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Wilmington VA Webinar co-hosted with Military One Source Thursday, August 27, 20202:00 p.m. –3:00 p.m.

Please join our ZOOM webinar to hear about VA & local resources available in Delaware & Southern NJ. We will share information on VA Homeless Services, Veteran Benefits for Trident University, Financial Coaching, Learning Coaches, Mental Health resources, TRICARE Humana, & Social Security Administration. Open to all Veterans, active duty, reservist, National Guard & their families.

To join go to: Meeting ID and Password is listed under the link.
https://militaryonesource.zoom.us/j/3024943825

To call in:
Dial In: 1 646 876 9923
US Meeting ID: 302 494 3825
Password: 933544

We will have guest speakers from Wilmington VA, Military One Source, Stand By Me, The Learning Coach, TRICARE Humana & Social Security Admin.

Explore.va.gov

For more information contact Valerie Camarillo, VA Community Outreach Specialist (302) 357-8715 or Jovy Juanillo, Military One Source Consultant (302) 494-3825

Wilmington VA Webinar co-hosted with Military One Source

Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Please join our ZOOM webinar to hear about VA & local resources available in Delaware & Southern NJ. We will share information on Financial Coaching, Transition Assistance, Mental Health Resources, Dover AFB Base Veteran privileges, & Social Security disability. Open to all Veterans, active duty, reservist, National Guard & their families.

To join go to: Meeting ID and Password is listed under the link.
https://militaryonesource.zoom.us/j/3024943825?pwd=bzdjNmlO Wjg0MUpWcEJxbkQ2STBkZz09

To call in:
Dial In: 1 646-876-9923 US
Meeting ID: 302 494 3825 Password: 933544

We will have guest speakers from Wilmington VA, Military One Source, Stand By Me, Delaware National Guard & Social Security Admin
Explore.VA.gov
For more information contact Valerie Camarillo, VA Community Outreach Specialist (302) 357-8715 or Jovy Juanillo, Military One Source Consultant (302) 494-3825

June 11, 2020
1:00 – 4:00 pm
(Retirement only; no ceremony)

Salem County Veterans’ Memorial Park & Cemetery
Route 45, Pilesgrove, NJ

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In conjunction with VFW Post #253 in Salem, we will again properly dispose of U.S. Flags in poor condition.

Flags can also be dropped off anytime in the bin designated for them in the Directory Building at the cemetery.

NOTE:  Because of social distancing guidelines in place for the pandemic, we will not hold a ceremony as we have in the past.  We do, however, want to acknowledge Flag Day and offer the flag retirement opportunity to all.

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic and social distancing guidelines, we have made the decision to cancel the Annual Memorial Day event which is held at the Salem County War Veterans Memorial Park and Cemetery.

The new Community care Mission Act was passed in 2018 to become effective in June of 2019. The new Mission Act empowers Veterans and enhances care options, by providing  care in a VA Facility, your home or In your Community Hospitals and Urgent Care Centers, (IT WILL BE YOUR CHOICE IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE!)    

This article will consider the “Urgent Care Option that all Veterans can use if they are eligible.

URGENT CARE is one of the new benefits offered as part of the VA Mission Act that gives Veterans greater choice in their health care. The benefit is offered in addition to the opportunity to receive care from a VA provider, such as your local Hospital if they have signed a “Providers Agreement” with the VA. This article will deal with working to insure the Veterans understand how to use the new “urgent care benefit”.

1. What is urgent care?
   Urgent care is a type of walk in health care for situations where you need help but don’t have an emergency. This includes colds, Ear infections, Minor injuries, Pink eye, Skin infections and strep throat.
2. Are there urgent care providers near you?
   VA launched this program in June of this year and are working to expand their network of urgent care providers, adding more each week. Urgent care providers are vetted and must meet strict standards of care and other requirements before they are added to the VA network. To find a location, use the VA facility locator at va.gov/find-locations . If you arrive at an urgent care location and have difficulty receiving care, call 866-620-2071 for assistance.
3. How do I get prescription medication with the urgent care benefit?
   You can get up to a 14 day supply of prescription medication through VA, or VA contracted pharmacy. If you choose to fill an urgent care prescription at a non-contracted pharmacy, you will be required to pay for the prescription when you pick it up and then file a claim for reimbursement at your local VA medical facility
4. Do you have to make copayments for urgent care?
   Co-payments will depend on your assigned priority group with VA Healthcare and the number of times you visit any urgent care provider within one year. You will not pay urgent care anything on your visit. If a co-pay charge is required the VA will Bill you direct
5. ELIGIBILITY
6. You must be enrolled and registered in VA Healthcare
7. You must call 1-833-483-8669 with the last 4 of you Soc. Sec. Number and your birth date and, and they will advise you of your eligibility.

If you have questions please contact the Salem County Veterans office at 856-339-8603

Thank you to Tricia Painter for her donation of Branch and U.S. Flags for the Veterans Cemetery in memory of her father, David James Weitzel, Sr.

Mr. Weitzel is a Veteran of the U.S. Army.

Ms. Painter will be donating a set of flags every year for the next 10 years!

You’re entitled to military benefits that could drastically improve the quality of your life right now.

Learn more about your eligibility for benefits relating to:

• Peer support
• Finances
• Education
• Healthcare
• Legal support
• Employment
• Housing
• and more….

1-866-838-7654   ♦   www.njvet2vet.com

1. New Jersey Income tax deduction has doubled for Veterans.
2. New Jersey Senior Freeze increased.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recently announced a new urgent care benefit under the newly implemented MISSION Act, for eligible Veterans. The urgent care benefit lets Veterans enrolled with the VA Healthcare to visit participating urgent care clinics in their community for treatment of minor healthcare needs.

“We want to be the preferred healthcare provider for Veterans and we will continue to strive to provide convenient, timely and high-quality health care to our Veterans. The new urgent care benefits offer additional options for eligible Veterans and helps VA leverage healthcare resources to better meet the needs of Veteran.” said Director Vince Kane who oversees the Wilmington VAMC and its five outpatient clinics in Delaware and southern New Jersey.

The urgent care benefit offers added convenience for eligible Veterans to use at any time, with any participating provider throughout the country – an excellent benefit for eligible Veterans that may be traveling over these summer months. Veterans do not need to receive VA authorization prior to visiting a participating urgent care provider nor do they have to make a co-payment at the time of their visit. Some Veterans may experience a VA copay after their urgent care visit based on their assigned priority group and the number of times they visit an in-network urgent care provider in a calendar year.

Medications prescribed to Veterans during their urgent care visit are covered for up to a 14-day supply through a VA pharmacy, VA contracted pharmacy or a non-contracted pharmacy. Prescriptions longer than a 14-day supply must be submitted to a VA pharmacy to be filled. If a non-contracted pharmacy is used the Veteran will have to pay out of pocket and file a reimbursement through their local VA.

To be eligible for urgent care benefits, Veterans must be enrolled in the VA health care system and have received care through the VA from either a VA or community provider within the past 24 months. To learn more about VA urgent care benefits contact your local VA facility or visit www.va.gov/communitycare.

Veterans can contact the Wilmington VA Medical Center eligibility office at 800-461-8262 to check on their eligibility status.

If you are a Veteran and need assistance in enrolling in VA healthcare, you can contact one of our Veteran outreach specialists in your area. For the State of Delaware and Salem, New Jersey call 302-357-8715 or 302-932-7519. In Cape May, Northfield, Atlantic and Cumberland, New Jersey call 302-304-5509 or 302-358-9736.

A comprehensive list of participating urgent care community providers is available at www.va.gov/find-locations.

Our veterans deserve a lot of things. Praise. Honor. Security. Respect.

Here’s what they do not deserve: attempts to take advantage of their service. Yet every day, scammers attempt to defraud our veterans of their hard-earned benefits, steal their identity, or take their savings.

Together, we can fight back and take one small step to repay our veterans’ for the service they’ve given and the sacrifices they made.

KNOW THE ENEMY: How Scammers Target Veterans

1. VA LOAN SCAMS : Offers to refinance VA loans at extremely low-rates
2. UPDATE YOUR FILE SCAM: An imposter, claiming to be from a government agency, attempts to get a veteran’s personal information to “update their File” so they can maintain benefits.
3. SECRET VETERAN BENEFIT SCAM: Veterans are told they qualify for “secret” government programs or benefits that offer thousands of dollars—but first they attempt to collect personal information for a fee.
4. PENSION POACHING SCAM: Scammers often offer veterans lump sum payments up front, in exchange for signing over all of their future monthly benefit checks.
5. AID AND ATTENDANCE SCAM: Veterans (or their family members) receive an offer to move their assets into a living trust so that they can qualify for financial assisted-living benefits

VETERANS MAY ALSO ENCOUNTER GENERAL SCAMS

In addition to scams that specifically target veterans’, there are an abundance of scams aimed at the general public to which veterans are more susceptible. These include: Phishing(attempt to gain access to financial accounts),fake tech-support calls, fraudulent credit card/loan schemes, attempts to “collect” fictitious tax bills, fraudulent charities, investment scams, pyramid schemes, and more.

If you or a loved one has encountered a financial scam in the past 12 months, please help us keep fighting for our veterans by calling 877-908-3360

The information you provide is anonymous and will be used by AARP to prepare research on fraudulent activity affecting veterans. This is not a method of reporting crimes to law enforcement authorities. If you want to report mail related crimes please contact the USPIS at postalinspectors.usps.gov

If you would like to take a survey being conducted by AARP concerning fraudulent activity effecting Veterans, please stop buy the Salem County Veterans Office, to pick up a form to fill out, so they can continue to track fraud trends and warn our veterans.