Our Letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee
This week, we sent a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Advisory Committee to highlight three points of concern for Congress and VA to consider: troubling changes to…
Supporting our County Veteran Service Officers
VEP has been a long-time advocate for Student Veterans, ensuring that they are guaranteed all that has been promised to them. However, our work hits a bottleneck if Veterans are…
Supporting the Veteran Education Empowerment Act
The Veterans Education Project has been a long-time advocate for Veteran Student Centers in institutions of higher education and the authorization of Congressional funding that is needed to establish them. …
Testifying to Congress on Supporting Veteran Issues Through and After Covid-19
We're honored to be asked to give testimony to the House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. The committee asked us to weigh in on a variety of issues including: Modernizing Monthly…
The NDAA Must Protect the Rights of Student Veterans
As the new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) nears completion and passage in the halls of Congress we want to thank the leadership within the Senate for resisting the partisan…
Huge Win for Student Veterans!
Since May, we have been calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to put a stop to actions they were considering taking against 5 schools. Today, we are proud…
Veterans Need the Freedom to Choose Schools that Fit Their Needs
The VA wants to DENY Veterans access to their educational benefits. This is wrong… they EARNED those benefits and should be able to use them at the school of their…
Veterans Should be Trusted to Make Decisions About Their Benefits
The VA is about to deny Veterans the access to educational benefits that they earned. But, if Veterans can be TRUSTED to serve our country, they should also be trusted…
Veterans NEED Their Right to an Education Protected
President Trump, we urge you to look into this issue and make sure Veterans are given the educational benefits they were promised. Veterans fought for us! Now the VA is…
Special Message from Steven Giordano MCPON (Ret)
A message from Steven Giordano, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (Ret): I believe it is important for policymakers and our citizens to understand the unique position of Servicemembers…