Archive for 2022

Over $5.4 million in grants presented to 20 Gulf Coast area veteran service organizations

AUSTIN, TX – On September 6, 2022 at 1 p.m.; the Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) presented $5,450,000 in grants to 20 organizations for providing services to approximately 4,600 Gulf Coast area veterans and their families. The presentation was made by TVC Commissioner and Army veteran Kevin Barber at Houston – Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston, 3303 Main St, Houston, Texas.

The FVA Gulf Coast Region is a multicounty area ranging from Walker County in the north ...

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Over $7.6 million in grants presented to 30 Central Texas area veteran service organizations

On September 2, 2022, the Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) presented $7,610,000 in grants to 30 organizations for providing services to approximately 5,100 Central Texas area veterans. The presentation was made by TVC Commissioner and Army veteran Mary Dale in San Marcos at the Hays County Annex, 712 S Stagecoach Trail, San Marcos, Texas.

The FVA Central Texas Region is a multicounty area ranging from Hill and Bosque Counties in the north to Caldwell and Fayette Counties ...

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Over $3.3 million in grants presented to 13 Alamo, Hill Country area veteran service organizations

On September 1, 2022; the Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) presented $3,325,000 in grants to 13 organizations for providing services to approximately 2,100 veterans in the FVA Alamo Region*. The presentation was made by TVC Chairwoman and Navy veteran Laura Koerner at the Comal County Commissioner Courtroom, 100 Main Plaza, New Braunfels, Texas.

The FVA Alamo Region is a multicounty area ranging from Sterling and Coke counties in the north to Dimmit and La Salle Counties in ...

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Over $3.4 million in grants presented to 16 veteran service organizations in the South Texas/Rio Grande/Corpus Christi areas on August 30

On August 30, 2022 ; the Texas Veterans Commission’s (TVC) Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) presented $3,450,000 in grants to 16 organizations for services provided directly to veterans in the South Texas, Rio Grande Valley and Corpus Christi areas. The grants will fund services for more than 3,000 veterans, their spouses and dependents in this area. The presentation was made by TVC Chairwoman and Navy veteran Laura Koerner at the Hidalgo County Commissioners Courtroom, 100 N. Closner, Edinburg, Texas.

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Claims helps veteran’s widow get over $194K in retro pay, plus monthly compensation

In the El Paso area, the widow of a veteran was denied Dependent Indemnity Compensation in 2010. With the help of Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) Claims Benefits Advisor and an Army Retired veteran Robert Macias, she was just awarded over $194,700 in retro payment in July, plus monthly compensation of over $1,790.

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“All these years passed where she could have had Dependent Indemnity Compensation,” said Macias, pictured. “No one had ...

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American Legion Employment Awards honor Texas Veterans Commission’s Katie Baillio & Christopher Garza

Veterans Employer Liaison (VEL) Christopher Garza and Rural Veteran Career Advisor (RVCA) Katie Baillio were awarded by the American Legion, Department of Texas for their outstanding effectiveness in getting veterans into jobs. Both are members of the Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) Veterans Employment Services team. The awards were presented at the American Legion state convention in July.

Garza earned the American Legion’s LVER (Local Veterans’ Employment Representative) of the Year award. In his duties as a TVC VEL, Garza promotes the ...

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Increasing Claims ratings & helping veterans not go it alone

“Lavette Domineck is awesome. I went from 40 to 80 and she was always able to answer any question I had about the whole process,” Kip Pollard posted in a Google review regarding the assistance he received from the Dallas County Veteran Services Office.

Lavette K. Domineck is the Lead Assistant Veteran Services Officer for Dallas County and an Army veteran.

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Easing frustrations with Claims

A veteran and his spouse were frustrated by the “monumental paperwork of the VA systems” which added to the spouse’s stress of taking care of her terminally ill veteran husband. The couple felt more at ease after connecting with Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) Claims Benefits Advisor (CBA) and Marine veteran Tracie Perez, pictured.

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Commitment to Claims success leads to checking medical research

Juan Amaya’s strong commitment to getting veterans their benefits led him into researching medical findings.

“I was assisting a surviving spouse with a VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Claim. Her husband was only service connected for PTSD at 100% for only 4 years. In his death certificate it stated that the contributing factors were failure to thrive and anemia. I had to find a way to get his death service connected. I did some research and found medical literature stating that ...

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