Archive for July, 2010
Army Press Release On Suicide Prevention
SOURCE: www.army.mil/hprrsp
Washington, D.C., July 29, 2010 . . . The Army today released the Health Promotion, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention (HP/RP/PC) Report, the result of a focused 15-month effort to better understand the increasing rate of suicides in the force. This candid report is intended to inform and educate Army leaders on the important [...]
VA Approves $2.8M For Gulf War Illness Research
SOURCE: www.va.gov
Washington, D.C. . . . The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has approved $2.8 million to fund three new research projects that focus on testing or developing treatments for illnesses affecting Veterans who served in the Gulf War 1990-1991. The research incorporates recommendations of the department’s Gulf War Veterans’ Task Force.
“Reaching out to Gulf [...]
HHS Announces Availability Of $51 Million In Resources For States To Build New Competitive Health Insurance Marketplace
SOURCE: www.hhs.gov
Washington . . . The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced two key steps in the process of partnering with states and other stakeholders to begin establishing health insurance Exchanges. HHS announced the availability of up to $1 million in grants per state to help states begin to establish Exchanges and [...]
CMS Announces $2.25 Billion In Grants To Extend Money Follows The Person Rebalancing Demonstration
SOURCE: www.hhs.gov
Grants Help To Support Community-Based Alternatives To Institutional Long Term Care
Americans with disabilities will have more help to live independently and remain in their homes and communities instead of in institutional long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes, through the availability of $2.25 billion in grants to states. The new grant solicitation issued today [...]
Executive Order Increasing Federal Employment Of Individuals With Disabilities
SOURCE: www.whitehouse.gov
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish the Federal Government as a model employer of individuals with disabilities, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy: Approximately 54 million Americans are living with a disability. The [...]
TRICARE Beneficiaries To Get Overseas Transition Letters
SOURCE: tricare.mil
Falls Church, VA . . . TRICARE beneficiaries living outside of the United States will soon begin receiving letters updating them on the TRICARE Overseas Program Contract that begins Sept. 1, 2010. Beneficiaries will receive the letter only if their Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) address is up-to-date.
Current overseas enrollments in TRICARE Prime, [...]
Secretary Napolitano’s Meeting With Veterans Service Organization Leaders
SOURCE: www.dhs.gov
Washington, D.C. . . . Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today met with leaders of several veterans service organizations – at a meeting hosted by Disabled American Veterans – to discuss DHS’ ongoing collaboration and engagement with America’s veterans community.
During the meeting, Secretary Napolitano highlighted the Department’s continued engagement with disabled [...]
New Effort To Benefit Homeless Prevention Programs Near Five Military Bases
SOURCE: www.va.gov
Washington, D.C. . . . In an effort to prevent homelessness among veterans, primarily those returning from the wards in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced that both agencies will invest a combined $15 million in five selected [...]
Statement Of U.S. Secretary Of Labor Hilda L. Solis On passage Of Miner Safety And Health Act of 2010 By House Committee On Education And Labor
SOURCE: www.dol.gov
Washington, D.C. . . .U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on the passage of the Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010 by the Committee on Education and Labor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
“The legislation passed today by the House Education and Labor Committee represents an important [...]
Akaka To Move Forward With Post-9/11 GI Bill Improvement Act
SOURCE: www.akaka.senate.gov
Washington, D.C. . . . Following a favorable hearing on improving the post 9/11 Bill, Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) is preparing to move forward with legislation to improve the new program.
“The original GI Bill changed my life and our country,” said Akaka, one of the three current U.S. Senators [...]
