Thursday, January 24, 2013

Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency

Last week, Michigan's Governor, Rick Snyder, signed an executive order that created the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency.  The goal of the agency is to help connect former service personnel with government departments and service organizations that will help them apply for benefits such as health care, education, and employment assistance.

Michigan has over 650,000 veterans and that number is rapidly rising with the returning troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.  All of the programs for veterans are scattered among various federal and state departments.  As such, it is a confusing maze for Michigan veterans to not only be aware of the benefits available to them, but obtain them.  The hope is that this agency will help Michigan veterans traverse the maze much more easily than by themselves.

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