Resources
When you Google the word “Veteran”, you will get over 293,000 results in less than 2 seconds. How do you know where to begin???
Many well-known websites – including local, state and federal Veteran Affairs offices and national veteran’s organizations – are completely legitimate and looking out for your best interests. As you scroll further down, it is not quite as clear. Unfortunately, there are many individuals that try to take advantage of veterans. For that reason, we have provided several links below to local and national organizations that we have fully investigated and know to be trusted organizations providing valuable services and/or resources for veterans.
Are you part of or do know of an organization that supporting veterans and their families? Please contact us to request to be added to the list below. We will only add links to organizations after we have done our homework, so it may take a little time.
Trusted Resources for Veterans:
Downloadable Forms
The following forms might be of help to you. Below you will find the SF 180 as well as the DD forms 150 and the 293 these are for requesting records, discharge upgrades, and asking for other relief from the DoD. Please contact us if you have any questions or need further assistance.
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Thanks to the OWH and Erin Grace for this story that is so often the case. ITs also what we work to correct at VLSN.
www.omaha.com/news/plus/ex-offutt-airman-reported-a-sexual-assault-then-she-was/article_3b200e08-...
Ex-Offutt airman reported a sexual assault, then she was punished for underage drinking
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Christina Portwine's story has been a driver behind Rep. Don Bacon's efforts to change the law to make it easier for people who allege sexual assault in the military toFor years, Midlands Community Foundation ("MCF") has provided donors a simple, powerful and highly personal approach to giving and support organizations like VLSN.
Midlands Community Foundation Matching Charitable Program runs from December 1, 2019, and ends January 6, 2020.
Matching donations will be made on a dollar-for-dollar basis up to a limit of $5,000 per individual donor, and subject to a maximum of $100,000 of matching dollars being available in the aggregate for all Funds. If more than $100,000 is contributed on an aggregate basis to all Funds, the matching dollars will be pro-rated among such donors based on the total contributions made.
Giving in the Present Can Change the Future!
Visit this link to designate your donations to VLSN so that we can benefit from the generosity of the MCF matching funds.
midlandscommunity.org/donor-giving/donate/?fundid=646
Thank you to all those who gave on #givingtuesday - we so appreciate you! If you missed giving yesterday there is still time to give.
Visit this link to designate your donations to VLSN so that we can benefit from the generosity of the MCF matching funds.
midlandscommunity.org/donor-giving/donate/?fundid=646
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