Veterans services update: VSO staffing, stand-down event and 5.2% unemployment noted
Summary
County reported the Veterans Service Office is fully staffed, reduced appointment backlogs to about three weeks, hosted a stand-down event engaging roughly 65 people, and flagged veteran unemployment around 5.2% as an area for legislative focus and upstream public-health prevention.
Speaker 2 reported the Veterans Service Office is fully staffed and that appointment backlogs have improved from about a month to roughly three weeks. The VSO recently held a stand-down event that "engaged with about 65 people," and organizers received positive feedback, staff said.
The report also cited veteran unemployment at approximately 5.2% and emphasized discussion around suicide-prevention and upstream public-health approaches. Speaker 2 said the committee will continue coordinating agencies and noted the county's advocacy and monitoring of state-level legislative issues affecting veterans.
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