Third District Representative Walter B. Jones (R-NC) today announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has named Onslow County one of 39 communities throughout the country that will receive a new Vet Center as part of the VA’s effort to improve access to readjustment counseling for all combat veterans and their families. The exact location of the new Onslow County Vet Center will be determined by market availability of space. The Department of Veterans Affairs expects all 39 new sites to be operational by the end of December 2009.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding Vet Center program to address the growing need for readjustment counseling for existing and new combat veterans and their families, including families of those killed while on active duty and veterans experiencing military-related sexual trauma.
Included in the criteria for the selection of new Vet Center sites is the veteran population and geographical proximity to VA Medical Centers and Community Based Outreach Clinic’s in the Vet Center’s Veterans Service Area (VSA).
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008
by Walter Jones for Congress