Veterans

County Supports Federal Initiative to Protect Immigrant Military Families

| 3:37 PM

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The County’s Office of Military and Veterans Affairs is promoting a federal immigration program that supports immigrant families of U.S. service members.

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County to Provide Multiple Services at Veterans Village of San Diego Stand Down 

| 3:32 PM

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An array of County of San Diego departments are on-site over the next three days at the Veterans Village of San Diego’s Stand Down 2023 to provide services. The event runs from Thursday, July 20, through Saturday, July 22, at the Pechanga (Sports) Arena. 

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County Employees Honor Abandoned Veteran at Final Resting Place 

| 12:08 PM

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An average day for Tiffany Tsai usually includes some time spent leafing through case files at her desk in the County of San Diego’s Public Administrator’s Office. It is not every day that she is at Miramar National Cemetery accepting a folded flag for a three-time purple heart recipient, but on a recent late February morning that was exactly what she was doing. 

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County Awarded $2.5 Million to House Veterans Experiencing Homelessness

| 10:45 AM

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The County Health and Human Services Agency has been awarded an annual $2.5 million federal grant to fund housing vouchers for veterans who are experiencing homelessness.