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Women Veterans Program

Women Veterans MemorialToo many times this segment of our veteran population is overlooked because of the stereotype that suggests all veterans are men. The Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs has made it a priority to change that paradigm in the Commonwealth.  This page is devoted to that purpose ... because women proudly served!
 
"Let the generations know that women in uniform also guaranteed their freedom. That our resolve was just as great as the brave men who stood among us. And with victory our hearts were just as full and beat just as fast - that the tears fell just as hard - For those we left behind."
-----Army Nurse WWII
 
From the founding of our nation, women have protected America's freedom and continue to do so in ever-increasing numbers. Women veterans remain historically under-represented in using available benefits and may be more reluctant than their male counterparts to embrace their status as veterans.
KDVA has established the Kentucky Women Veterans Program to address these issues.
 
Your Kentucky Women Veterans Coordinator is Pamela Cypert.  Please click here to email her if you have questions or concerns or if you wish to participate in our efforts to assist and recognize Kentucky's Women Veterans.
 
Mission and Goals

The mission of the Kentucky Women Veterans Program shall be to ensure that Kentucky's women veterans have equitable access to federal and state veterans' services and benefits.The goals are to:

  • Perform outreach to improve women veterans' awareness of eligibility for federal and state veterans' services and benefits;
  • Assess the needs of women veterans with respect to improve the Women Veterans Program;
  • Make recommendations to the Commissioner to improve benefits and services;
  • Review programs, research projects, and other initiatives designed to address or meet the needs of Kentucky's women veterans;
  • Incorporate women veterans' issues in the Department's strategic planning;and
  • Participate in National forums and committees for women veterans.

The program shall provide assistance to women who served in the United States Armed Forces or in forces incorporated as part of the United States Armed Forces, and who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.

Benefits

How can you apply for VA benefits and services?

Click here to find the Veterans Benefits Field Representative in your area.

Or call the KDVA Field Operations Branch at 1-800-928-4012.

Please click here to email us if you have questions, concerns or if you wish to participate in our efforts to assist and recognize Kentucky's Women Veterans.

 
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25 Frequently Asked Questions from Women Veterans [621 KB]
  

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