LGBTQ+ Veteran care
VA Central Texas health care employees receive training in clinical care that is responsive to the unique needs of LGBTQ+ Veterans. Our trained LGBTQ+ Veteran care coordinators are fully equipped to support the health, welfare, and dignity of you and your family.
Connect with a care coordinator
Angela Bodnar Jacks LCSW
LGBTQ+ Care Coordinator
VA Central Texas health care
Phone:
Email: Angela.jacks@va.gov
Brittney Williamson LCSW-S, MS, CHES
Social Work Supervisor
VA Central Texas health care
Phone:
Email: Brittney.Williamson@va.gov
Care we provide at VA Central Texas health care
We promote the health, welfare, and dignity of all Veterans and their families. We focus on ensuring a safe and welcoming environment when providing you with sensitive and high-quality health care services like:
- Hormone therapy in limited circumstances
- Creative arts therapies
- Substance use and alcohol treatment
- Testing and treatment for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI)
- Mental health care
Policies and practices to know
The care coordinator can help you get started with care or with navigating any of these issues.
Visitation: A same-sex partner, family member, friend, or other individual can be present with the patient for emotional support during the course of the patient's stay.
Definition of family: "Family" may include individual(s) not legally related to the individual. Family members include spouses, domestic partners, different-sex and same-sex significant others.
Advance directives: Veterans may designate any person as a decision-maker for care if they won't be able to make these decisions themselves. This includes same-sex partners. Advance directive agents are chosen by the Veteran and do not need to be biologically related.
Documentation in medical records: VA Central Texas maintains the confidentiality of information about gender and sexual behavior just like any other private health information.