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Serving Those Who Served Conference

6th Annual Serving Those Who Served Conference

'Engagement | Making Every Connection Matter'

Hosted on August 24th & 25th, 2023 

Access breakout session slide presentations, from 2023, HERE

 

Serving Those Who Served

This two-day, veterans resource providers’ conference is not only aimed at establishing better collaboration and connection for all those who work with veterans and their families, but it will also provide a wealth of knowledge from industry experts in areas that impact the lives of our veterans and their families.

This conference provides collaboration with professionals from across the state, all while learning new veteran-related information, all at no cost to the participant.

This two-day conference will include breakout sessions on Justice Involved Veterans, WDVA Programs, VA Healthcare/VA Choice, PACT Act Updates, Suicide Prevention/Suicide Safety, Rural Engagement, Cemetery & Burial Benefits, PTSD & Traumatic Brain Injury, County Specific Topics - Best Practices/Creating Regional Strategic Partnerships, Helping Vets Succeed in the Workplace and YesVets, Service Animals, Veteran Homelessness & Housing Programs and more. 

To learn more about this conference and/or how you can get involved, please email vtsc@dva.wa.gov 

Interested in hosting a resource table at the conference? Please email vtsc@dva.wa.gov

 

Below are session breakout recordings from the 2023 Serving Those Who Served Conference. 

Presentation Video

Programs and Best Practices for Engaging with Veterans to Support Behavioral Health and Prevent Suicide

Pending

It's Not Just a Bad Landlord: Identifying Legal Issues and Referring Veterans to Legal Aid in Washington

Pending

The Five W's of Trauma Informed Approaches to Behavioral Healthcare

Pending

Moral Injury: When Good People Are Asked to Do Bad Things

Video

Veterans Benefits Administration and the PACT Act

Video

All Roads Lead to Whole Health

Pending

LEARN Saves Lives

Pending

Connecting the "Hard-to-Reach" Veteran with Employment

Video

Serving and Supporting Women Veterans

Video

Property Tax, What is the Veterans Assistance Levy and County Veterans Program Roundtable

Video

What is Posttraumatic Growth: Surviving and Thriving Following Traumatic Experiences

Pending

Leading with Equity

Video

Income Maximization, SOAR, and Work Incentives

Pending

Homeless and Transitional Housing

Video

Veterans and Tobacco Cessation

Video

Unmasking Military Sexual Trauma | The Art of Vulnerability

Video

Veterans Burial Benefits

Pending

Understanding Compassion Fatigue

Video

VA Healthcare

Video

Veterans Cultural Engagement

Pending