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2022-2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health Data Releases
Conducted annually, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) provides nationally representative data on the use of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs; substance use disorders; mental health conditions; suicidal thoughts and behavior; and receipt of...
COLA Increase
The 2026 Veterans disability compensation rates are now in effect. Starting January 1, all compensation benefit rates were increased by 2.8% to match adjustments made to Social Security benefits. This increase impacts disability benefits, clothing allowance,...
Important Changes Coming to VA Life Insurance
Important changes are coming to VA Life Insurance programs. Veterans Affairs Life Insurance (VALife) is launching on January 1, 2023, as a new guaranteed acceptance whole life insurance program for service-connected Veterans. VA’s current offering for...
Air Force Gets Its Own Combat Dive Badge
The Air Force has created its own badge to recognize airmen who are combat divers, after relying on a Navy decoration to honor its own for the past 16 years. Chief of Staff Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown Jr. recently approved the new decoration. The Air Force Combat Dive...
United Against Domestic Abuse
The Defense Department is raising awareness for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. If your partner’s actions make you feel uncomfortable or hurt you in any way, you are not alone. We can help you. Let’s break the silence about domestic abuse. Everybody...
Nationwide ‘VA Medication Take Back’ Days Happening Soon
The Department of Veterans Affairs is inviting the public to participate in the annual VA Medication Take Back Days, to safely and securely dispose of unused or expired medicine – including controlled substance prescriptions. All 341 VA medical facilities across the...
Free Peer Support for Veterans Experiencing Feelings of Moral Injury
The concept of moral injury has gained recognition among VA researchers and therapists in recent years as another invisible wound of military service. Moral injury is essentially a conflict with one’s personal code of morality. Moral injury isn’t a mental health...
VA Report Shows Decrease in Veteran Suicides, Names Suicide Prevention Grantees and Finalists
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently released the 2022 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report, which shows that Veteran suicides decreased in 2020 for the second year in a row, and that fewer Veterans died by suicide in 2020 than in any year...
