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The reduction – achieved through normal attrition, early retirements, deferred resignations and the federal hiring freeze – eliminates need for a large-scale reduction in force.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – When Congress passed the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019, it authorized several new programs designed to improve veterans’ access to mental health care. Among the provisions, the bill established the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (SSG Fox SPGP) to reduce veteran suicide through a community-based approach. 

Veterans: Protect your benefits from claims predators

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and VA accredited representatives, like our VSO partners, are combining forces to ensure Veterans benefits are protected. Veterans and their beneficiaries are often targets of companies and individuals known as claims predators. Claims predators often try to unlawfully charge Veterans and their families a fee to “help” them prepare and consult on their claims with VA.