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US Department of Veteran Affairs is working closely with the CDC and other federal partners to provide COVID-19 vaccines to eligible Veterans, spouses, and caregivers. Click the below to read more:

In 2020, More than 4,900 women Veterans learned about benefits at nationwide woman-focused outreach events More than 196,000 women Veterans used education benefits. More than 555,000 women Veterans received $10.7 billion in disability compensation. Women Veterans have access to VA resources. Click the link below to find out more. ... https://blogs.va.gov///women-veterans-access-va-resources/ See more

Information is changing quickly. Check back often for updates on how Veterans, spouses, and caregivers can get the vaccine. https://www.va.gov/health-care/covid-19-vaccine/

#StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate #StopAsianHateCrimes A message from NYFA's President Michael Young Read the full message below and visit https://stopaapihate.org for more information & resources.

We recently had the honor of hosting a live video Q&A with Executive Vice President of Gunpowder & Sky David Gale, Medal of Honor recipient & Chair of NYFA’s Ve...teran Advancement Program Col. Jack Jacobs, and We Are The Mighty (WATM) Chief Content Officer Chase Millsap. Tova Laiter, Director of the NYFA Q&A-List Series, curated and moderated the event. "TEN WEEKS" is a docuseries that follows a cohort of recruits over the course of ten weeks in their journey from untested, young adults into soldiers.

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Last week we celebrated the 100th-anniversary of adopting the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. In honor of this anniversary, NYC Department of Veterans' Services announced a special four-episode podcast series: "The Health of Women Veterans". Throughout this series, SITREP NYC will spotlight women who are working to overcome service-related trauma. Listen as women veterans tell stories of illness, combat injury, PTSD, and perseverance. All episodes will be available TODAY, Monday, 8/31, and you can subscribe to SITREP NYC below, and wherever you get your podcasts!

Veterans can now learn more about GI Bill benefits they’ve earned through a new three-part series just released! The series, Building Your Future with the GI Bill, coincides with the third anniversary of the Colmery Act, signed into law three years ago today, August 17, 2017. The new three-part series serves as a roadmap to support the journey from education to employment. This series helps eligible service members, Veterans and their families navigate education pathways, and finding the right benefits program for them - read more about it below.

Every day, many Veterans and their families live with the mental and physical scars from serving their country during military service. The Cohen Veterans Network, a not-for-profit philanthropic organization, serves them by providing high-quality, accessible and integrated mental health care. Through a network of outpatient mental health clinics, trained clinicians deliver evidence-based care to treat mental health conditions for couples, children and adolescents, individuals, and family units. Learn more about it in the article below.

Have you heard about the recent changes to GI Bill entitlement? Changes to benefit levels effective August 1, 2020 increase the amount VA will cover for those with fewer months of service. Find helpful information in the VA's Consolidation of Benefit Levels postcard. In the link below you will find helpful information on eligibility requirements, increased benefits, and how to apply.

Join us next week for a 90 minute live Filmmaking Master Class free to veterans, spouses, and their dependents, virtually taught by Professor Jonathan Whittaker. #NYFA's Anatomy of a Scene workshop focuses on combining lecture, film clip screening, and group participation to explore aspects of filmmaking such as: Decoding visual language, understanding emotional concepts, what constitutes a good scene, how a director breaks down the scene and creates point of view, and directing the actors. If you are interested, please click the following RSVP button here https://bit.ly/39F6JZN or email [email protected].

Join the newly launched U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Podcast Network for the latest news and information on topics that matter most to the Veteran community. The official VA podcasts cover an array of topics for Veterans, caregivers, VA employees, researcherseven friends and family, and now has episodes on important topics from health and nutrition to benefits and employment. You can find Borne the Battle and other VA podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeartRADIO, or any other podcast app-Tune in and subscribe today!

In this time of physical distancing, the VA knows it’s easy for women Veterans to feel isolated. Life plans and health can change in an instant. That is why VA is working to remove barriers and improve access to essential services. These services include reproductive health care, refilling prescriptions, and accessing the Veterans Crisis Line and Women Veterans Call Center. As states and cities across the nation have issued stay-at-home orders, the VA encourages Veterans enrolled in VA health care to take advantage of their virtual tools to access care; read more about those below.

The Veterans Benefits Administration knows that the transition from military to civilian life can be stressful and complex. Men and women from diverse backgrounds, ages and circumstances may face barriers and challenges to accessing VA benefits and programs and services eligibility. To combat the transition challenge that You don’t know that you don’t know, especially now during a global pandemic, VBA has launched a new video series, Transition Talk, to bring critical information and resources to transitioning service members and Veterans - check it out in the link below.

Vets Chat and Chew is a program for All Veterans and Active Military Personnel. If you are feeling depressed, stressed, or anxious, have trouble sleeping, or are confused about healthy eating, Vets Chat & Chew is a program designed to teach you how food can make you feel. Cook a meal, share it together, and make some new friends in the process! The program consists of six weekly 2 hour sessions. Food information will be introduced that can help you start to feel better. You will create and share a meal together and learn food lifestyle changes from the techniques of a nutrition consultant and learn how to cook the meal from a professional chef. Find out more information and sign up in the link below.

With continued advances in technology, apps for smartphones and other mobile devices can provide an ideal way for Veterans to manage aspects of their wellness outside of traditional in-person appointments with a health care provider. Apps offer support and information at users’ fingertips, wherever they are 24 hours a day, seven days a week. VA has a suite of mobile apps that are readily available and accessible to all Veterans who are in the VA health care system. In addition to VA’s Telehealth offerings, Veterans are encouraged to explore the following ways to seek virtual mental health support, check those out in the link below.

"For us, the New York Film Academy, we view #MemorialDay with the special reverence that it warrants, and we pause to reflect on those men and women whose sacrifice on our behalf have guaranteed the freedom that we enjoy. Please join us in reflecting on the memory of these valiant citizens." - Colonel Jack Jacobs, NYFA Chair of Veterans Advancement Program