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Audie Murphy hospital earns first as VA Purple Heart hospital

Pictured representing the Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) at the Purple Heart Hospital and Healthcare System designation event are TVC Commissioner Laura Koerner and TVC Claims Southwest District Manager Mike Jaeger.

On February 24, 2020, the Audie L Murphy Memorial VA Hospital became the first VA Hospital in the nation to be honored and designated a Military Order of the Purple Heart Hospital. Additionally, the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, to which the hospital belongs, became the third system in the ...

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Commissioner Barber salutes Combined Arms’ third anniversary

Texas Veterans Commission Secretary and U.S. Army veteran Kevin Barber joined the celebration of Combined Arms’ third anniversary on January 24, 2020. Pictured at the Combined Arms anniversary event are from left Barber, CEO of Combined Arms John Boerstler and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, who proclaimed it Combined Arms Day.

With its facility based in Houston, Combined Arms houses 72 agencies offering over 400 resources, including the Texas Veteran Commission (TVC). This umbrella of organizations provides assistance to the homeless, those ...

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Statement on Brightwood College, Virginia College, and Golf Academy CLOSURES

Statement on Brightwood College, Virginia College, and Golf Academy Closures

AUSTIN – The Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) has been informed that Education Corporation of America is closing, or has already closed, several educational/training institutions in Texas: Brightwood College, Virginia College, and Golf Academy.

TVC is contacting these institutions to identify student veterans and other eligible persons impacted by these closures and will work with the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to ensure current students are contacted with information regarding benefit payments and ...

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$6.6 million grant from Arnold Foundation to fund Texas Policy Lab at Rice U.

HOUSTON – Rice University’s School of Social Sciences will launch an effort this fall to work side-by-side with Texas’ officeholders and state agencies to solve some of the state’s most pressing problems. The Texas Policy Lab, which is supported by a $6.6 million grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF), will use cutting-edge research and analysis to offer measurable solutions for policymakers.

Social Sciences Dean Antonio Merlo said the lab will provide the executive and legislative branches of the ...

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