and help VA staff monitor their well-being.

Veterans can remain in stable housing through VA’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program. Veterans can get services ranging from temporary financial assistance and legal aid to childcare subsidies, so Veterans with children can return to work. For more information click HERE

Additional resources from the Federal Government are available HERE and HERE

Visit gov/HousingResources for information about a wide range of VA and non-VA resources for Veteran who may be at risk of losing their housing when federal and local eviction moratoria end.
Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to visit their localVA medical center, where VA staff are standing by to assist. Or contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at 877-424-3838, where trained counselors are available 24/7. For more information click HERE

That’s why USPS is specifically reaching out to Veterans as they staff up. USPS has a long history of providing career opportunities to those who’ve previously served and values the leadership, reliability, and high-tech skills Veterans can bring, as well as their loyalty, leadership, reliability, and integrity
Veterans, disabled Veterans, Reservists, spouses of disabled Veterans, widows or widowers of Veterans and mothers of Veterans all receive special preference for these USPS positions. For more information click HERE

To view positions near you or across the country visit USPS.com/Careers

All benefits-related features previously located in the eBenefits web portal are now available on VA.gov. Veterans are encouraged to start logging into the site using their current Digital Service (DS) Logon or creating a new account using ID.me.

For more information click HERE

The Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) is for eligible Veterans who have incurred or aggravated a serious injury in the line of duty on or before May 7, 1975 or on or after September 11, 2001. This program provides resources, education, support, a financial stipend, and health insurance (if eligible), beneficiary travel (if eligible), to caregivers of eligible Veterans.

How to Apply click HERE

Established in 2007, Guitars for Vets, a non-profit organization, came together when Marine Corps Veteran Dan Van Buskirk took months of guitar lessons from Patrick Nettesheim. Through their lessons, Van Buskirk was able to learn to play the guitar and since then, the two became friends. Both realized that these lessons created an outlet for expression as well as provided a positive interaction. Together they went to the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to share their story. Since then, Guitars for Vets, or G4V, has expanded to be operating out of 110 VA chapters in 40 states.

For more information click HERE

ALM COVID VACCINE Clinic for Veterans and Spouses.

Sat April 10 @ 8 to 430.

Please share today!

Walk-ins welcome!

Audie Murphy Hospital 7400 Merton Minter BLVD San Antonio TX 78329 (if not already VA registered bring your DD214 if you can)

Can’t make it Saturday?

Ways of scheduling your vaccine:

1. Upon check out with the MAS Front Desk in clinics

2. Calling 210-949-9702

3. Direct schedule through VEText when Veteran receives message.

Not enrolled in the VA?

You can go to VA with your DD214, go to VA.GOV, or just enroll by phone 404-828-5257 option 1.

STX Local Enrollment and Eligibility can be reached at 210-949-3981, option 2

This technology service is free to service members and Veterans, including their loved ones and anyone with hearing loss.

Captioned telephone service enables people with hearing loss to speak during a phone call and then read the other person’s response in real time as transcriptions appear directly on their telephone or an app. This service is known as Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS), and it uses a combination of automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology and skilled transcribers, or ASR technology.

Several providers offer captioned telephone service. When registering for this service with providers, the FCC requires individuals to self-certify that they have hearing loss necessitating telephone captioning. Some providers may require professional certification from a physician, audiologist or other hearing-health professional.

CLICK HERE for a list of captioned telephone service providers.

The Clear2Connect Coalition, comprised of disability advocacy and Veterans Service Organizations, advocates on behalf of the deaf and hard of hearing communities to have access to quality, accurate communication technology.

For more information on how to access free captioned telephone service, to learn about Clear2Connect Coalition’s advocacy efforts, and to sign up for their updates, visit the Clear2Connect Coalition website or email them at: info@clear2connect.org.

For more information click HERE

Eligible Veterans and caregivers, you can now file for travel related to your medical appointments from your PC, tablet or smart phone. With VA’s launch of the Beneficiary Travel Self-Service System (BTSSS), you can enjoy fast payments, more convenience, and a new ability to track in-process reimbursement claims.

For more information click HERE

Veterans with a service-connected disability and injured service members still serving on active duty with an injury that prevents them from driving an automobile may qualify for a VA program to purchase a specially modified motor vehicle.
VA assists in paying for adaptive equipment, repairs, replacements, and reinstallations for automobile gear.

For those who already filed a claim for VA disability, use VA Form 21-4502 “Application for Automobile or Other Conveyance and Adaptive Equipment” when applying for assistance. Click HERE for more information.

Bridge My Return (BMR) is a free hiring platform connecting Veterans with military-ready employers

At Bridge My Return (BMR), we translate all of your core military skills and training. We don’t pigeonhole you into the job you did when active. Driving a truck in the military doesn’t mean you only qualify to drive a truck for a civilian company. The additional skills we’d map to that truck driver MOS would include operation, control, coordination, communication, time management and problem solving. These are skills employers seek in a host of jobs – operations, logistics, project management, sales, etc. We believe that this unleashes broader, better opportunities!

Contact us: info@bridgemyreturn.com

For more information on BMR click HERE