Category Veterans Services
How CalVet Ensures that California Veterans are the Most Connected, Protected, and Respected Veterans in the Nation
Veterans Day is our annual national day of gratitude for those who have defended our country and our Constitution. But at CalVet, thanking veterans is a year-round, continuous honor, duty, and privilege. In fact, is it our vision that California’s veterans become the nation’s most connected, most protected, and most respected veterans, and this happens […]
Northern California Veterans Cemetery in Igo Adds 2,000 Columbaria Niches
Five new columbaria have been constructed, each containing 400 niches, at CalVet’s Northern California Veterans Cemetery in Igo. This means that the 154 families who have been waiting specifically for the columbaria now have the opportunity to inter their loved ones.
Veterans at Your Service: National Hire a Veteran Day Highlights the Benefits They Bring
National Hire a Veteran Day — July 25 — is the day each year we tout the amazing skills, knowledge, and energies our military veterans bring with them into the civilian workplace. It’s not simply a one-day event, though. Employers can and should hire veterans anytime, all the time, and — there’s no time like […]
During Older Californians Month, CalVet Focuses on Specialized Services for Senior Veterans
Caring for the elderly is in CalVet’s DNA. It can be traced back to the opening of the Veterans Home of California-Yountville in 1884; and is flourishing today at all eight Veterans Homes located across California. The quality care that is provided to senior veterans at Yountville — which is slated to open a new […]
CalVet’s Dual Approach to Veteran Mental Health: Tradition and Innovation
Providing access to mental healthcare services and benefits is a key element in CalVet’s vision of ensuring California’s veterans are connected, protected, and respected. The month of May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, presenting a prime opportunity to highlight the statewide programs and initiatives designed to reach and help veterans in need. Focusing on […]
Women Veterans: Elevate Your Voice
Your experiences matter, and your voice is invaluable. CalVet is on a mission to enhance the support and services we provide, and your insights will help us better serve women veterans. By completing this survey, you’ll make a lasting impact on the support services we offer all California women veterans, now and for future […]
2024 Will Ring in New Laws Benefiting California’s Veterans
New Year’s Day 2024 will institute several new laws intended to benefit veterans of the United States Armed Forces. On the federal side, military retirees and disabled veterans will receive a 3.2 percent raise in 2024, mirroring the cost-of-living increase for Social Security benefits.
Securing Embassies, Guarding a President, and Protecting Veterans Education Benefits
Richard Charron spent 30 years in the U.S. Marine Corps protecting everything from classified documents at embassies, to fellow Marines, and even an American president. Today, as an education specialist with CalVet’s California Approving Agency for Veterans Education (CSAAVE), Charron protects veterans by ensuring that the schools who recruit veterans using their Post-9/11 GI Bill […]
Helping Veterans Know Their Benefits Is Like A Family Affair for CalTAP Training Coordinator
Jennifer Rudquist recalls her arrival at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas on Thanksgiving Day 1996. Now the recruiting trainer with CalVet’s California Transition Assistance Program (CalTAP), she stepped off a bus that day, into basic training and her brave new world.
From One Family to Another: Kinship During Deployment Set Stage for Veteran’s Future
Liz Hargrove-Washington’s world changed in an instant during the winter of 1996. As a young staff sergeant in the Air Force stationed at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, and the young mother of a baby girl, she received orders to deploy to Saudi Arabia. “It was one of the most challenging, difficult times of […]
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