The New York State Department of Veterans’ Services is teaming up with Carnegie Hall to offer Veterans and Service Members who are parents a truly special opportunity: work with professional songwriters to create a personalized lullaby for your child!

Through Carnegie Hall’s Lullaby Project, you’ll collaborate with an artist to craft a song that reflects your love, hopes, and dreams—no musical experience required. This opportunity is open to:

• Parents of children of any age
• Expecting parents who want to welcome their child with a song
• Participants from anywhere—sessions can be virtual!

Spots are limited! Email Benjamin.Pomerance@veterans.ny.gov to secure your place.

Originally designed to meet short-term needs in the days following an injury, the Critical Needs program has expanded to assist various populations of our military; including, post-9/11 combat-wounded veterans and their families, post-9/11 homeless veterans, as well as post-9/11 veterans who are survivors of MST as they navigate through long-term recovery.

Hope For The Warriors’ Critical Needs program assists service members, veterans and their families in two specific ways.

1. Program coordinators provide integrated case management, financial education, with an emphasis on long-term financial stability, and resource referrals that assist the warrior both today and in the future.
2. If the warrior meets program eligibility criteria, financial support may be provided to assist the family in the short-term.

Military.com | By Patricia Kime
Published February 05, 2025 at 12:28pm ET

Thousands of Veterans Affairs employees must return to work by the end of the month under an announcement by the department Monday.

In response to a Jan. 20 directive from President Donald Trump, the VA announced that eligible employees must work full time in VA facilities. In a press release Monday, the department spelled out which of its roughly 96,000 employees who now work remotely or telework must comply.

"This is a commonsense step toward treating all VA employees equally," Acting VA Secretary Todd Hunter said in a statement. "Most VA clinical staff don't have the luxury of working remotely, and we believe the performance, collaboration and productivity of the department will improve if all VA employees are held to the same standard."

According to the press release, more than 20% of the VA's 479,000 employees work remotely. Some will be exempt from the requirement, including those who receive approval for a disability, medical condition or other "compelling reason," according to the announcement. [READ MORE...]

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