USVA Events

When: June 30th, starting at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Central Time)

Live Q&A focused on Women Veterans on RallyPoint - The Department of Veterans Affairs will be answering questions LIVE. Ask your questions today!

You can ask questions to the following VA offices: Appeals, Benefits, Center for Minority Veterans, Center for Women Veterans, Memorial Afffairs, Mental Health, Office of Caregiver Support, Office of Survivors Assistance, Women's Health Service

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Link for attendees: https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/onstage/g.php?MTID=e249f7d540b14ba6d5de769838f37b431

Date and Time: Tuesday, June 23, 12:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (11:30 a.m. Central Daylight Time)

Duration: 3 hours

Event number: 199 080 9748

Event password: VAWomen#23

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Agenda: 12:30-12:45 – Secretary of VA – Introductory Remarks
                12:45-1:00 – Deputy Secretary of VA – Introductory Remarks
                1:00-1:30 – Dr. Lynda Davis – (VEO) What the data are telling us about the Women Veterans experience
                (10-15 minute talk/15 minute Question & Answer (Q&A)
                1:30-2:00 – Ms. Jacquie Hayes-Byrd (CWV)– Outreach Experience
                (10-15 minute talk/15 minute Q&A)
                2:00-2:15 – Elizabeth Estabrooks – I am Not Invisible Campaign
                2:15-2:45 – Ms. Margarita Devlin (VBA) – VBA Benefits and Services, Response to COVID-19/Women Veteran Data and
                Initiatives (10-15 minute talk/15 minute Q&A)
                2:45-3:15 – Dr. Patty Hayes (Veterans Health Administration (VHA)) – Women Veteran health issues
                (10-15 minute talk/15 minute Q&A)
                3:15-3:30 – Wrap up

What: Veterans Town Hall

When: July 17, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Where: United Veterans Club (North Room)
1914 W. Capital Ave., Grand Island, NE

Goal: To improve communication with and hear directly from Veterans. Veterans are invited to hear updates from VA leadership, as questions, and provide feedback on VA services. For more information, contact Kevin Hynes at 402-995-4719.

What: Veterans Town Hall

When: July 2, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Where: Military Veterans Services Center, Bellevue University
2108 Harvell Circle, Bellevue, Nebraska

Goal: To improve communication with and hear directly from Veterans. Veterans are invited to hear updates from VA leadership, as questions, and provide feedback on VA services. For more information, contact Kevin Hynes at 402-995-4719.

Veterans are invited to hear updates from VA leadership, ask questions and provide feedback on VA services.

March 28, 6:30 to 8: 30 p.m.
Lincoln VA Clinic, Auditorium
600 South 70th Street; Lincoln, Neb.

For more information, contact Kevin Hynes at 402-995-4719

Who: Discharging Servicemembers, Veterans, their families and Survivors 

What: Discharging Servicemembers, Veterans, their families and Survivors will be able to file disability claims, submit evidence, speak with a claims processor or healthcare representative and in some cases, have a VA medical exam completed all in one day. Additionally, representatives from Nebraska Department of Veterans Affairs will be assisting with applications and benefit questions. 

Where: UPDATED LOCATION: O'Neill Community Center, 501 South 4th St.

When: Wednesday, March 20, 2019. 12:00pm to 7:00pm 

Provided by Veterans Benefits Administration Lincoln VA Regional Office

• There will be two mobile units on site from QTC and LHI.
• Mobile units are ADA compliant including a wheelchair lift.
• Audio booth
• Radiology
• Lab Collection
• Echo (if requested in advance)
• General Medicine
• Psc/Psy Medicine
• Ophthalmology (if requested in advance)

Questions? Contact your County Veteran Service Officer or the State Service Office at 402-420-4021.

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Free Lunch for Veterans

Lincoln VA Campus

Come down and enjoy hamburgers, hotdogs, baked beans, and chips.

Veterans, caregivers, Family Members or anyone who has a vested interest in Veterans information and updates is invited to the Veterans Town Hall, beginning at 6 p.m., Wednesday, June 27, at the Nebraska Prairie Museum, 2701 Burlington Street, in Holdrege, Nebraska 68949.

Subject matter experts from the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System will be on hand to provide current and topical information to the public.

A question and answer session will also be included, in addition to information tables.

Media interested in attending the event should arrive at the Nebraska Prairie Museum no later than 5:45 p.m., Wednesday.

The Omaha National Cemetery and the Nebraska-Western Iowa Healthcare System (NWIHCS) will commemorate Memorial Day with a ceremony on Monday, May 28 at 11:15 a.m. at the Omaha National Cemetery.

NEWS RELEASE ONC NWIHCS to Hold Annual Memorial Day Ceremony on May 28.pdf

Join us in honoring our fallen heroes.

Thursday, May 24th
4:15 p.m.
Lincoln VA Auditorum

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