Now that the Veterans Administration finally got an infusion of extra much needed funding, still not paid for by those served thus mostly borrowed with interest, thanks to Sen. Sanders fighting for: **Sen. Bernie Sanders told Conservatives: “If you can’t afford to take care of your veterans, than don’t go war. These people are bearing the brunt of what war is about, We have a moral obligation to support them.” February, 26th, 2014**, the VA can continue moving further forward in building what should already have been as to the, long ignored, promises of those served. Following in what Gen Shinseki had finally started addressing in many area's, long ignored or outright denied issues existed, with the full help and backing of this Executive Branch and it's Cabinet.
January 28, 2015 - VA Secretary Robert A. McDonald to Lead the Launch of a New Master Plan for West Los Angeles VA Campus
Los Angeles — U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert A. McDonald and attorneys representing homeless veterans in Los Angeles announced an agreement that dedicates the West Los Angeles VA campus to serving veterans in need, and commits the department to design a plan to help end homelessness among veterans in Los Angeles County. The agreement is an important step forward in carrying out President Obama’s commitment that no veteran should live on the streets, or forego necessary medical and psychological services.
“This agreement offers VA a historic opportunity to build new community relationships in Los Angeles and continue the work needed to end veteran homelessness here,” said Secretary McDonald. “VA is proud of the progress we’ve made in ending veteran homelessness—down 33 percent since 2010—but we won’t be satisfied until every veteran has a home.”
Under the agreement, Secretary McDonald and plaintiffs’ representatives will develop by February 13, 2015 a written plan to help end veteran homeless in Greater Los Angeles. The plan will focus on serving veterans, particularly homeless veterans, women veterans, aging veterans and veterans that are severely disabled. Secretary McDonald will appoint a Special Assistant, who will report directly to him, to oversee the plan’s implementation with the necessary resources and support.
“This historic agreement, forged through the leadership of Secretary McDonald, creates a partnership that will be invaluable to help end veteran homelessness in Los Angeles, provide needed medical care and services, and make concrete our commitment to those who served our nation’s highest calling,” said Ron Olson, one of the counsels for the organizations bringing the lawsuit.
Under the agreement, Secretary McDonald will also launch an accelerated process to develop a new long-term Master Plan for the future use of the West Los Angeles campus. This Master Plan, which is targeted to be completed by October 16, 2015, will prioritize the provision of bridge housing and permanent supportive housing. It will also describe an exit strategy for third-party land use agreements that do not comply with applicable laws, and do not fit within the Master Plan. Representatives from the veterans’ community will be actively involved in providing input to the Master Plan, along with other stakeholders, including the local community. read more>>>
And the reason the VA has been able to function, with gross under funded budgets for decades and wars from, since created at all are it's many dedicated Volunteers and Staff, as well as greatly appreciated needed help from actual veterans organizations not doing to enrich the principles of or for political, poser patriotic, purposes but understanding the countries citizens have the obligation and duty to do more then ignore the needs of the very few who served them, especially from their wars:
January 29, 2015 - At 67, Joan Chambers is a whirlwind of energy with one primary mission in life: to be of service to others.
West Va. Veterans are grateful that she spends a good deal of that energy doing volunteer work at Huntington VA Medical Center (VAMC) in West Virginia. Staying Busy
“I’m one of nine children,” Chambers explained, “and my mother was always telling us, ‘Don’t you have anything to do?’ So I always made sure I had something to do. I learned to stay busy at an early age.”
Chambers said she began volunteering at the Huntington VAMC shortly after her husband, Nicholas, died in 2005.“He was a Navy Veteran who served in Vietnam,” she recounted. “The doctors here at Huntington VA discovered his cancer. He was treated here and then, toward the end, VA provided him hospice care in our home.
“The VA hospice people were so kind to us,” she said. “I wanted to volunteer here to try and thank them for how kind they were, and to help make life a little easier for the Veterans being treated here.”
There’s also another reason Chambers spends so much time at the VA.“I feel closer to my husband when I’m here,” she said. read more>>>
Neither of these recent wars have yet been paid for, nor the continued blowback from the spread and growth from the policies implemented!
Neither the long term results from, including the long ignored or outright denied existence of, till this Administrations Cabinet and Gen Shinseki, only Government branch consistent for the past six years, Veterans issues from!
As well as under deficits most of the, grossly under funded for decades and the wars from now, VA budget is still borrowed, with interest, thus added problem creating costs, with representative who control the purse strings blaming the mostly dedicated VA personal within, that shouldn't exist!
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