Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threat (SWOT) Analysis VA’s strengths and weaknesses are built based on the Value Chain assessment and SWOT analysis from the Department of Veteran Affairs FY 2011-2015 and FY 2014-2020 Strategic Plans. The Environmental Scanning was conducted and discussed relative to VA’s competition…, as well as its strengths and weaknesses. In doing so, this analysis starts with the identified the strengths and weaknesses in the following graphs. VA strengths: Service Delivery
Veterans and our soldiers are coming home from war or getting out of the military and when they get home they can’t afford rent or they have a mental disease from war. Homeless veterans tend to experience homelessness longer than non-veteran homeless. This should not be happening to our soldiers. This is very undesirable for our troops to come home and becoming homeless. They fight for our freedom and our rights and we repay them by becoming homeless.
Veterans are some of the bravest men and women that you will ever know. They fought for our country in our most desperate hours and risked their lives so we could have the chance to live ours. It is such a shame that they are ignored and even homeless in today 's society. I had wondered how we could get veterans of the street and back into the job world. After research I found that there are programs and methods put in place specifically to help these struggling veterans.
Missouri Veterans Commission is a state agency that provides veteran benefits. It was established by the Missouri Statute. The state of Missouri is one of the top states for veteran benefits. The size of a hierarchy varies depending on a variety of things.
Introduction The exercise to establish the number of homeless people in the United States is of critical significance. Homelessness poses immense challenges to efforts aimed at controlling infectious diseases and renders the homeless at immense risk of serious mental and physical health effects. This subject is particularly becomes sensitive on considering the significant number of homeless veterans in the US. Especially in the recent past, homelessness has emerged as a costly problem.
Women veterans’ use of the VA system has seem to have doubled in the last few years which has showcased the needs and preferences of women veterans. More and more women are seeking assistance with the Veterans Administration (VA) system for preventative and long term care. The core purpose of the VA is to provide the United States veterans with sensible access to quality healthcare in a veteran based atmosphere. The Veterans Administration, however has been falling short when handling women and their needs uniquely. Women have barriers with access, privacy, reproductive care, eligibility of knowledge of benefits to the proper healthcare delivery that most men that occupy the VA system doesn’t have to encounter.
The United Service Organization (USO) was founded prior to World War II by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1941. Over the last 75 years this Non-Profit Organization has sustained the moral of the United States Armed Forces within the states as well as overseas. While a Service Member is deployed the USO steps in both in the home and in the combat zone. A line of communication is important for health and welfare of the service member. At this point the USO provides free phone lines, computer access through Operation Phone Home so the families can keep in touch.
Another initiative is to solicit volunteers and train them to become a part of the claims processing staff to accelerate the claim process. Also, in the hearing Walcoff (2010) stated that there was a need for transformation in the Department of Veteran Affairs to provide the best service available to our Nation 's Veterans, and their families. References: USDVA. (2010). New Medical Forms Will Streamline Veterans Claims Process. Retrieved February 26, 2016, from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1987 Walcoff,
A real world evaluation for the program will allow the veterans to work, live and continue their success while being observed by evaluators for information. Performance assessment will acknowledge the success of the veterans and what they have accomplished. For example, a veteran might be able to acquire at dishwashing job at the beginning of the program but by working hard and showing good performance they could be promoted to a higher, better paid position. Assessment to instances like this can show a deeper personal success and growth for the veterans within the
The identified selected funding agency that has been identified is the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation (http://hjweinbergfoundation.org/program-areas/older-adults/) (http://hjweinbergfoundation.org/grants/). I modified the grant as a result of search because this foundation provides money for seniors and veterans. This grant proposal will be written to support two identified vulnerable populations the Foundation has determined as underserved. This will make this grant stand out to the funders and evidence its uniqueness by demonstrating the goals and objectives outlined by the Foundation, inclusive of two underserved populations.
Navy Federal Credit Union (or Navy Federal) is a US credit union headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, chartered and regulated under the authority of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). Navy Federal is the largest natural member (or retail) credit union in the United States, both in asset size and in membership. As of May 2017, Navy Federal had over $81 billion USD in assets, and nearly 7 million members. The Navy Federal was founded in 1933 by Navy employees who were members of the Federal Employees' Union, In May 2008, the Navy Federal Credit Union widened its membership to include the entire Department of Defense, which made eligible all active duty, retired, and reserve Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force personnel, as well as civilian personnel within the Department of Defense.
Veteran’s Benefits Veteran’s pay a heavy price for our freedom, but do we in turn repay them back? Once veteran’s return home they receive several benefits, such as education, disability compensation, and low-cost medical care. Each are specific due to how they benefit each veteran, but not all are capable of fully providing the veteran. Veterans receive benefits based on discharge from active military service other than dishonorable conditions. Active service must be serving full time as a member under several branches, Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, or as a commissioned officer of the Public Health Service, Environmental Services Administration or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
We will give them enough money that they can live their lives until they are dead in one lump sum of money. They will give their spouses money to pay for life insurance. They provide people that will come and help veterans that don’t know how to get all their life insurance. There is even a person that if they get severely injured during his time of service that will come and take care of them so that the family can still
This book was written as a way for veterans to benefit from the knowledge the author gained from his own experiences dealing with the VA. The book includes clear instructions about how to fill out the claim forms and what type of supporting documentation to attach. Screenshots of website pages are used to accompany many of the explanations. It is also discussed what to
Introduction The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), in accordance with the Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) of 2010, in partnership with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has committed to making the VA performance more transparent and accessible. In order to achieve the strategic goals, objectives of the VA and the nested goals of Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), the Undersecretary for Benefits (USB) has directed implementation of an initiative with the goal of eliminating the use of the current End Product (EP) code system as a method of tracking the workload within VBA. Business Case Currently, VBA Manual 21-4, dated July 24, 2015 prescribes the use of an End Product (EP) system to facilitate accurate control