A forwarded message from our colleagues at NASW - WV.

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If you are able to  respond to the following announcement with examples of
successful social work interventions with rural veterans, please  do.
Thanks!

NORC,  the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago,
under  contract to the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Rural Health,
is  seeking examples of Social Work efforts designed to increase access to
health  care services, improve quality of care, and/or enhance service
coordination for  rural veterans.  Examples may include outreach, support in
benefits  acquisition, transportation, etc., and may be conducted in
collaboration with  the VA or independently from the VA.
If  you, your agency or office has conducted work targeting the needs of
rural  veterans, please contact Katy McBride at [log in to unmask] 
(mailto:[log in to unmask]) , or at  301-634-9318. NORC will follow up with
respondents to seek additional  information that may be included (with
permission) in a VA Issue Brief on  collaborative opportunities between Social
Workers and the Department of  Veterans Affairs.
Additionally,  model activities will be collected for the future
development of a compendium  demonstrating public health initiatives to better serve
rural  veterans.