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Be Vigilant of Scammers Targeting Veteran Benefits
Veterans who receive higher compensation with Special Monthly Compensation (SMC), Purple Heart recipients, Veterans receiving income-based pension or survivors’ pension, and those receiving specially adapted housing (SAH) benefits are frequently targeted by bad actors.
The increased financial compensation associated with SMC benefits and the visibility of Purple Heart recipients can attract scammers looking to exploit Veterans. These scams range from identity theft and fraudulent investment schemes to fraudulent financial services charging unnecessary ...
VA OIG Fraud Alerts
The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigates a wide range of potential crimes—from financial crimes to threats against VA personnel and property to actions associated with patient harm. See below for the VA OIG's latest alerts for fraud and other crimes.
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Recent Alert: VA Education Benefits Fraud
This alert covers VA-approved schools that may be billing veterans (whose enrollment is funded by VA) a higher tuition rate than ...
Flagstaff Skilled Nursing Facility for Vets is Open for Business
The Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services (ADVS) is happy to announce that we are accepting admission applications to the Arizona State Veteran Home-Flagstaff (ASVH-Flagstaff)!
The new ASVH-Flagstaff sits on 10 acres of land donated by the City of Flagstaff. Nestled in the ponderosa pines, the 74,000 square foot skilled-nursing facility will have 80 beds serving the long-term care and rehabilitative needs of Veterans and their families. The home provides furnished and private resident rooms equipped and designed for all mobility levels in a homelike atmosphere.
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Southern VA Health Care System May 2023 Report – Tucson
Hot Topics include:
Pact Act
Beneficiary Travel Over 30 Day Filing Claim Rule will expire on June 9, 2023.
VA waives copayments for eligible Native American/Alaskan Native Veterans.
SAVAHCS Inspections & Surveys by Date.
March Community Engagements and Partnerships
Construction Updates and more
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Center for Women Vets Book Corner, December, Dr. Antoinette Allen
Bras, Bootstraps, and the Bible: Stories of Resilience
Each month, VA’s Center for Women Veterans profiles a different woman Veteran author as part of its Women Veteran Authors Book Corner. This month’s author is Air Force and Air National Guard Veteran, Dr. Antoinette Allen, who served from 1993-1997 on Active Duty and 1997-2014 in the Air National Guard.
Allen wrote “Bras, Bootstraps, and the Bible: Stories of Resilience,” which is focused on sharing how to grow your resilience. Allen writes from the perspective as a woman of color, noting how ...
Red Cross: National Blood Crisis May Put Patients at Risk
Blood Donations Needed to Ease National Shortage
The Red Cross continues to confront challenges caused by COVID-19, including an estimated 10% overall decline in the number of people donating blood as well as ongoing blood drive cancellations and staffing limitations.
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Free-At-Home COVID Tests
The Postal Service is delivering one shipment of 4 COVID tests per residential address. Enter your name, address and email at https://special.usps.com/testkits
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Place Your Order for Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests
Residential households in the U.S. can order one set of #4 free at-home tests from USPS.com. Here’s what you need to know about your order:
Limit of one order per residential address
One order includes #4 individual rapid antigen COVID-19 tests
Orders will ship free starting in late January
Fill in this form with your contact ...
Volunteering to Do Taxes!
See attached VITA Volunteering information sessions:
Curious about being a VITA volunteer? Want to know why last year 150 VITA volunteers answered their community’s call and donated over 7 thousand hours resulting in bring in $3 million dollars back into the community? We would like to you, your friends, family and colleagues to learn about volunteer opportunities with VITA at one of our VITA Information Sessions!
To learn more about VITA, visit our City of Phoenix website www.phoenix.gov/eitc or call 602 534 8359.
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FREE Veterans Art Classes – Starting 30 January 2021
From: admin@arizonaartistsguild.net
Sent: Jan 12, 2021 2:48 PM
To: INFO@AzArtAlliance.com
Subject: FW: Veterans Ceramic Art Program offered by AAG and PVCC
Good Afternoon,
We are very excited about the upcoming Ceramics Art Classes for Veterans taking place later this month in partnership with Paradise Valley Community College. We are taking every precaution mandated by the school and the CDC to offer this class in a safe environment while providing a full ceramics experience for the duration of the program.
With that in mind, the start date has been pushed ...
List of Resources for Information on Legal Aid and Housing Assistance
See this list of resources for information on legal aid and housing assistance available in Arizona.
Community Legal Services: info@clsaz.org, 602-258-3434, TTY 602-254-9852
See this presentation for information on CARES Act protections, rental assistance, and the CDC Eviction moratorium that extends through the end of December.
If you have been affected by COVID-19 and fear you may be evicted, sued for eviction, or have a judgment for eviction against you, contact the City of Phoenix Tenants Eviction Assistance Project (TEAP) at 602-385-8880. If you ...
