VSO Talk Radio

Western Mass Veterans radio on Classic Hits 977 with Jesus Pereira, @Holyoke veterans services Jered Sasen,  Wilbraham Veteran Services and Eric Segundo, Ludlow Veterans Services.  

This week’s in studio guest is Amanda Winslow, Sexual Assault and Victim Advocate for Western MA, for the Department of Defense.

John Hurley’s Veteran history project, John interviewed Dick Brodeur, USMC Veteran.

If you missed the show, you can listen to us on ITunes Podcast, Spotify and Google Podcasts or on our website www.ludlowveterans.us

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This week on Western Mass Veterans Radio on Classic Hits 977:

With the new fiscal year come with it the start of the new filing year.  Property Tax Exemption applications are now available in your local city/town assessor’s office.  

New VA Benefits Verification Letter were sent out in late June, you should have received them already.  

John Hurley’s Veteran of the Week is Archie Archible, US Marine, Vietnam Purple Heart Veteran. 

Operation Veteran Vacation is a non-profit charity dedicated to providing veterans and their families with a much-needed break from the everyday. We believe that the best way to help veterans come to terms with the physical and mental trauma of their service is to spend quality time with their loved ones. 

Tina Marie from CapTel joins us to take about CapTel Telephones.  Ideal for people with some degree of hearing loss, the Captioned Telephone, or CapTel, works like any other telephone with one important addition:

It displays every word the caller says throughout the conversation. CapTel phone users can listen to the caller, and can also read the written captions in the CapTel’s bright display window.

The mission of HomeFront Strong, formerly known as the Brookfield Institute, is to build resilience in veterans and military families through targeted programs and resources.

Their vision is to ensure every military and veteran family has the necessary support to achieve optimal social, spiritual, physical and mental health for joyful, meaningful lives.

•BACKGROUND ON HOW THE TREATMENT COURT STARTED •
WHAT IS THE PROGRAM ABOUT
•WHO DOES IT BENEFITS
•WHAT ARE THE ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM
•HOW HAS THE PROGRAM DEVELOP OVER THE YEARS
HOW YOU CAN HELP (MENTORSHIP PROGRAM) 

Non Service Connected Disability Pension is a benefit paid to wartime veterans with limited income who are no longer able to work.

Survivors Pension is a tax-free benefit payable by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to a low-income, un-remarried surviving spouse and unmarried dependent child(ren) of a deceased wartime Veteran.

Special in studio Guest:  Earl Bonett from Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR)
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve is the lead U.S. Defense Department program promoting cooperation and understanding between civilian employers and their National Guard and Reserve employees.

If you’re the surviving spouse, child, or parent of a service member who died in the line of duty, or the survivor of a Veteran who died from a service-related injury or illness, you may be able to get a tax-free monetary benefit called VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (VA DIC). Find out if you can get VA benefits or compensation.

VA Claim process from Start to Finish