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VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans October 27, 2009

VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans October 27, 2009. The New Generation of Female Warriors as Citizen Service Members. Marianne Mathewson-Chapman PhD, ARNP. Challenges of Guard/Reserve Women Veterans. G/R return to hometown and not military base

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VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans October 27, 2009

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  1. VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans October 27, 2009 The New Generation of Female Warriors as Citizen Service Members Marianne Mathewson-Chapman PhD, ARNP

  2. Challenges of Guard/Reserve Women Veterans • G/R return to hometown and not military base • Community based and dispersed to 4,000 communities • Limited knowledge about VA services • Age • Stigma about mental health care • Pride, inability to ask for help, not admit there is a problem • Limited time for decompression • Accessible VA and community resources

  3. Multiple VA and Community Services Needed Employment Vocational Rehabilitation Spiritual Support Health Care Housing Reserve Components Veteran & Family Insurance Mental Health Transportation Training Prosthetics Education Marriage And Family Legal Assistance

  4. The Seven Touches of VA Outreach for Newest Veterans YRRP PDHRA CVCC Demobilization IRR Muster TAA and State Coalitions Internet

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  6. Reaching Out in the Deployment Cycle YRRP Support (Pre-Mob Events) Pre-Mobilization Deployment IRR Muster Initiative RC Demobilization Initiative PDHRA Screening 3-6 months Welcome Home Post-Deployment Reintegration YRRP Support (30-60-90-day Events) Internet Website www.oefoif.va.gov Combat Veteran Call Initiative TAA Collaboration

  7. Reaching Out to New Veterans • Demobilization Initiative • IRR Musters • Combat Veteran Call Center • Transition Assistance Advisors (NG) • PDHRA • Yellow Ribbon • Internet Website 7

  8. #1 Army Navy Marines Air Force Coast Guard Demobilization Initiative Touched: >60,000 Enrolled: >57,000 61 Demob Sites

  9. ACTIVE DUTY DEMOBILIZATION SITES 15-ARMY----4-NAVY-------3-USMC Richardson DIX RILEY McCOY Carson LEWIS Port Hueneme BRAGG CP Atterbury Norfolk CP Pendleton Schofield Barracks (HI) 29 Palms Gulfport CP LeJeune San Diego CP Shelby Stewart BLISS BENNING SILL HOOD Reserve Components Demobilization Sites 2009

  10. ACTIVE DUTY DEMOBILIZATION SITES 36 Air Force Reserve Sites and 3 CGR Westover AFB, MA Minn-St Paul ARS, MN McConnell AFB , KS Wright Patterson Air Station, OH McChord, WA Hill AFB UT Niagara Falls AFB, NY Dover, DE Grissom, IN Andrews, MD Peterson AFB CO Whitman AFB MO Beale, AFB CA Pittsburgh, PA McGuire, NJ Seymour Johnson NC Youngstown ARS, OH Travis, CA Dobbins, GA Luke, AZ AFB Pope NC Scott AFB IL Maxwell, AL March, CA Charleston SC Kessler, MS Robbins, GA Davis-Monthan AZ AFR Patrick AFB FL Barksdale, LA Tinker, OK Eglin, AFB FL Homestead, FL Lackland, TX Fort Worth NAS Joint, TX MacDill AFB FL CGR: 3 sites Clearwater, Portsmouth, Cleveland

  11. The Standardized Combined VHA and VBA Briefing at Demob 46 Minute: VHA, Vet Center and VBA Briefing

  12. Individual Ready Reserve (IRR)Musters #2 • >6500 at IRR Muster • (since May 2009) • USAR and USMC

  13. Veterans Benefits Briefing Early Benefits Briefings at Demobilization for Guard/Reserve Monthly compensation for service connected disabilities incurred or aggravated during active duty and active duty training Montgomery GI Bill – Selected Reserve Reserve Educational Assistance Program Montgomery GI Bill – Active Duty Post 9/11 GI Bill Educational Vocational Counseling Home Loan Guaranty Life Insurance Transition Assistance Program (TAP) not required for Reserve Component Service Members (DoD, VA, DOL and DTAP)

  14. Combat Veteran Call Center Initiative #3

  15. Call Center Statistics • Phone calls to 676,093Veterans • Made contact with 504,189 Veterans (74.6%) • Spoke with 165,904 Veterans (24.5%) • Sent 36,651 information packages to Veterans • Monitoring of calls for quality revealed an average quality score of 98 out of a possible 100

  16. Transition Assistance AdvisorsVA and National Guard Partnership andState Coalitions #4

  17. TAA Outreach Summary in 54 States/Territories Totals 2008-2009

  18. VA/NGB Liaison VHA OEF/OIF Outreach Office NGB/VA Liaison Warrior Support NGB State Coalition Model Goal: To Ensure an Integrated Delivery of State Services and Benefits Faith-based Community Initiatives Governor’s Office VA Health care and Benefits as support Services to Veterans National Guard Support Services In each state for NG and family State Directors Of VA Adjutant General VHA VBA NCA National Guard STATE JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS Training Support Information Services Community Services And Organizations Supporting Veterans in Each state/community DoD Services and Programs for Injured VA/NG Transition Assistance Advisor All Service Members and Family Members Returning Home To the State: State Coalition as the Safety Net

  19. Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program YRRPPre-Deployment---30-60--90 days Post Deployment events Health Finances Stress Suicide Prevention Substance Abuse Marriage Legal Financial Practices Employment Family and Children Coping #5

  20. FY 09 YRRP Service/Component Support 21

  21. Post-Deployment Health ReassessmentPDHRA #6

  22. Reserve Component PDHRA FY 06, 07, 08 & 09 Referral Summary (As of July 2009)

  23. Internet WebPage #7 www.oefoif.va.gov

  24. Blogs WEBPAGE FaceBook www.oefoif.va.gov

  25. Working Initiatives: Women Veterans’ Call Center: Collaboration between OEF/OIF Outreach Office and Women Veterans Strategic Health Care Group---pending Warrior Transition Units and Linkages with VA

  26. Wounded Warriors Healing in Warrior Transition Units (WTUs) • VA Outreach for the injured warriors at 44 WTUs in the Army, 9 of these are Community Based WTUs for Guard/Reserve members, 2 Navy and 2 Marines • Enroll into VA health care prior to separation from active duty • Enroll in VRE programs while on active duty and healing at the WTU site Nintendo Games Therapy

  27. Warrior Transition Units WTU BDE - 1 WTU BN - 14 WTU CO - 20 CHBCO - 9 Landstuhl WT 114 Current WT Population (assigned or attached to a WTU) is 8,943 Soldiers Heidelberg WT 19 VHA & VBA Personnel on Army Installations On-Hand Locations Wuerzburg WT 116 Army: 9400 Navy: 460 Ft. Drum USMC: 500 MA West Point WI Ft. Dix Ft. Riley Ft. Lewis Ft. Belvoir Ft. Carson WRAMC Ft. Leavenworth CA Ft. Lee VA NAVY Ft Meade Ft. Leonard Wood Ft. Eustis UT Ft. Knox AR Ft. Bragg Ft. Campbell Ft. Irwin & Balboa Ft. Sill Ft Huachuca NAVY USMC Ft. Jackson USMC Ft. Hood Redstone Arsenal Ft. Richardson Ft. Gordon Ft. Bliss Ft. Stewart Ft Rucker Ft. Wainwright FL AL1 Ft. Polk Ft. Sam Houston TAMC PR Ft. Benning

  28. Summary VA’s RC Deployment Cycle Support Outreach Initiatives also knows as the “7 Touches”-- provides a “military platform” for VA staff to: 1. Provide a Face to Face Encounter with VA staff 2. Reach-out to combat Veterans in need of readjustment counseling and behavioral health services during early post-deployment period 3. Facilitate on site enrollment & access to VA health care 4. Provide “Boots on the Ground” support to combat Veterans & their families 5 Promote the development of long-term relationships between local VHA facilities and Reserve Component Units 6. Select VA has their choice for health care now and for a lifetime 29

  29. Questions

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