Obtaining expansion of VA child care services is an important priority for DAV, and in particular for young veterans with dependent children who need this support as they recover from wounds, injuries and illnesses associated with their combat deployments. Representatives Julia Brownley and Brian Higgins have introduced important new measures that would authorize child care services to many veterans enrolled in VA health care. The bills, H.R. 1496, "to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the access to child care for certain veterans receiving health care at a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs," and H.R. 1948, the "Veterans Access to Child Care Act," would establish in the VA a flexible new authority to either provide direct services to children of certain veterans during their care, or to pay for, or reimburse expenses for, such private child care services to enable veterans to receive VA health care. VA's existing three-site pilot program of child care has been deemed a success as an aid to improve access to care, and these similar bills would result in expanding that program nationwide.
Please use the prepared letter or write your own version to contact your Representative to urge support of the Brownley and Higgins bills, H.R. 1496 and H.R. 1948.
Thank you for your participation in the DAV Commander's Action Network, and for your grassroots activism on important DAV priorities. With your help, DAV is a more effective advocate for wartime veterans.
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