April 23, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com
Livingston County voice in Congress has co-sponsored a bipartisan bill that seeks to help military members adjust back into civilian life.
On Thursday, 8th District Democrat Elissa Slotkin, along with Ohio Republican Congressman David Joyce, introduced the bipartisan Solid Start Act, a bill to ensure that the Department of Veterans Affairs proactively reaches out to service members in their first year transitioning back to civilian life to connect them with critical benefits and services they have earned.
According to a press release, the bill would make permanent a pilot program at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in which the VA contacts veterans multiple times by phone in the first year after they leave service to check-in and help connect them to programs and benefits. Slotkin, who also spearheaded the bill in a previous congressional session, says the Solid Start program âcontinues to b
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