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Budget deal includes VA funding hike, firearm ownership protections
The appropriations measure is expected to be approved by Congress later this week.
How Biden’s budget signals the right ideas to address veterans issues
The priorities set forth in Biden's Fiscal Year 2022 discretionary budget request, which boosts the VA's budget by 8 percent, is a step in the right direction, says the author of this commentary.
By Nick Armstrong
VA to see another big spending boost under Biden’s first budget plan
Total department spending is expected to top more than $250 billion in fiscal 2022.
The number of veterans experiencing homelessness rose slightly even before the coronavirus pandemic
Of every 10,000 veterans in America as of January 2020, roughly 21 were living on the streets.
This week in Congress: Senate impeachment trial coming soon
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Jan. 13, 2020.
Advocates worry that the public will forget about homeless veterans
About 38,000 veterans nationwide are without stable housing, an estimate that is down nearly half from 2010.
This new coffee company is giving a ‘hand up’ to homeless vets
Its core mission is to hire and train veterans for jobs in the coffee industry through the proceeds it earns selling America’s favorite caffeinated beverage.
By Joshua Axelrod
Think small? This initiative offers tiny houses to homeless vets.
As tiny house fever spreads across the country, a nonprofit is using these homes to help get veterans off the streets.
By Natalie Gross