Library of Documents

Category: Advocacy & Outreach

» Advisory Committees: Department of Veterans Affairs: The Secretary of Veterans Affairs has many advisory committees with membership from the public to promote nationwide veteran engagement in their health care and benefits programs. In 2016, 15 are established by statute and 10 are nonstatutory panels designed to provide advice on selected VA programs and policies. Veterans nationwide may apply for committee membership consideration.
» Campaign: I'm One. I Am a Proud Veteran. (Department of Veterans Affairs): The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Women's Health Services kicked off their "I'm One. I Am a Proud Veteran." Campaign in 2015 to encourage women veterans to take advantage of the services available to them and raise public awareness of women's military service.
» Campaign: Women Veterans (Department of Veterans Affairs/August 2015): The Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Women Veterans sponsored a "Women Veterans Campaign" in 2015. Center staff visited five continental U.S. locations between June and September 2015.
» Center for Women Veterans Outreach (Department of Veterans Affairs): The Department of Veterans Affairs "Center for Women Veterans" website offers a full spectrum of information impacting women veterans and service women.
» Community Tool Box: If you're interested in outreach and advocacy, the "Community Tool Box" offers frameworks for guiding, supporting and evaluating community work and system change. The 46 chapters and associated toolkits can help interested individuals obtain practical, step-by-step guidance in community-building skills.
» Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS): Reports & Minutes (1968-Present): The Department of Defense's Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS} has been providing recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on military servicewomen's issues since 1951.
» Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services Releases 2017 Report: The Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) released its 2017 annual report. The Committee advises the Defense Department on matters and policies relating to women in U.S. armed forces.
» Events, Shareables, and Outreach Materials (Department of Veterans Affairs): The Department of Veterans Affairs offers a "free-to-use" health care and benefits portal with online chats, webinars, social media attachments and other outreach materials.
» International Fact-Checking Day (April 2d Annually): The International Fact-Checking Network, a unit of the global journalism Poynter Institute, coordinates an annual “International Fact-Checking Day” event celebrating "fact-checking as an essential skill in journalism and public life."
» Opportunities and Engagements for Women Veterans: The Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Women Veterans posts resources available to women veterans.
» Serving Our Post-9/11 Veterans Report (2014): In this data-driven research, nine themes were identified that may best serve post-9/11 veterans' social, economic, and wellness needs.
» VA "Advisory Committee on Women Veterans" (ACWV): Reports & Minutes (1988-Present): The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Advisory Committee on Women Veterans (ACWV) has been providing recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on women veterans' issues since 1983. It is one of 25 advisory committees to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.