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SBA Veterans Assistance Programs: An Analysis of Contemporary Issues

Description: This report provides an overview of U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) programs to provide training and other assistants to veterans seeking civilian employment. It includes sections discussing SBA programs, an economic profile of veteran-owned businesses, veterans' employment and business development programs, veterans' access to capital, federal contracting goals for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and the military reservist economic injury disaster loan program.
Date: October 10, 2018
Creator: Dilger, Robert Jay & Lowry, Sean
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medal of Honor: History and Issues

Description: This Congressional Research Service Report for Congress contains background information, current policy and benefits, and statutory restrictions pertaining to the Medal of Honor.
Date: April 10, 2015
Creator: Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Employment for Veterans: Trends and Programs

Description: Veterans' employment outcomes in the civilian labor market are an issue of ongoing congressional interest. This report offers introductory data on veterans' performance in the civilian labor market as well as a discussion of veteran-targeted federal programs that provide employment-related benefits and services.
Date: January 10, 2013
Creator: Collins, Benjamin; Bradley, David H.; Dilger, Robert Jay; Dortch, Cassandria; Kapp, Lawrence; Lowry, Sean et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Suicide Prevention Efforts of the Veterans Health Administration

Description: This report discusses seven areas of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) suicide prevention interventions: easy access to care, education, screening and treatment, limited access to lethal means, suicide hotline, media restrictions, and suicide prevention coordinators.
Date: January 10, 2013
Creator: Bagalman, Erin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Veterans’ Benefits: Burial Benefits and National Cemeteries

Description: This report provides a descriptive analysis of both non-monetary and monetary burial benefits and national cemeteries. It addresses congressional and constituent issues, such as who is legible to receive burial benefits; who can be buried in a national cemetery; what plans does the Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) have to build new or expand existing national cemeteries; and what benefits does the VA provide, among others.
Date: January 10, 2013
Creator: Scott, Christine
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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