SERVICES PROVIDED BY BVA

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Field Service Program

All BVA Field Representatives are blinded veterans. They travel throughout the United States finding and counseling blinded veterans and their families.
BVA Field Reps act as role models. They encourage fellow veterans to take charge of their lives. They link veterans with services, rehabilitation training and other benefits. When blinded veterans are ready to go back into the work force, BVA Field Reps can help them find jobs.

The BVA's Field Service Program (FSP) is organized into six separate regions to better serve our Nation's blinded veterans and their families. Those regions include the following states, commonwealths and foreign countries.

• Region I
  Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
• Region II
  Delaware, the District of Columbia, Guam, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Virginia and West Virginia.
• Region III
  Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee.
• Region IV
  Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin.
• Region V
  Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.
• Region VI (two Sub-Regions)
  
  1. Northern California Sub-Region
     Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, New Mexico, Northern California and Washington.
  2. Southern California Sub-Region
     Nevada, Oregon and Southern California.

Click on the link below for Field Service Program contact information!
Representative Contact Information

Volunteer Service Program

Blinded veteran volunteers work out of offices located in VA medical centers and outpatient clinics. They help fellow blinded veterans and family members get the assistance they need to cope with blindness.
Volunteers talk one on one with individual blinded veterans, or they listen and share ideas in groups. They provide information on programs and services, encouraging blinded veterans to enter blind rehabilitation programs. They demonstrate equipment and aids used by the blind.
Volunteers are active in their communities and are good sources of information about local programs and services.

Kathern F. Gruber Scholarship Program (BVA's vision for tomorrow)

Since the early '80s, BVA has offered spouses and dependent children of blinded veterans a chance to continue their education through the Kathern F. Gruber Scholarship Program.

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