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“What is my veteran status?” “Should I receive any benefits from VA, like the GI Bill?”
Now women veterans have another convenient way to get answers to questions like those. Texting 855.829.6636 (855.VA.WOMEN) connects women veterans to the Women Veterans Call Center, where they will find information about VA benefits, health care, and resources. The new texting feature aligns the service with those of other VA call centers, the VA says.
Women are among the fastest-growing veteran demographics , the VA says, accounting for > 30% of the increase in veterans who served between 2014 and 2018. The number of women using VA health care services has tripled since 2000 from about 160,000 to > 500,000. But the VA has found that women veterans underuse VA care, largely due to a lack of knowledge about benefits, services, and their eligibility for them. As the number of women veterans continues to grow, the VA says, it is expanding its outreach to ensure they receive enrollment and benefits information through user-friendly and responsive means. The VA says it works to meet the unique requirements of women, “offering privacy, dignity, and sensitivity to gender-specific needs.” In addition to linking callers to information, the call center staff make direct referrals to Women Veteran Program Managers at every VAMC.
Since 2013, the call center has received nearly 83,000 inbound calls and has initiated almost 1.3 million outbound calls, resulting in communication with > 650,000 veterans.
Staffed by trained, compassionate female VA employees (many are also veterans), the call center is available Monday through Friday 8 am to 10 pm ET and Saturdays from 8 am to 6:30 pm ET. Veterans can call for themselves or on behalf of another woman veteran. Calls are free and confidential, texts and chats are anonymous. Veterans can call as often as they like, the VA says—“until you have the answer to your questions.”
For more information about the Women Veterans Call Center, visit https://www.womenshealth.va.gov/programoverview/wvcc.asp.
“What is my veteran status?” “Should I receive any benefits from VA, like the GI Bill?”
Now women veterans have another convenient way to get answers to questions like those. Texting 855.829.6636 (855.VA.WOMEN) connects women veterans to the Women Veterans Call Center, where they will find information about VA benefits, health care, and resources. The new texting feature aligns the service with those of other VA call centers, the VA says.
Women are among the fastest-growing veteran demographics , the VA says, accounting for > 30% of the increase in veterans who served between 2014 and 2018. The number of women using VA health care services has tripled since 2000 from about 160,000 to > 500,000. But the VA has found that women veterans underuse VA care, largely due to a lack of knowledge about benefits, services, and their eligibility for them. As the number of women veterans continues to grow, the VA says, it is expanding its outreach to ensure they receive enrollment and benefits information through user-friendly and responsive means. The VA says it works to meet the unique requirements of women, “offering privacy, dignity, and sensitivity to gender-specific needs.” In addition to linking callers to information, the call center staff make direct referrals to Women Veteran Program Managers at every VAMC.
Since 2013, the call center has received nearly 83,000 inbound calls and has initiated almost 1.3 million outbound calls, resulting in communication with > 650,000 veterans.
Staffed by trained, compassionate female VA employees (many are also veterans), the call center is available Monday through Friday 8 am to 10 pm ET and Saturdays from 8 am to 6:30 pm ET. Veterans can call for themselves or on behalf of another woman veteran. Calls are free and confidential, texts and chats are anonymous. Veterans can call as often as they like, the VA says—“until you have the answer to your questions.”
For more information about the Women Veterans Call Center, visit https://www.womenshealth.va.gov/programoverview/wvcc.asp.
“What is my veteran status?” “Should I receive any benefits from VA, like the GI Bill?”
Now women veterans have another convenient way to get answers to questions like those. Texting 855.829.6636 (855.VA.WOMEN) connects women veterans to the Women Veterans Call Center, where they will find information about VA benefits, health care, and resources. The new texting feature aligns the service with those of other VA call centers, the VA says.
Women are among the fastest-growing veteran demographics , the VA says, accounting for > 30% of the increase in veterans who served between 2014 and 2018. The number of women using VA health care services has tripled since 2000 from about 160,000 to > 500,000. But the VA has found that women veterans underuse VA care, largely due to a lack of knowledge about benefits, services, and their eligibility for them. As the number of women veterans continues to grow, the VA says, it is expanding its outreach to ensure they receive enrollment and benefits information through user-friendly and responsive means. The VA says it works to meet the unique requirements of women, “offering privacy, dignity, and sensitivity to gender-specific needs.” In addition to linking callers to information, the call center staff make direct referrals to Women Veteran Program Managers at every VAMC.
Since 2013, the call center has received nearly 83,000 inbound calls and has initiated almost 1.3 million outbound calls, resulting in communication with > 650,000 veterans.
Staffed by trained, compassionate female VA employees (many are also veterans), the call center is available Monday through Friday 8 am to 10 pm ET and Saturdays from 8 am to 6:30 pm ET. Veterans can call for themselves or on behalf of another woman veteran. Calls are free and confidential, texts and chats are anonymous. Veterans can call as often as they like, the VA says—“until you have the answer to your questions.”
For more information about the Women Veterans Call Center, visit https://www.womenshealth.va.gov/programoverview/wvcc.asp.