U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs CWV - Messages from the Center Update

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs sent this bulletin at 11/15/2016 10:01 AM EST

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Dear Veteran/Supporter,

I’m pleased to share the following recent Messages from the Center for Women Veterans (CWV) to keep you in the loop about what we’re working on or find interesting.  If there’s a topic you’d like to learn more about in this forum, drop me a line at 00W@va.gov.  You can access all Messages from the Center on the CWV Messages webpage.

Thank you for your service and support,

Kayla M. Williams

Director, Center for Women Veterans .

 

State of Women Veterans: Women Veterans Interactive partners with VA to serve women Veterans
11/09/2016 03:30 PM EST

For this week’s State of Women Veterans blog, I interviewed Ginger Miller, founder and CEO of Women Veterans Interactive, a nonprofit dedicated to serving women Veterans that partnered with VA on this campaign.

State of Women Veterans: Women Veterans more likely to complete a degree with VA education benefits
11/02/2016 11:06 AM EDT

Like many people, I had educational goals that I wanted to accomplish in pursuit of my life’s mission.  And like many people who come from humble beginnings, I had to figure out how I would pay for it.  The lure of being able to further my education was one of the factors that drove me to serve in the military.

State of Women Veterans: Employment and Women Veterans
10/26/2016 09:14 AM EDT

For this week's State of Women Veterans blog, I interviewed Dr. Nancy A. Glowacki, who serves as the women Veteran program manager with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS).  In this role, she is responsible for continuously monitoring the overlapping considerations of working Veterans and working women to ensure that DOL’s employment services are meeting the needs of women Veterans.

State of Women Veterans: About 10 percent of VA Home Loans are Made to Women Veterans
10/19/2016 09:16 AM EDT

10/19/2016 - When I was a little girl, hiding in the hall watching my mom cry with worry that we would get evicted during tough financial times made a huge impression on me.  That sense of insecurity was one of many things that drove me to serve in the military:  I swore that my own children would never experience the same anxiety.