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  • Women’s Health Program from Jesse Brown VA and Illinois Department of Veteran Affairs (IDVA) have teamed up together to honor 25 Illinois Women Veterans of 2025!

    A flyer about nominating women veteran leaders
  • Nala is Jesse Brown’s new facility dog.

    Nala Jesse Brown's new facility dog
  • On Oct. 16, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center received a medical mobile unit, which will be used to support at-risk homeless Veterans.

    Medical Mobile Unit
  • The new 2023-2024 Covid Vaccines have arrived and will be available at Jesse Brown starting on Friday, Sept 29th.

  • On Sept. 11, the Jesse Brown Veteran Affairs Medical Center held a 9/11 memorial event in the medical center’s Prescription Room. The event was held to pay homage and remember the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil and the lives lost that day.

  • The incidence of COVID-19 is slowly rising in our populations of outpatients, inpatients, and staff.

  • Recently, individuals from the Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center raised a Pride Flag to celebrate Pride Month.

    va employees with pride flag
  • On Monday, May 29, the Horizon Science Academy, located in the Gage Park community, held a wreath laying ceremony and honored the police, firefighters, and others who support Veterans in the community.

    veterans
  • The Jesse Brown VA Medical Center and the Veterans Benefit Administration will be hosting a PACT ACT (Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins) claims clinic on June 24th from 9 am to 3 pm.

    pact act claims clinic
  • The Jesse Brown VA Medical Center and the Veterans Benefit Administration will be hosting a PACT ACT (Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins) claims clinic on June 10th from 9 am to 3 pm. Free parking is available.

    pact act claims clinic