What a summer it has been! Our state chapters have impressed with their flurry of activities. I want to thank the chapter leadership teams for raising awareness of our mission and the needs of our Farmer Veteran community through involvement with public events, media outlets, social media, collaboration with their local Veteran service organizations, and faith communities.
Post-service, they became corporate executives in the oil and gas industry in manufacturing and capital project development. But on that plane flight emerged a new topic.
AMS Associate Administrator Erin Morris recently welcomed Lawrence Rhone of the Farmers Veteran Coalition and Gary Simpson, the Transition Coordinator for Navy Wounded Warrior, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, to USDA Headquarters.
Abbie Earp is FVC’s Program Coordinator, making sure the Fellowship Fund and Homegrown By Heroes programs run smoothly.
On July 7, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the start of the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (22007) as a part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Through this project, we will be training FVC members, their families, and members of the agricultural community that work with Veterans about mental health topics, especially suicide prevention using PsychArmor® and QPR.
Summer is nearly here! Your staff here at the Farmer Veteran Coalition head office in Waco, TX have been humming like a hive of worker bees developing national programs for our membership at large, as well as our state chapters. Here are a few updates for you.
Receiving a Fellowship Fund award through the generous funding support of The Wounded Warrior Project has meant that their family farm will be able to finally buy the UTV they have been saving for and get closer to meeting their goals set out in their 10-year business plan.
FVC has received a four-year Mental Health Awareness Training Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Today we focus on one of those opportunities in more detail with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and its workplace-giving initiative. The Arlington, Va.-based NRECA, represents more than 900 consumer-owned, not-for-profit electric cooperatives…
