Gateway to Initiatives & Collaborations Information

The Web sites listed below are initiatives of interest to veterans and other Department of Veterans Affairs customers. Some of them are done in collaboration with the VA, others are offered independently by other government and civilian agencies.

We offer the links in the hope that they will benefit you.

• Department of Veterans Affairs Links
   
• Other Government Agency Links
   

• Virtual Conference Archive
  The Virtual Conference Archive is a collection of multimedia conferences that pertain to the VA and related agencies.
   
• Virtual Learning Center
  The Virtual Learning Center provides a mechanism for individuals to share their innovative programs and lessons learned, as well as use the innovations of others to save time and resources rather than starting from the beginning to address similar needs.
   

• GovBenefits.gov
  This site helps users access government benefit eligibility information through a free, confidential, and easy-to-use online screening tool. After answering some basic questions, the user receives a customized report listing the benefit programs for which the user, or person for whom he or she is entering information, may be eligible."
   
• House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  This Congressional site provides information on legislative activities, reports, hearing schedules, news, and much more!
   
• United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
  Learn about the Appeals Court, the Appeals process, how to search/download Decisions & Opinions, and more.
   
• United States Office of Personnel Management Veteran's Information
  Highlighted are Veteran's Employment Guides, Preference Eligibility, and other important issues relating to Veteran's employment.
   
• The Department of Housing and Urban Development Veterans Resource Center (HUDVET)
  HUDVET provides veterans and their family members with infomation on HUD's community-based programs and services with special focus on the homeless veteran; links to other Federal programs designed to combat domestic violence, aid runaway youth, and increase affordable housing for the elderly and disabled.
   
• Veterans' Employment and Training Services
  The Department of Labor offers grant applications, information about preferences for veterans, and other links for veterans.
   
• United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  Download veterans legislation and reports about Persian Gulf War Illness, read about the committee, and search the legislation for topics of interest.
   
• The Defense Department's Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
  The information on this website will assist readers in understanding the U.S. government's effort to achieve the fullest possible accounting of our missing in action - from all wars. Additional case-specific information, regardless of its sensitivity, is fully available to the primary next-of-kin of our missing Americans.