Wounded Warriors - broken promises?

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   As
a proud supporter of wounded warriors and their families, Wounded
Warrior Project (WWP) wants to always keep you abreast of important
issues that may impact you, a loved one, or a dear friend. So, please
read the latest news surrounding the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus
Health Services Act.

                    —
Administration Misses Deadline for Implementing Support for Caregivers
of Wounded Warriors; Nation's Military Families Still Waiting for
Promised Help — 

 The Department
of Veterans Affairs submitted its plan for providing assistance to the
family caregivers of severely wounded veterans as required under the
Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act. While it is
technically the next step in what has become a long process to provide
the comprehensive services required under the law signed by President
Obama in May 2010, it has brought help no closer to the veterans and
caregivers who so desperately need it.

                    The following is a statement issued today by Wounded Warrior Project Executive Director Steven Nardizzi.

After nearly a year of waiting for the Department of Veterans Affairs
to begin providing the comprehensive services required under the
Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act, our nation’s
wounded veterans and their families received the news yesterday that
they must wait longer.

The VA plan submitted to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs not only
establishes no date for when these severely injured veterans and their
caregivers will begin receiving the assistance and training they have
been promised, but its unreasonably restrictive criteria also would
effectively disqualify thousands of caregivers who are clearly covered
under the law from receiving needed assistance.

While I applaud the continued commitment the Administration has made to
support our military members and their families, we must do more than
promise—we must deliver.

If bureaucracy and red tape are delaying help for the families of these
brave men and women, that's inexcusable. If the program is facing
budget cuts, that's even worse. We cannot and, in good conscience,
should not balance the budget on the backs of those whom we've asked to
sacrifice so much for our country.

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                    Stay tuned for updates on this important legislative issue.

                                Steven Nardizzi 

                                Executive Director 

                                Wounded Warrior Project^®