Updates Archives - VetsFirst

VA Offers $42 Million in Grants for Legal Services to Homeless Veterans

admin2025-06-24T15:36:14-05:00June 24th, 2025|Updates|

Organizations interested in applying can request up to $500,000 per grant. The deadline to submit applications is July 7 at 4 p.m. ET.

ICYMI: Crisis in SCI Research Funding

admin2025-05-12T10:44:57-05:00May 12th, 2025|Health Care & Benefits, Updates, Veterans Advocacy Issues|

The Spinal Cord Injury Research Program was established by Congress in 2009, in part as a response to the high rates of SCI observed in warfighters returning home from duty.

VA Expands in Vitro Fertilization for Veterans

Monica Quinn2024-03-22T15:13:32-05:00March 22nd, 2024|Health Care & Benefits, Updates|

VA announced it will be able to provide IVF to eligible unmarried Veterans and eligible Veterans in same-sex marriages.

VA Ruling to Expand Access for Veterans Exposed to Toxins

Monica Quinn2024-02-23T13:48:37-05:00February 23rd, 2024|Health Care & Benefits, Updates|

VA issued a proposed rule outlining plans to expand the locations and time frames for which VA presumes exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides.

Veterans Can Now Order CPAC Supplies Online

Monica Quinn2024-01-12T15:57:40-05:00January 12th, 2024|Health Care & Benefits, Updates|

Veterans who use CPAP machines to manage sleep-related breathing disorders can order CPAP supplies online, the same way Veterans order hearing aid supplies.

VA Adds Vet Centers & Satellite Locations for Veterans and Servicemembers

Monica Quinn2024-01-12T15:54:51-05:00January 12th, 2024|Health Care & Benefits, Updates|

Vet Centers provide a wide range of social and psychological services, including no-cost professional counseling to eligible Veterans, Service Members, and their families.

VA Ask Mortgage Servicers to Pause Foreclosures of VA Home Loans

Monica Quinn2023-12-01T15:41:19-05:00December 1st, 2023|Health Care & Benefits, Updates|

VA has called upon all mortgage servicers to pause all foreclosures of VA-guaranteed loans through May 31, 2024. VA is working with individual servicers on home retention solutions for Veterans.

All WWII Veterans Are Now Eligible for VA Healthcare

Monica Quinn2023-12-01T15:36:32-05:00December 1st, 2023|Health Care & Benefits, Updates|

WWII veterans who served between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, are now eligible for VA healthcare, regardless of their length of service or financial status.

Veteran’s Mortgage Life Insurance Premiums Reduced

Monica Quinn2023-10-24T16:09:40-05:00October 24th, 2023|Health Care & Benefits, Updates|

Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance policyholders will see a reduction in their premiums anywhere between 6% to 36%, depending on their age, starting in November 2023.