HUD Eligible? Apply at Casa Corazon! Location Location Location
Casa Corazon is fully wheelchair accessible. Not even 5 miles from the VA Hospital! Take a tour! The address is 408 Elm Avenue, Long Beach CA 90802. Our goal is to inundate the waiting list…
Volunteer Spotlight at Long Beach VA
As we embark on another endeavor, below is an excerpt from our very 1st Volunteer Spotlight. Thank you Scoba Rhodes! Dear PVACC members, After conversing with the chapter leadership, we would like to introduce you…
September is Suicide Awareness Month
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Badminton September 13!!
2017 NVWG Cincinatti
All: For all of those who were in Cincinnati with us for the 37th National Veterans Wheelchair Games (NVWG), we hope you have made it home safely. A link to the closing video is below. For…
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PVA California Chapter Sports Funding Policy
PVA CALIFORNIA Chapter provides funding for those members participating in…
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Advocacy & Legislation Report
Politics, politics! I would like to ask our chapter members to stay informed on what happens on our Nation’s Capital steps. As you know a few months ago myself Jemal Williams and Jacki Baskett went to Washington DC as your PVACC representatives. We rolled through…
Paralyzed Veterans of America Applauds Veterans Appeals Improvement & Modernization Law Veterans organization that specializes in complex appeal cases calls it a ‘significant win’
WASHINGTON, DC 8/23— Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) Executive Director Sherman Gillums Jr. today released the following statement, after witnessing President Trump sign the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act: “The Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Law represents a major step toward ensuring justice for the…
New Brown Sticker Parking Policy!!
If you have recently been to the Long Beach SCI Center who might have noticed that the VA Police has begun to enforce the parking in the designated SCI Parking Area, commonly known as Brown Sticker Parking. Many of you might have even received a…
2017-2019 PVACC ELECTED OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2017-2019 PVA CALIFORNIA CHAPTER OFFICERS PRESIDENT TOKI KATSUKI -47 votes (Alex Calvo 26 votes, Elmer Jacobs 7 votes) VICE PRESIDENT JEMAL WILLIAMS -68 votes SECRETARY JACQUELINE BASKETT -56 votes (Teresa Martinez 20 votes) TREASURER RAYMOND MONZON -72 votes BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROBERT SOTO -68 votes…
White House to Launch New Veterans’ Hotline
Dear Member, Earlier in June, the White House did a “soft launch” of its new veterans’ complaint hotline (www.washingtonexaminer.com/white-house-to-launch-veterans-complaint-hotline/article/2624554). The phone line will allow veterans to call in their complaints and concerns about conditions at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The public launch is set…
President Trump will sign the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act
“Today, President Trump signed one of the most important pieces of legislation of his presidency. The Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act finally takes the issue of accountability in the Department of Veterans Affairs out of the abstract by giving the VA Secretary actionable authority to…