Aldebol Q&A: proactive education for discharged and incarcerated veterans
Aldebol asks about proactive education for veterans leaving incarceration who may not know they are eligible for benefits. Orlando describes collaboration with veteran treatment courts, the Restoration of Honor Act, and exploring involvement in housing courts.
But they have to come to you to sort of ask for that and then to start that, proactively start that.
I wonder how many folks actually know about that.
So that's an example.
So at DVS, we are meeting with our providers to hear from them directly to let us know what has been working, what hasn't been working.
I mean, there's lots of things once you're discharged.
One, you're focused on.
The very, very basic things when you're leaving incarceration, but then there are all kinds of things that you think you're not eligible for that you are.
And as an agency, as we continue having many roundtables at DVS, I've heard from many veteran groups that perhaps that this is one of the first times when the agency itself has really engaged many of the groups.
Like the number of times that we have to tell people, you do in fact have the right to vote under certain conditions because there's just this blanket assumption that like, oh, I spent time on records, that means I can't vote.
So that's an example.
So at DVS, we are meeting with our providers to hear from them directly to let us know what has been working, what hasn't been working.
So I'm just wondering what the connection is with the proactive education around what people can do.
And as an agency, as we continue having many roundtables at DVS, I've heard from many veteran groups that perhaps that this is one of the first times when the agency itself has really engaged many of the groups.
Can work towards.
And that is definitely something that we're looking to strengthen as well.
So that's an example.
So at DVS, we are meeting with our providers to hear from them directly to let us know what has been working, what hasn't been working.
As Donnie mentioned with the veteran treatment courts, as well as we're also exploring being more involved in the housing courts, as well as we're also exploring being more involved in the housing courts.
well to ensure that we can get this information out there in many different avenues.
And as an agency, as we continue having many roundtables at DVS, I've heard from many veteran groups that perhaps that this is one of the first times when the agency itself has really engaged many of the groups.