Borne the Battle #260: Benefits Breakdown – VA Mobile Mental Health Apps
This episode of Borne the Battle – a benefits breakdown – features VA Mobile Mental Health Apps, which provides free tools and information to support and help Veterans manage PTSD-related symptoms and stress, learn to practice mindfulness, aim to reduce suicide risk and strengthen parenting skills.
Borne the Battle #255: Benefits Breakdown – HUD-VASH: Assistance for Veterans and their Families facing homelessness
This episode of Borne the Battle, a benefits breakdown, features HUD-VASH, a collaborative program between HUD and VA that provides support to help homeless Veterans and their families – and those at risk of becoming homeless – to find and sustain permanent housing.
Borne the Battle Episode #251: Benefits Breakdown – Community Care Program
The VHA Office of Community Care (OCC) aims to place the choice of provider in the hands of eligible Veterans and assist them in finding the best options for their care.
Borne the Battle #243: Benefits Breakdown, Veterans Legacy Memorial
The Veterans Legacy Memorial website at https://www.vlm.cem.va.gov/ memorializes the over 3.7 million Veterans interred in VA national cemeteries.
Borne the Battle #240: Benefits Breakdown: Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan (IRRRL)
Home interest rates are at historic lows and VA home loans offer lower rates than any other type of home loan. Navy Veteran John Bell, deputy director of the VA Loan Guaranty Service, joins Borne the Battle to break down VA’s Interest Rate Reduction and Refinance Loan (IRRRL), mortgage refinancing, VA home loans and how they help Veterans stay in their homes.
Borne the Battle #230: Benefits Breakdown, Veteran Readiness & Employment (VR&E)
This week’s Benefits Breakdown episode of Borne the Battle explores the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) service with its Executive Director and Navy Veteran William Streitberger.
Borne the Battle #224: Benefits Breakdown, VA Speech Language Pathology Services
On this week’s episode of Borne the Battle, Navy Veteran and stroke survivor Dave Hume shares the journey of how he went from only expressing three words after his stroke to writing his own blog and becoming a motivational speaker.
Borne the Battle #215: Benefits Breakdown, Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program
Dr. LeAnn Bruce, National Program Manager for the Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program (IPVAP), joins this week’s episode of Borne the Battle to share why no one should ever feel ashamed to seek out IPV support and describes what services VA offers to help Veterans in need.
Borne the Battle #211: Benefits Breakdown, VA Debt Management Center
Veterans Jason Hoge and Joseph Schmitt cover how their personal experiences help guide them to help others who face a debt repayment. They also break down assistance provided to Veterans during situations such as natural disasters and COVID-19.
Borne the Battle #201: Benefits Breakdown, CARES Act Emergency Funding for VA Homeless Programs
Breakdown on how VA is addressing the challenge of Veterans who are homeless or at-risk during COVID-19, with emergency funding info by the CARES Act.
Borne the Battle #190: Benefits Breakdown, DMC COVID-19 relief for Veterans
This week's Borne the Battle podcast breaks down how the VA Debt Management Center is executing the president's directive to suspend or extend all VA Debt Collection due to coronavirus, or COVID-19.
Borne the Battle #185: Benefits Breakdown, Burn Pit Registry
This week’s Benefits Breakdown features Army Veterans Vincent Mitchell and Dr. Eric Shuping. They discussed the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry and how Veterans can sign up.
