Veterans : benefits, issues, policies, and programs. Volume 3 / edited by Timothy C. Roberts.

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VETERANS: BENEFITS, ISSUES, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS. VOLUME 3; VETERANS: BENEFITS, ISSUES, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS. VOLUME 3; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: HEALTH CARE FOR RURAL VETERANS: THE EXAMPLE OF FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; FQHC CARE FOR VETERANS: FOUR SCENARIOS; POTENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR VA-FQHC COLLABORATION; POLICY LEVERS AVAILABLE TO CONGRESS; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A. EXISTING VA-FQHC COLLABORATIONS; APPENDIX B. BACKGROUND ON HEALTH CARE DELIVERED OR FINANCED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

APPENDIX C. BACKGROUND ON FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS (FQHCS)Chapter 2: VA AND IHS: FURTHER ACTION NEEDED TO COLLABORATE ON PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TO NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; VA AND IHS HAVE DEVELOPED MECHANISMS TO IMPLEMENT AND MONITOR THE MOU, BUT METRICS TO MONITOR PERFORMANCE DO NOT ADEQUATELY MEASURE PROGRESS TOWARD MOUGOALS; VA AND IHS LACK EFFECTIVE PROCESSES TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES OF CONSULTING WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF DIVERSE, SOVEREIGN TRIBES; CONCLUSION

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTIONAGENCY COMMENTS; Chapter 3: EMPLOYMENT FOR VETERANS: TRENDS AND PROGRAMS; SUMMARY; BACKGROUND; EMPLOYMENT TRENDS AMONG VETERANS; CURRENT EMPLOYMENT-RELATED PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS; Chapter 4: VAVOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM: IMPROVED OVERSIGHT OF INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES AND SUPPORTSIS NEEDED; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; THE IL TRACK MAINLY SERVES OLDER VETERANS AND PROVIDES A WIDE VARIETY OF BENEFITS; MOST VETERANS COMPLETED "REHABILITATION" BUT WITH VARYING TIME FRAMES

VR & E EXERCISES LIMITED OVERSIGHT OF THE IL TRACKCONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II: STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF INDEPENDENT LIVING PLAN REHABILITATION TIMES; APPENDIX III: LIST OF GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED TO SAMPLE OF INDEPENDENT LIVING TRACK VETERANS FROM OUR CASE FILE REVIEW; APPENDIX IV: REHABILITATION RATES BY REGIONAL OFFICE, FY 2008 INDEPENDENT LIVING TRACK ENTRANTS

APPENDIX V: DAYS TO COMPLETE INDEPENDENT LIVING PLANS, VETERANS ENTERING THE INDEPENDENT LIVING TRACK DURING FY 2008APPENDIX VI: INDEPENDENT LIVING TRACK CASELOADNATIONWIDE AND BY REGIONAL OFFICE, FY 2008-2011; Chapter 5: MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS AND MILITARY CEMETERIES: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS; SUMMARY; WHAT ARE MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS?; WHAT LEGISLATION PROVIDES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CURRENT MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS PROGRAM?; WHAT AGENCY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING THE MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS PROGRAM?; WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS?

This book provides an overview of the benefits, issues, policies and programs relating to our military service members. Topics discussed in this issue include health care for rural veterans; further actions needed to collaborate on providing health care to Native American veterans; trends and programs of employment for veterans; the VA vocational rehabilitation and employment program; and includes frequently asked questions on military funeral honors and military cemeteries.

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