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Presenter tells board VA has stopped releasing county veteran statistics and asks state to advocate
Summary
The presenter said the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has stopped releasing county-level veteran statistics (last available: FY 2023) and asked that the state of Michigan press the federal government to restore the data flow.
During the veterans services report, the presenter (Rebecca) raised a data-access concern: "the VA has announced that they're no longer they're releasing those statistical informations to counties ... the last numbers we have ... they were always a year in the rear as from f y 23," she said, and asked that the state of Michigan advocate to the federal government for restoration of county-level veteran statistics.
Rebecca framed the issue as an operational challenge for county veteran programs that rely on federal statistics to plan and report services. She asked whether the state could press the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to resume sharing county-level veteran counts so local offices can better identify and serve veterans; no formal board action was taken during the meeting.
