VA claims backlog examined amid crisis and calls for reform
The piece discusses a million backlogged VA disability claims, citing CBS 60 Minutes and VA insiders. Veterans and staff blame culture and production quotas, noting six month waits for initial decisions and years for appeals, urging process simplification and systemic fixes.
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CBS
60 Minutes
Abraham Lincoln
Paul Sullivan
Iraq
Afghanistan
Veterans Benefits Administration
Sullivan
Pitts
Ron Robinson
Robinson
Hubbard foundation grants totaling twenty thousand in southeast New Mexico
The R D and Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation named the 2009 Southeast New Mexico Grant Program recipients for Chaves County. Grants totaling 20 200 were awarded to six local groups including the Alzheimer s Association Southeast New Mexico region Chaves County J O Y Centers Lend A Hand Roswell Reins for Life Dexter Roswell Literacy Council and Wings for Life. The foundation noted 80 requests totaling 916 000, and has awarded 1 592 000 since 2001 to about 305 nonprofits in the region. The program aims to help small nonprofits make a difference.
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R.D. and
Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation
Southeast New Mexico
Chaves County
Robert Donaldson
The
Hubbard Foundation
Alzheimer's Association
J.0.y
Lend-A-Hand
Roswell
Reins
Life
Dexter
L.I.F.E
Donaldson
Hubbard
New Mexico
Foundation
Stamping class and events at Senior Circle in Roswell
The ENMMC Senior Circle hosts a stamping class at 9 30 a m on Wednesday Jan 13 with Inge McElrath and invites prospective members. Other items include Beta Sigma Phi meeting Jan 14, HealthSense Jan 15 with Brad McGrath, a Greek Isles cruise deposit due Jan 15, and a High Prairie Poets meeting Jan 16 with Candace Jordan Russell at Roswell Museum.
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ENMMC
Beta Sigma Phi
Alpha Iota
Nancy Turner
Greek Isles
Royal Caribbean
Roswell
Venice
Italy
Dubrovnik
Croatia
Kusadasi
Ephesus
Turkey
Santorini
Greece
Corfu
Wilshire Center
N. Main St
High Prairie
New Mexico State Poetry Society
Roswell Museum and Art Center
11Th
Main Streets
Candace Jordan Russell
Community notices and events in Roswell area January listings
Roswell provides a poetry reading invite and 2010 Spring Poetry Contest plans for students in public private and home schools ENMMC Senior Circle updates online access and color edition flu shots offered by Public Health Department at ENMMC Senior Circle January 21 Delta Kappa Gamma meeting January 21 Housing Authority accepts HOME Tenant Based Rental Assistance applications January 21 to February 26 with disability accessibility info listed resources for readers amplifiers interpreters and auxiliary aids
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Public Health Department
ENMMC
Senior Circle
Wilshire Center
N. Main St
Housing Authority Biy
Eastern Regional Housing Authority
Chaves
Eddy
Lea
Lincoln
Oter
E. Reed St
P.O
N.M
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Delta Keppa Gamma
Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
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S. Garden Ave
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