Veterans

Project 2025 will reduce resources for veterans including removing qualifications for disability benefits and removing accountability for the VA.

Step 1: Learn

What is at risk

  • Department of Homeland Security which coordinates services for veterans.

  • Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP), making it harder to report issues at the VA.

  • Make it harder for veterans to qualify for first-time buying home loans.

  • Restrict disabled veteran's access to life-sustaining benefits by eliminating many of the conditions to qualify vets for disability benefits.

  • Jeopardize the jobs many (600k+) vets have in the federal government by cutting departments like Education Department and Department of Homeland Security.


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Step 2: Plan


Personal

Think about how the proposed changes would impact yourself, your partner(s) and kid(s). Could you live with the implications? How will you fill the gap? Is there something you can do today to help prep, or something you can plan to do later in response to specific changes passing?

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Pod

Pods are your close knit communities. Here’s more information about pods. Identifying who is in your pod is important to figure out how you can best help. Remember the ripple effect is powerful, helping keep your close ones afloat will help others as well. If someone in your pod is impacted by proposed changes, how can you help support them either now or in the future?

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Community

Community in the broad sense - your friends, neighbors, internet comrades, etc. Consider the places and ways you feel connected with the broader group and bring support. If your community is impacted by a proposed change, what can you offer to help?

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