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Michigan Department of Military and Veteran Affairs outlines readiness priorities, recruitment and benefits gaps
Summary
Deputy Director Terry Sabol told the House Family and Veterans Committee the department is nearly fully staffed but faces readiness gaps tied to health-care and dental access, and detailed priorities including an encroachment fix at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, a childcare benefit pilot and a planned veterans cemetery in Crawford County.
The Michigan Department of Military and Veteran Affairs told the House Family and Veterans Committee on Thursday that the department is “wide reaching” and largely funded by federal dollars, but faces readiness and retention challenges tied to health-care access for service members.
Deputy Director Terry Sabol described the department’s footprint — roughly 11,000 people across the National Guard, the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency and Michigan Veterans Homes — and said the department is operating at about 95% of authorized service-member strength. “When you sign on the dotted line ... you have in right away become a member for life,” Sabol said, adding the department tries to provide services for veterans “from the time that you sign on the dotted line until the time that you pass.”
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