71 Units of New Veterans Housing are Being Launched for Clackamas, Coos, Klamath and Multnomah Counties. Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) has announced the award of $8,881,188 to fund the development of 71 new [...]
The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs is seeking grant proposals from nonprofits and other service providers who want to help expand needed services for Oregon veterans. The total sum of grants awarded statewide will be [...]
Cameron Smith Moves to DCBS, Sheronne Blasi New ODVA Director On December 13, 2017 Governor Kate Brown announced the appointment of Sheronne Blasi (pronounced “Share-ON Blaze-ee”), a 14-year Navy veteran, to serve as the next [...]
County Veteran Service Officers Get Results in 2016: Direct Payments to Oregon Veterans Increased by 8.7 percent from 2015 to 2016 According to new data released by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (the federal [...]
The Governor’s 2017-19 Budget reduced general fund support to the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs (ODVA) by $10 million. In November’s General Election, Ballot Measure 96 was passed by an overwhelming majority of the voters [...]
Contributed by: Andy Smith, AOC Veterans Policy Manager June 20, 2016 Full News Story Here The Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs has hired a coordinator for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender veterans — a position it [...]