{"id":11843,"date":"2021-05-21T18:25:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T22:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=11843"},"modified":"2021-05-21T18:25:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T22:25:48","slug":"h-r-2878-native-vetsuccess-at-tribal-colleges-and-universities-pilot-program-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/05\/21\/h-r-2878-native-vetsuccess-at-tribal-colleges-and-universities-pilot-program-act\/","title":{"rendered":"H.R.2878 &#8211; Native VetSuccess at Tribal Colleges and Universities Pilot Program Act"},"content":{"rendered":"The <a href=https:\/\/www.house.gov\/>U.S. House of Representatives<\/a> considers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/2878\">H.R.2878<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/rubengallego.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/house-passes-gallego-veterans-package-including-gallego-johnson-o\">Native VetSuccess at Tribal Colleges and Universities Pilot Program Act<\/a> on May 17, 2021.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe bipartisan bill connects Native veterans to more services and vocational training by extending the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefits.va.gov\/vocrehab\/vsoc.asp\">VetSuccess on Campus <\/a>(VSOC) program to tribal colleges and universities.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nH.R.2878 also provides high-tech field training for veterans to ensure they are placed in well-paying, long-term jobs.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;Indigenous peoples have a decorated history of service, yet Native \r\nveterans have less access to benefits than other groups of veterans,&#8221; said <a href=\"https:\/\/rubengallego.house.gov\">Rep. Ruben Gallego<\/a> (D-Arizona), the sponsor of the legislation. &#8220;That must change.&#8221;\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Native Americans serve our country at higher rates than any other group.<br><br>However, they face a gap in access to their benefits, such as the VetSuccess on Campus program.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepRubenGallego?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepRubenGallego<\/a>&#39;s bill would close this gap by expanding this program to tribal colleges and universities. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8APIVfahNQ\">pic.twitter.com\/8APIVfahNQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; House Veterans&#39; Affairs Democrats (@VetAffairsDems) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VetAffairsDems\/status\/1394722357953105922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nFollowing debate, the House passed the bill under <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2021148?Page=1\">Roll Call 148<\/a> on May 18.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<strong>Note: Thumbnail Photo by <A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin_Abourezk\">Kevin Abourezk<\/A> <A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin_Abourezk\"><I aria-hidden=true class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/I><\/A><\/strong>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/21\/veteransncai2017.jpg\" alt=\"veteransncai2017\" class=\"invisible\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. House of Representatives considers H.R.2878, the Native VetSuccess at Tribal Colleges and Universities Pilot Program Act on May 17, 2021.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-audio.php","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[340,18,1,14,22],"tags":[869,121,1587,48,124,165,234,57],"class_list":["post-11843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audio","category-education","category-national","category-politics","category-technology","tag-117th","tag-employment","tag-h-r-2878","tag-house","tag-ruben-gallego","tag-tribal-colleges","tag-va","tag-veterans","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/21\/veteransncai2017.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-351","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}