Sacramento Veterans Community Support Network's (VCSN) highest priority right now is to prevent and reduce barriers or delays to veteran transition needs. To that end, we are currently in process of forming committees to address the following issues. If you are interested in joining us, please contact our Board President, Jan Wald, at 916 622-7360 and consider attending our next monthly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 8th at 2pm in Sacramento:
Employment Committee:
The purpose of this committee is to provide information on upcoming Veterans Job Fairs/Benefits Workshops and Hire a Vet Job Fairs to VCSN membership who in turn forward to veterans and all service providers. Members provide information on job opportunities to VCSN membership who in turn forward to veterans and all service providers. We contact and invite potential employers to Veterans Job Fairs/Benefits Workshops and Hire a Vet Job Fairs throughout the greater Sacramento area. Committee members host and/or support a series of Veterans Job Fairs/Benefits Workshops and Hire a Vet Job Fairs throughout the greater Sacramento area. Our goal is to establish a Veterans’ Employment Committee with its own funding to assist veterans with items such as special clothing, licenses, certificates, etc., as necessary for employment; also to establish Employment Assistance Networks & Work Programs for veterans.
Education Committee:
The purpose of this committee is to provide veterans-specific seminar workshops to deal with veterans issues such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), Job Retention and Substance Abuse. We strive to provide a forum to address the signature injuries of the most recent conflicts – PTSD and TBI– which are often undiagnosed until after some trauma has occurred. Our goal is also to provide a forum to focus on the family of returning veterans and the difficulties in adjusting to normalcy after living in an asymmetric combat zone. We are in process of forming a day-long educational event on Septemeber 25th at Sacramento City College to elevate public awareness and understanding of the signature injuries referred to above as well as sensitize educators to issues specific to veterans in the classroom.
Housing Committee:
The purpose of this committee is to provides outreach and link homeless veterans to housing service organizations, locate available federal & state government resources for housing projects, and to submit applications for every possible avenue of housing funds. Our goal is to create suggestions for housing solutions, locate and recommend sites for temporary and permanent supportive housing for veterans, and develop a permanent "ALPHA house" forSacramento area veterans.
Health Committee:
The purpose of this committee is to research organizations that meet veterans varying health needs, locate free medical, dental and vision services available for dishonorably discharged veterans and veterans without insurance for these services, and distribute the information to Sacramento Veterans Community Support Network members who will forward the informtion to veterans in need and all service providers. Our goal is to provide a range of health-related support services, all intended to facilitate the veterans’ “transition home” experience.
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