Veterans
Our veterans deserve the benefits they earned by serving our nation in uniform. I am honored to represent Ohio’s 900,000 veterans as a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. For more than 145 years, Ohio has been a leader in veterans’ services – from founding one of the nation’s first chapters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) in Columbus, to establishing the nation’s first VA hospital in Dayton, to our extraordinary system of county veterans’ service offices today. As your Senator, I am working to ensure Ohio remains a leader in serving those who served us.
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With Limited Spots Left Nationwide, Brown Alerts Ohio Veterans To Next Deadline For Federal Training Program That Helps Unemployed Vets Land High-Demand Jobs
COLUMBUS, OH - With limited spots remaining nationwide, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) highlighted a newly-available jobs retraining assistance program made possible through the VOW to Hire Heroes Act. Alongside a jobless Franklin County veteran who is training for a new career at Columbus State Community College through Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP) funds, Brown urged central Ohio veterans to apply for the program which has already accepted 1,678 Ohio veterans.
“Just as we invest in our servicemembers while they’re on the battlefield, we should do the same when they return home,” Brown said. “The Veterans Retraining Assistance…Read More
Posted on 9/10/2012 -
Presenting Operation Iraqi Freedom & WWII Navy Veterans With Medals Earned In Combat
As Cleveland’s Navy Week kicked off, an Operation Iraqi Freedom Navy veteran, along with a World War II Navy veteran, received several medals earned in combat from Sen. Brown in a ceremony aboard the USS Cod.
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Brown Announces New Federal Resources to Rehabilitate Veterans Home Cemetery in Sandusky
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that $798,987 was awarded to the Ohio Veterans Home Cemetery in Erie County. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) funds will be used to revitalize headstones and rehabilitate the cemetery grounds.
“Our veterans have earned the respect of a grateful nation,” Brown, a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, said. “These funds will help ensure that Ohio’s veterans are afforded the proper honor and dignity, even after they have been laid to rest.”
The grant will help provide improved service to veterans and their families in Ohio and help the cemetery mee…Read More
Posted on 8/20/2012 -
At Solon Manufacturer Looking to Hire, Brown Alerts Employers to Available Tax Breaks for Hiring Veterans
SOLON, OH - Thanks in part to a new law that provides tax credits to companies that hire veterans, a Solon manufacturer has recently hired three veterans and anticipates filling four open positions in conjunction with a pilot program carried out by the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET). U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited Zircoa, Inc. today to highlight the VOW to Hire Heroes Act 2011 and release the results of MAGNET’s pilot program to place veterans in good-paying manufacturing jobs in Northeast Ohio.
“Our commitment to our servicemembers shouldn’t end when they leave the military. Just as we invest in our servicemembers in time…Read More
Posted on 8/6/2012 -
Brown Urges VA to Expedite Establishment and Construction of VA Archives in Dayton
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today urged the Obama Administration to expedite the establishment and construction of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Archives at the VA Medical Center campus in Dayton. In a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki, Brown asked the VA to move up the project on the list of prioritized projects.
“The Miami Valley’s proud military tradition would make it a fitting home to the VHA Archives,” Brown said. “By continuing to delay this project, we increase long-term cos…Read More
Posted on 7/24/2012 -
Brown Alerts Ohio Veterans of Approaching Deadline: Limited Spots for New Federal Training Program to Help Unemployed Veterans Land High-Demand Jobs
DAYTON, OH - More than 36,000 veterans nationwide have applied for a newly-available jobs retraining assistance program made possible through the VOW to Hire Heroes Act, a veterans jobs law enacted in November. At the Montgomery County Veterans Service Commission, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) will join Toni Jacobson, a jobless Montgomery County veteran who will train for a career in business administration at Sinclair Community College, to highlight the new Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP) and to encourage eligible Ohio veterans to apply. Brown and Jacobson were joined by Herb Davis, Director of t…Read More
Posted on 7/22/2012 -
Brown Announces New Federal Grant to Provide Critical Services to Homeless and Low-Income Veterans in Cincinnati
New federal resources will provide critical support services for homeless and low-income veterans in Cincinnati. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that the Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center, Inc. in Hamilton County has been awarded a new federal grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Supportive Service for Veteran Families (SSVF) program. The $596,984 grant will be used to provide supportive services to low-income veteran families living in or transitioning to permanent housing.
“The men and women of the Armed Forces have been made a promise that if they defend our country, a grateful nation will provide them…Read More
Posted on 7/17/2012