Celebrating Black History Month!

Join us for an event to celebrate Black History Month!

During this Black History Month, The Center for Minority Veterans (CMV) is conducting a minority Veteran outreach, engagement, education, and enrollment effort.

All attendees will be provided information on minority Veteran disparities, PACT Act, and other services provided by the VA.

 We aim to inform Veterans of their benefits by hosting three events with the first being on February 8, 2023. Followed by another on February 15th, and CMV’s final presentation on February 22, 2023

 Please click the links below to register!

• Feb 8 Registration
• February 15 Registration
• February 22 Registration

If you require accommodations to attend this event, please reach out to vacocmv@va.gov.

Learn more about PACT Act

The PACT Act is perhaps the largest health care and benefit expansion in VA history. The full name of the law is The Sergeant First Class (SFC) Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act.

The PACT Act will bring these changes:

• Expands and extends eligibility for VA health care for Veterans with toxic exposures and Veterans of the Vietnam, Gulf War, and post-9/11 eras
• Adds 20+ more presumptive conditions for burn pits, Agent Orange, and other toxic exposures
• Adds more presumptive-exposure locations for Agent Orange and radiation
• Requires VA to provide a toxic exposure screening to every Veteran enrolled in VA health care
• Helps us improve research, staff education, and treatment related to toxic exposures

If you’re a Veteran or survivor, you can file claims now to apply for PACT Act-related benefits.

VA Celebrates Black History Month  Each February, VA joins the entire country in celebrating Black History Month. During this month, we celebrate all Black Americans, Black VA colleagues, and the Black Veterans who have served and sacrificed for this nation in every conflict since the American revolution.

Resources

• Fact Sheet: President Biden Signs the PACT Act and Delivers on His Promise to America’s Veterans (August 10, 2022)
• CMV: The PACT Act

The signing of the bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act (VA PACT ACT Page) marks one of the most important expansions of VA healthcare in decades. This is important for our Latino/Hispanic Veterans whose participation in the armed forces, including combat regions impacted by toxic exposure is well documented and recognized.