Veterans' Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteranshomepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans http://www.mass.gov/Eveterans/RSS/Home/newsandupdates.xml © 2009 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2009-11-03T00:00:00Z http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteranspressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=pressrelease&f=091103_women_vets_week&csid=Eveterans 2009-11-03T00:00:00Z 2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

The Patrick-Murray Administration today announced that November 1 – 7, 2009, will be "Women Veterans Week" in the Commonwealth.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteransmodulechunk&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=terminalcontent&f=womens_vettoo2009&csid=Eveterans 2009-10-29T00:00:00Z 2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

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http://www.mass.gov/Eveterans/docs/fall2009.pdf 2009-10-22T00:00:00Z 2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

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http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1790 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteranspressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=pressrelease&f=090925_day_in_the_park&csid=Eveterans 2009-09-25T00:00:00Z 2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

Massachusetts Department of Veterans Services (DVS) together with the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Massachusetts National Guard "Operation Total Warrior" (OTW) reintegration program are hosting "Veterans' Appreciation Day in the Park," tomorrow, September 26 at Dunn State Park in Gardner.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteransmodulechunk&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=terminalcontent&f=bwptsd_study&csid=Eveterans 2009-09-17T00:00:00Z 2009-09-17T00:00:00Z

Military veterans and active duty military personnel who are disturbed by terrible things they have experienced are invited to participate in a research study of a behavioral treatment that may help.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteransmodulechunk&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=terminalcontent&f=rv_barrier2care&csid=Eveterans 2009-09-17T00:00:00Z 2009-09-17T00:00:00Z

The VA is conducting several research studies for veterans of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteranspressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=pressrelease&f=090903_vets_go_green&csid=Eveterans 2009-09-02T00:00:00Z 2009-09-02T00:00:00Z

Keeping with the Patrick-Murray Administration’s commitment to "going green," the Massachusetts Department of Veterans Services (DVS) has launched its new Web-VSMIS (Veterans Services Management Information System) program to expedite efficient processing of benefit claims.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteranspressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=pressrelease&f=090827_homeless_vets&csid=Eveterans 2009-08-27T00:00:00Z 2009-08-27T00:00:00Z

The Patrick-Murray Administration has announced that the Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services (DVS) has been awarded a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) grant for $200,000 to provide training, job placement, and housing assistance to eligible veterans living in the South Shore area of Massachusetts.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteranspressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=pressrelease&f=090820_grant_for_vets&csid=Eveterans 2009-08-20T00:00:00Z 2009-08-20T00:00:00Z

The Patrick-Murray Administration today announced that the Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services (DVS) has been awarded a $500,000 U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) grant to assist veterans in training and employment in green industry professions.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov3pressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Agov3&b=pressrelease&f=090715_memorial_Iraq_soldiers&csid=Agov3 2009-07-16T00:00:00Z 2009-07-16T00:00:00Z

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteranspressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=pressrelease&f=090702_grant_for_vets&csid=Eveterans 2009-07-02T00:00:00Z 2009-07-02T00:00:00Z

The Patrick-Murray administration today announced that the Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to address the problem of homelessness among Massachusetts veterans.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteransmodulechunk&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=terminalcontent&f=womens_36FAQ&csid=Eveterans 2009-06-15T00:00:00Z 2009-06-15T00:00:00Z

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteranspressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=pressrelease&f=090611_conf_women_vets&csid=Eveterans 2009-06-11T00:00:00Z 2009-06-11T00:00:00Z

The Women Veterans' Network of the Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services will sponsor the first annual "Massachusetts Conference for Women Veterans" on Saturday, June 27 in Holyoke.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteranspressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=pressrelease&f=090610_first_webcast&csid=Eveterans 2009-06-10T00:00:00Z 2009-06-10T00:00:00Z

As a new generation of veterans return to the Commonwealth, the Patrick-Murray Administration is expanding its outreach efforts using the latest in 21st century technology and social networking.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteransmodulechunk&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=terminalcontent&f=education_newGIBill&csid=Eveterans 2009-04-30T00:00:00Z 2009-04-30T00:00:00Z

Applications for the new Post 9/11 GI Bill will be accepted beginning May 1, 2009.

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The Department of Veterans' Services (DVS) Statewide Advocacy for Veterans' Empowerment (SAVE) program today celebrated the initiative's great success just one year after it was launched.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2pressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=pressrelease&f=090421_expanded_services&csid=Eeohhs2 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The Patrick Administration today announced that the Statewide Head Injury Program of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) has received a $1 million competitive federal grant to strengthen services for individuals who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

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http://www.mass.gov/Eveterans/docs/vol1_issue2.pdf 2009-03-30T00:00:00Z 2009-03-30T00:00:00Z

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteranspressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=pressrelease&f=090310_smoking_cessation_lynn&csid=Eveterans 2009-03-10T00:00:00Z 2009-03-10T00:00:00Z

Through a collaborative effort, the Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services (DVS), the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), Senator Thomas M. McGee (D-Lynn), former Chair of the Joint Committee on Federal and Veterans’ Affairs, and the city of Lynn, today celebrates the success of the Massachusetts Veterans Smoking Cessation Program.

http://www.mass.gov/Eveterans/docs/spring2009.pdf 2009-03-09T00:00:00Z 2009-03-09T00:00:00Z

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteransmodulechunk&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=terminalcontent&f=camp_lejeune&csid=Eveterans 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=hrdterminal&L=2&L0=Home&L1=Civil+Service&sid=Ehrd&b=terminalcontent&f=cs_posters_2009_po_trooper&csid=Ehrd 2009-02-04T00:00:00Z 2009-02-04T00:00:00Z

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12457 2009-01-23T00:00:00Z 2009-01-23T00:00:00Z

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2pressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=pressrelease&f=090115_vets_family_day&csid=Eeohhs2 2009-01-15T00:00:00Z 2009-01-15T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray, along with members of the Patrick-Murray Administration and two state Senators, today honored mental health service providers who have dedicated their time and expertise to counseling and supporting veterans and their families.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteransmodulechunk&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=terminalcontent&f=events&csid=Eveterans 2009-01-09T00:00:00Z 2009-01-09T00:00:00Z

A listing of upcoming, one-time events of interest to veterans.

http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1641 2009-01-09T00:00:00Z 2009-01-09T00:00:00Z

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteranspressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=pressrelease&f=081222_smoking_cessation&csid=Eveterans 2008-12-22T00:00:00Z 2008-12-22T00:00:00Z

One month after the Department of Veterans' Services (DVS) and the Department of Public Health (DPH) launched a joint veterans' smoking cessation program at the State House, the quit line has received over 500 calls.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteransmodulechunk&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=terminalcontent&f=womens_vettoo_photos08&csid=Eveterans 2008-12-04T00:00:00Z 2008-12-04T00:00:00Z

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteransmodulechunk&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=terminalcontent&f=womens_pelvicfloor&csid=Eveterans 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z

The Northampton VA provides a pelvic floor dysfunction clinic for female and males with pelvic floor weakness syndromes and for prenatal and postpartum needs.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteransmodulechunk&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=terminalcontent&f=rv_there%26backagain&csid=Eveterans 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z

There and Back Again is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide re-integrative healing services to veterans of Iraq/Afghanistan.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteranspressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=pressrelease&f=081117_nicotine_patches&csid=Eveterans 2008-11-17T00:00:00Z 2008-11-17T00:00:00Z

The Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services (DVS) and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced a nicotine patch giveaway for Massachusetts veterans, their family members, and survivors who want to quit smoking.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=veteransmodulechunk&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=terminalcontent&f=voice_hav&csid=Eveterans 2008-11-17T00:00:00Z 2008-11-17T00:00:00Z

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2pressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eveterans&b=pressrelease&f=081111_vets_honored&csid=Eeohhs2 2008-11-11T00:00:00Z 2008-11-11T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray and Department of Veterans’ Services Secretary Tom Kelley paid tribute today to Massachusetts Veterans and Service Members at a State House ceremony commemorating Veterans Day.