Our #VeteranoftheWeek is Staff Sergeant Louis Moore Jr.

Click here to his story. 

SCDVA has partnered with the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) to assist Veterans in our state with federal claims appeals. 

NVLSP is a national nonprofit organization that works to ensure the government delivers to America’s 22 million Veterans and active-duty personnel the benefits to which they are entitled because of disabilities resulting from their military service to our country.

This program is being offered to Veterans in South Carolina for the first time.

Click here to learn more about NVLSP, and how free legal services may be provided to Veterans on a case-by-case basis.

South Carolinians who have been affected by COVID-19 and need rent and mortgage assistance can apply to SC Housing's Stay program. This program offers short-term rental and mortgage assistance for up to six consecutive months.

As a part of the CARES Act and through the program, $25 million in COVID-19 housing assistance will be available in South Carolina to residents who have fallen behind in rent and mortgage payments. 

Click here to start the application process or call (833) 985-2929 for additional assistance.

A retired Army colonel and his former West Point roommate believe they have discovered possibly the first Black unit in the Civil War and are spearheading efforts to see the history-making soldiers honored nearly 160 years later.

They believe the members of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers of African Descent could be the first Black soldiers to wear Union uniforms.

Click here to learn more about the efforts to bring recognition to this unit in South Carolina, military museums, the Pentagon and beyond.

VA Secretary Denis McDonough promised an "urgent" review of the new rules regarding presumptive benefits status for Vietnam Veterans suffering from serious illnesses related to Agent Orange.

Click here to read more.