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Morano Q&A: connecting incarcerated veterans to DVS before release

New York City Council · Sep 18, 2026 · starts 1:37:45 · 24 sec

Morano asks who is responsible for connecting incarcerated veterans to DVS and the VA before release. Smalls describes a veteran liaison at the Department of Corrections who connects veterans to DVS services.

Frank Morano

So who's responsible for connecting those veterans to DVS and the VA before they leave custody?

Frank Morano

Is that a...

Yesenia Mata

So that's an example.

Yesenia Mata

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.

Frank Morano

Department of Corrections situation or is it somebody else?

Donee' Smalls

Thank you for that question.

Yesenia Mata

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.

Donee' Smalls

We had a veteran liaison at the Department of Corrections that will connect the veterans there to the Department of Veteran Services.

Yesenia Mata

So that's an example.

Yesenia Mata

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.