Applications for Services and Training to be Taken Nationwide
This Monday, May 9, leaders of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Easter Seals, the nation’s leading non-profit disability services provider, will announce their partnership to provide training for Family Caregivers of seriously-injured Post-9/11 Veterans who choose to receive their care at home.
On the same day, May 9, VA will begin accepting applications from eligible Post-9/11 Veterans for caregiver services offered under the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010. Applications will designate a Post-9/11 Veteran’s Family Caregiver who will receive training and benefits. VA encourages all eligible Veterans and Family Caregivers to sign up immediately at www.caregiver.va.gov or by calling 1-877-222-VETS begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1-877-222-VETS end_of_the_skype_highlighting (8387). Caregiver support coordinators will be available at each of 152 VA medical centers to guide Veterans and Family Caregivers through the application process. Stipend payments for caregivers will be backdated to the day the applications are submitted.
What: Announcement of Partnership Training Program for Wounded Warriors’ Family Caregivers
When: Monday, May 9, 10:30-11:15 a.m.
Where: Easter Seals Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Inter-Generational Center
1420 Spring St., Silver Spring, Md., Second floor
Who: VA Under Secretary for Health Dr. Robert Petzel
Easter Seals President and CEO James E. Williams, Jr.
Family Caregiver Advocates Sarah and Ted Wade
Deborah Amdur, VA chief consultant for Care Management and Social Work
Attendees will include injured Veterans and their caregivers, newly appointed VA caregiver coordinators, Easter Seals employees, and representatives from national veterans service organizations.
Media Presenters will be available to take questions after the program.
Contacts: Michele Hammonds, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Michele.Hammonds@va.gov or 202-461-7546 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 202-461-7546 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Kristen Barnfield, Easter Seals kbarnfield@easterseals.com; 312-203-0828 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 312-203-0828 end_of_the_skype_highlighting (cell)
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