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News releases for VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
LOS ANGELES — As part of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) efforts to end Veteran homelessness, VA officially opened a renovated building on the West LA Campus that will provide homes for 59 homeless and at-risk Veterans.
LOS ANGELES – The VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) will recognize and honor hospitalized Veterans from Feb. 12-18 during National Salute to Veteran Patients week.
To further its mission of ending Veteran homelessness, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) has launched the Same-Day Access initiative, which provides Veterans wishing to get off the streets with a safe, clean place to reside that same day and begin the process of finding permanent housing.
As part of continued efforts to provide Veterans experiencing homelessness with a safe environment as they transition into permanent housing, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) will institute new Standard Operating Procedures and Code of Conduct for Veterans residing in the Care, Treatment and Rehabilitative Services (CTRS) Program.
The VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) is excited to announce the new, state-of-the-art Ventura VA Clinic opens and begins serving patients on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, as part of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ mission to provide world-class health care to our nation’s Veterans.
Clinical researchers at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, together with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, began a phase 2 clinical trial for a first-in-class botanical drug against head and neck cancers. The drug has shown promising results as a potential therapy against such cancers.
VA secured $40.9 million in fiscal year 2021 and $38.6 million in fiscal year 2022
As part of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ efforts to end Veteran homelessness, VA executed an enhanced-use lease on June 29 with the competitively-selected principal developer, West LA Veterans Collective.
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) received 20 additional tiny shelters at its West Los Angeles campus Saturday bringing the total number of tiny shelters on the campus to 48.
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS), working with community partners, is following the final 24 Veterans in the encampment along the San Vincente fence line.