Resources
The Sunshine State is home to the third largest population of women veterans in the nation, with more than 160,000. Women veterans are one of the fastest growing segments of the veterans’ population. Of the approximately 22 million living veterans nationwide, about 1.9 million are women. They comprise nearly 10 percent of the total veterans’ population and nearly 5 percent of all veterans who use VA health care services.
Many women veterans don’t know that they are eligible for the full range of federal and state benefits, to include special programs for them. Here are some resources for women veterans.
Florida’s State Women Veterans’ Coordinator is Cynthia T. Brown. She can be reached at brownc@fdva.state.fl.us.
Larri Gerson, an Air Force veteran who serves as a veterans’ claims examiner for the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs and webmaster for the National Association of State Women Veterans Coordinators, was appointed in November 2012 to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Women Veterans. Gerson, a former state women veterans’ coordinator for the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs, can be contacted at gersonl@fdva.state.fl.us.
VA Hotline on Health Care and Benefits for Women Veterans
1-855-VA-WOMEN (1-855-829-6636)
VA Center for Women Veterans
http://www.va.gov/womenvet/
Women Veterans Issues
http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/topics/women/index.htm
Women Veterans Health Care
http://www.womenshealth.va.gov/WOMENSHEALTH/about.asp
Homeless Women Veterans
http://www.va.gov/homeless/for_women_veterans.asp
National Association of State Women Veterans Coordinators
http://naswvc.com/
Women In Military Service For America Memorial Foundation
http://www.womensmemorial.org/About/welcome.html
V-WISE – Women Veterans Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship
http://apps.whitman.syr.edu/vwise/
U.S. Department of Labor Website for Women Veterans
http://www.dol.gov/vets/womenveterans/
Vets Centers
http://www.vetcenter.va.gov/
Employ Florida Vets
https://veterans.employflorida.com/portals/veteran/Default.asp
Hiring Florida’s Heroes
http://www.workforceflorida.com/PrioritiesInitiatives/vets/HiringFloridasHeroes.php
Florida Veterans Employment Program
http://www.floridajobs.org/office-directory/division-of-workforce-services/workforce-programs/veterans-employment-program
Veterans Retraining Assistance Program
http://benefits.va.gov/vow/education.htm
VOW to Hire Heroes Act 2011
http://benefits.va.gov/vow/index.htm
The Sunshine State is home to the third largest population of women veterans in the nation, with more than 160,000. Women veterans are one of the fastest growing segments of the veterans’ population. Of the approximately 22 million living veterans nationwide, about 1.9 million are women. They comprise nearly 10 percent of the total veterans’ population and nearly 5 percent of all veterans who use VA health care services.
Many women veterans don’t know that they are eligible for the full range of federal and state benefits, to include special programs for them. Here are some resources for women veterans.
Florida’s State Women Veterans’ Coordinator is Cynthia T. Brown. She can be reached at brownc@fdva.state.fl.us.
Larri Gerson, an Air Force veteran who serves as a veterans’ claims examiner for the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs and webmaster for the National Association of State Women Veterans Coordinators, was appointed in November 2012 to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Women Veterans. Gerson, a former state women veterans’ coordinator for the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs, can be contacted at gersonl@fdva.state.fl.us.
VA Hotline on Health Care and Benefits for Women Veterans
1-855-VA-WOMEN (1-855-829-6636)
VA Center for Women Veterans
http://www.va.gov/womenvet/
Women Veterans Issues
http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/topics/women/index.htm
Women Veterans Health Care
http://www.womenshealth.va.gov/WOMENSHEALTH/about.asp
Homeless Women Veterans
http://www.va.gov/homeless/for_women_veterans.asp
National Association of State Women Veterans Coordinators
http://naswvc.com/
Women In Military Service For America Memorial Foundation
http://www.womensmemorial.org/About/welcome.html
V-WISE – Women Veterans Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship
http://apps.whitman.syr.edu/vwise/
U.S. Department of Labor Website for Women Veterans
http://www.dol.gov/vets/womenveterans/
Vets Centers
http://www.vetcenter.va.gov/
Employ Florida Vets
https://veterans.employflorida.com/portals/veteran/Default.asp
Hiring Florida’s Heroes
http://www.workforceflorida.com/PrioritiesInitiatives/vets/HiringFloridasHeroes.php
Florida Veterans Employment Program
http://www.floridajobs.org/office-directory/division-of-workforce-services/workforce-programs/veterans-employment-program
Veterans Retraining Assistance Program
http://benefits.va.gov/vow/education.htm
VOW to Hire Heroes Act 2011
http://benefits.va.gov/vow/index.htm