Last-minute funding additions have a bad name. In an affordability crisis, that spending is key to providing services to people who need them

For those in corrections system, support services must begin before release and embrace every need on reentry

Health fair in Branch Brook Park featured screenings for various health conditions

Faith leaders are being trained in what signs to watch for

The nonprofit Vets4Warriors peer support network is available 24/7

Rep. Gottheimer sponsoring bill that would place a federal advocate in every veterans home

As well as fears about large economic consequences, there are concerns a shutdown would hurt the state’s neediest families

Scathing Department of Justice report on violations during pandemic and beyond

Peers will be trained to identify signs of distress, how to help access services

The program will train community and faith-based groups

Vets and their families take part in recreational activities and get peer support

Interview: Dr. Shereef Elnahal, under secretary for health, US Department of Veterans Affairs

VA highlights new benefits enabled by the PACT Act

Interview: Dr. Stephanie Hoopes, United Way of Northern New Jersey

Signed by President Biden Wednesday, PACT Act is expected to help millions of service members

It's largest expansion of veterans’ health care since the Agent Orange Act of 1991

Governor was in Holmdel to honor the 1,562 New Jerseyans who died in the war

New program will provide treatment to veterans discharged with a status other than honorable

Some 8% of people incarcerated in New Jersey are veterans