One of VetsFirst’s top public policy priorities for 2013 is to continue to push for the United States to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The CRPD is a UN human rights treaty that
Last week, VetsFirst spent three days on Capitol Hill meeting with 11 members of Congress and their staff members, and committee staff for the House and Senate Committees of Veterans’ Affairs regarding our public policy priorities for 2013. Our
VetsFirst, a program of United Spinal Association was founded in 1946 by a determined group of paralyzed WWII veterans in New York City who advocated for greater civil rights and independence for themselves and their fellow veterans. Aiming to
As the new session of Congress begins to take shape, VetsFirst is taking a moment to reflect on our 2012 accomplishments. Throughout 2012, VetsFirst aimed to ensure that all generations of veterans with disabilities had the opportunity to live
In recent years, 950,000 veterans received education benefits, and the Student Veterans of America welcomed its 500th chapter. The possibilities are endless and support is out there for veterans interested in education as a path toward employment. To help
The Department of Veterans Affairs recently reported that it will be publishing a proposed regulation in the Federal Register that would change its rules to add five diagnosable illnesses which are secondary to service-connected Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). “We
Access to affordable, accessible housing for people with disabilities is critical to ensuring disabled veterans are able to live independent lives in their communities. For veterans who are not eligible for VA adaptive housing programs, veterans who have disabilities
Paul J. Tobin (far right) joins Sanders (at podium) and other leaders to oppose cuts to disabled veterans' benefits. On Wednesday, December 19th, Paul J. Tobin, president of United Spinal Association and VetsFirst joined leaders of other veterans'
VetsFirst is leading efforts to defend essential, and hard-earned, VA and Social Security benefits from the ongoing deficit reduction process. In a letter to House and Senate leaders, VetsFirst and 17 other military and veterans’ service organizations informed congressional
Today, VetsFirst led a coalition of 17 other military and veterans service organizations to inform Congress of the devastating impact that a chained consumer price index would have upon veterans if it is applied to VA and Social Security