That is our mission, our job, and our privilege. We work every day to make sure Kentucky's 331,000 veterans and their families receive all the benefits and services they have earned. Here you will find information on benefits counseling, skilled long-term care at state veterans centers, dignified interment at state veterans cemeteries, health care, education, employment and special programs for women veterans, homeless veterans and others.
Spotlight: Kentucky Veterans of the Vietnam War: In Their Own Words
KET invites you to the special premier showings of
Kentucky Vietnam Veterans: In Their Own Words. This oral history, in the works for the past year, shows Kentucky veterans telling their personal stories of their time in Vietnam.
Spotlight: Veterans Day
Veterans Day, November 11, falls on a Friday this year. The week of November 6 - 13 is National Veterans Week. Reach out to the Veterans in your community, especially the Vietnam Veterans in this Commemoration Year, and the women veterans, in the continuing Year of the Women Veteran.
Spotlight: Veterans Benefits and Services
KDVA proudly offers FREE benefits assistance, including filing claims and appeals, by our 18 Veterans Benefits Field Representatives to veterans in every county of the Commonwealth. Our benefits experts are fully accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and take pride in obtaining every benefit and service veterans have earned.
Two Ways to Stay Informed:
Sign up for text alerts. We send these no more than two or three times per week, always to call attention to imminent events of interest to veterans. Text Follow kyveterans to 40404.
Join the KDVA listserve. We send no more than two or three emails per day about events and issues importatnt to veterans. If you wish to be added to the listserve, please email lisa.aug@ky.gov.