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The Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Unmet Needs program continues to provide financial assistance to veterans, service members and their families facing unexpected financial difficulties. The program awards emergency grants of up to $2,500 to help cover the cost of basic necessities, such as mortgage and rent, home and auto repairs, insurance, util...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is applauding today’s roll out of a new consolidated complaint system to help the Department of Veterans Affairs and its partner agencies weed out fraud, waste and abuse among those organizations and educational institutions that serve student veterans. The new complaint system was a cornersto...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States has thrown its support behind a bill introduced by the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee chairman because it fulfills a number of VFW legislative priorities that benefit all generations of veterans and their families, and it eliminates the cost-of-living adjustment penalty on military retirees. S...
Background: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman, Bernie Sanders introduced the Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Resotration Act of 2014. The bill, S. 1950, is the most comprehensive veterans legislation to be introduced in decades. It addresses many of the VFW's legislative priority goals, including a full repeal of ...
Take Action! Background: Congress passed a spending bill to fund the federal government for the remainder of FY 2014 -- the package contains a provision that will repeal the COLA penalty for Chapter 61 medical retirees, as well as thousands of Survivor Benefits Program recipients, but it does not include more than 800,000 military retirees under...
When it comes to supporting veterans and service members who face difficult challenges, we’re all in this together. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) urges everyone to stay alert for signs of crisis in veterans and service members and be prepared to help them access the support they have earned. It Matters: Because one small act c...
Mike, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He spent years keeping his combat-related emotions locked up—and depression, anger, and stress kept building in him. A hunting trip with fellow Veterans spent talking about combat experiences finally prompted him to reach out for help. Throu...
The VFW is hosting its first-ever Facebook town hall meeting to discuss VA education benefits, how the VFW is fighting for education on Capitol Hill and the VFW’s new scholarship program for veterans. The town hall will take place Jan. 16, at 3:00 p.m. (CST). Representatives from the VFW’s “1 Student Veteran” program will...
This year promises to be a momentous one for America’s veterans and its warriors. Issues affecting those in and out of uniform will be on the front burner on Capitol Hill. Two events in 2014 will no doubt put veterans and the armed forces in the national limelight: congressional elections and withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanist...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States will continue its fight to remove a proposal in the federal budget deal that unfairly attacks military retirees. The two-year budget deal was passed by the House last week and by the Senate this afternoon. The package is now on its way to the president for his signature. “The VFW has never be...
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