The surge of new VA benefits have made veterans, servicemembers and their families targets for bad actors, more and more. The result has been recent federal, intragovernmental efforts to provide better knowledge and tools to avoid fraud and scams because these bad actors who have become increasingly sophisticated. The most Read more…
Apparently, the first effort to find two Commissioners-at-Large for the state’s most important legislatively-recognized advisory group on veterans matters — from those most affected — needs a second try. One wonders why this is so. Nevertheless, LVMAC is first and foremost concerned that the veterans of the Lehigh Valley are Read more…
Time to End the Claims Sharking Mess Unqualified organizations and individuals charging exorbitant and improper fees has been a problem amplified by the passage of the PACT Act in August 2022. The matter is now getting out of hand. See the PBS broadcast and transcript below for more about the Read more…
Equal Justice for All Veterans Needed A decision to take action has emerged from our state senate which might be a game-changer for more than a few military veterans who encounter our commonwealth’s criminal justice system. The unified judicial system has been hardly that when it comes to the administration Read more…
Crescendo of Presumptive Conditions Continues Since the Passage of the PACT Act The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that it is including three new cancer types in the list of presumed service-connected disabilities due to military environmental exposure under the PACT Act. Through a sub-regulatory policy letter Read more…
Interested in Becoming a Commissioner At-Large? If you are a military veteran and interested in serving on the distinguished Pennsylvania State Veterans’ Commission, apply no later than July 12, 2024 using this link. There are two commissioner-at-large positions currently available, one of which must be filled by a female veteran Read more…
There are a some historically recognized speeches that get to the true purpose of Memorial Day — the need for remembrance — using the simple, powerful thoughts to reflect upon the duty incurred to the dead by those who survived or followed.. The speech below is one of them.. Please Read more…
What Good Will It Do? Judge Jennifer Sletvold of the Northampton Court of Common Pleas and Stephanie Spenser Stewart, Northampton County Problem Solving Court Coordinator, spoke to the council at its 17 April 2024 meeting in Hellertown about the creation of a Veterans Treatment Court, the first in of its Read more…
What’s That About? Mr. John Kukitz of the Veterans Brotherhood (standing in for its founder, Clyde Hoch), explained to the council at its 20 March 2024 meeting in Hellertown the purpose and accomplishments of his organization in immediate, on-the-ground helping of veterans to include those with housing problems and appearing Read more…
What are We, What are We Up To? Ms. Jennifer Pacanowski, Founder and Director of Women Veterans Empowered and Thriving, Inc. explained to the council at its 21 February 2024 meeting in Hellertown the purpose and new efforts of her organization primarily in the area of women veteran’s — and Read more…