American Red Cross & V.A. Team Up To Provide Virtual Social Engagement With Veterans During COVID Pandemic
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PHOENIX As America commemorates U.S. Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 15, and May as National Military Appreciation Month, the Arizona and New Mexico Chapters of The American Red Cross (ARC) are partnering with the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (V.A.) to boost the Department’s Compassionate Contact Corps program (CCC), which provides companionship to Vets experiencing social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 21 marks the 140
th anniversary of the charter of The American Red Cross by Congress, and Service to Armed Forces (SAF) has always been one of the five core services provided by ARC.
These are the financial protections still in place for CT homeowners during the pandemic
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According to previous Hearst Connecticut reporting, real estate data firm Black Knight showed at least “one out of every 14 residential mortgages in Connecticut was delinquent or in foreclosure in February, the 13th-highest rate in the United States and well above the state’s pre-pandemic level. Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
The COVID-19 pandemic turned the housing market in the nation and in Connecticut upside down. In Connecticut, lower-income families face the potential of foreclosure while those who lost their jobs or had their jobs change during the pandemic may no longer be able to afford their current home.
LWC partnering with ID.me to combat unemployment ID theft
Will ensure quicker verification, benefits go to right person
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell declared a state of emergency Friday after the city was hit by a cyberattack.
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The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) is partnering with federally certified identity verification provider ID.me to combat unemployment identity theft.
Beginning Wednesday, May 5, LWC s HiRE online portal for filing unemployment claims will incorporate ID.me s identity verification program at the beginning of the application process for new claims as a part of enhanced fraud prevention.
Originally published on May 3, 2021 1:32 am
Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday expressed regret over hiring former Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs Director Linda Chapa LaVia as critics lash out after a scathing report examining what led to the massive COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans Home last fall, which left 36 residents dead.
The investigation, which Pritzker ordered a few weeks into the deadly outbreak in November, found systemic organizational problems and failures to communicate in both the LaSalle Home and the state’s Department of Veteran Affairs, which runs the facility and three other veterans homes in Illinois.
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Along with inconsistent and confusing COVID protocols that led to lax enforcement among staff, the report also found former agency Director Linda Chapa LaVia “abdicated” her responsibilities to her chief of staff, who in essence performed three jobs. The failure to fill crucial vacant jobs inevitably left the chief of staff and other
Proposed bill would teach jailers how to interact with veterans in the criminal justice system
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Fighting to protect our freedoms can take a toll on veterans, leaving them with mental health struggles like PTSD. That trauma can also lead them to crime.
âThere are many prisoners, that include veterans, that have higher rates of trauma from previous trauma in life that may attribute to the behavior that landed them in prison, explained Texas A&M University-Central Texas Associate Professor of Social Work Col. Jeff Yarvis (Ret).
Yarvis, also a local veteran, says he faces his own PTSD. He says itâs tough to overcome, and even harder when youâre behind bars.