Wow! We had 10 people at our last meeting. We also had Nancy White, a licensed clinical Social Worker, from the Returning Veterans Outreach Education and Care Branch come by and spoke to our group. She is one of seven people who are committed to assisting the returning combat veterans readjust to civilian life. She gave us a very resourceful packet about Health Care Benefits that included an application for VA Health Care.
Other items she brought to our attention are that in the fall a new Vets Center is opening up in the Carmichael/Citrus Heights area. There is a Substance Abuse Program at Mather. Improvements are being made in the MST (Military Sexual Trauma) therapy groups. She also mentioned different classes that help combat veterans recover from the “Battle Mind Training” they received while in the military. Female Veterans who are in need of special assistance can contact Teresa Jones at 916-208-9791 who is the Woman’s Health Initiative Social Worker.
Nancy White knows how to help with changing your discharge status from “Other Than Honorable” to “Honorable”. Her contact number is 366-5455.
Honestly, there was so much information covered that you will have to stop by Kolin’s office and get the packet of information that was given out. It is worth the read.
Tom Barnwell spoke and announced that he was appointed as a Civilian Liaison for the US Army Reserve out of Roseville. He is responsible for organizing the Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day at ARC last semester. He intends on organizing the same kind of event in the fall and in the spring of 2010. He will keep us informed about his plans.
We discovered that there is a non-profit organization called The Veteran’s Community Support Network who meets at the Sacramento County Veteran’s Service Office on 19th Street. They meet every second Tuesday of the month from 2 pm to 4 pm at 2007 19th Street, Sacramento, 95818. You can call them at 874-6811 and ask for Jan Wold she is the President of the VCSN. They help veterans with special needs. Just call and find out what their criteria is.
We re-discussed the upcoming Welcome Day BBQ on September 9th and the Veteran’s Day Info Fair in November.
We are still figuring out an official logo. We may need to hire a professional.
Website update – we are in Google and Yahoo search engines now. 47% of the people who stop at our site are new visitors and stay an average of three minutes. We had two visits that came from Facebook. Not sure who is managing that, but keep up the good work. Our Web Ring is growing!
WEBSITE - associationofstudentveterans.com
BLOG - arcvetsclub.info
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