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Veterans groups push for stronger housing, mental‑health and transportation supports for New Jersey veterans
Summary
Women veterans, the VFW and Disabled American Veterans told the Assembly committee that gaps in housing for women with children, limited mental‑health program access, and patchy transportation to VA care are causing unmet needs and urged funding, oversight and expanded eligibility.
Trenton — Veterans advocates told the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee that state and federal programs leave many veterans, and especially women veterans and those in South Jersey, without reliable housing, mental‑health care or transportation to VA appointments.
"We are brothers and sisters in arms and should stand together as one," said a longtime veterans advocate representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars during testimony that described systemic shortfalls for women veterans, including concealed sexual‑assault cases, poor outreach and limited shelter options for single women with children.
Brianna Felice, an Operation Enduring Freedom veteran and incoming VFW department…
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