The VA Center for Innovation identifies, tests, and evaluates new approaches to efficiently and effectively meet the current and future needs of Veterans through innovations rooted in data, design-thinking, and agile development.
We believe:
• Data should drive decisions
• User needs should drive development of products, services, programs... everything
• We must test small, fail small, and scale big
• There is enormous value and insight beyond the walls of the VA Central Office. If we truly want to build a Veteran-centered VA, we must get out of the building and get to know our Veterans and VA employees
Businesses large and small, start-ups, non-profits, and academic institutions: submit your idea to improve mental health care for Veterans! We are evaluating submissions on a rolling basis. Learn more ›
VACI is sponsoring a project in partnership with the University of Iowa to design and test a comprehensive suite of on-campus services for Veterans attending colleges and universities. The model program is intended to ease the transition from military service to academia and employment. Learn more ›