1. NEW Veterans interested in training for agricultural jobs, here’s some good news! The VA Maryland Health Care System’s vocational services is offering a training program, “Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture,” beginning March 2, 2020. Interviews to be considered for this program are starting soon! If you are a Veteran enrolled in the VA Maryland Health Care System and interested in agricultural career fields  and want to be part of this training program, contact Tamara Ervin  at the Baltimore VA Medical Center at 410.637.1264 or Vicky Hadry at the Perry Point VA Medical Center at 410.642.2411  ext. 25580. The deadline is Feb. 18, 2020, so don’t delay.
   
2. NEW The Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship Program is designed to provide financial assistance to United States armed forces personnel who served in the Afghanistan or Iraq Conflicts, and their children or spouses who are current high school seniors, and full-time or part-time, degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled in an eligible accredited Maryland post-secondary institution.  Apply here by March 1, 2020.
3. NEW As a Veteran, you can see live entertainment at the Weinberg Center for free through the Vets’ Night Out Program! To get your tickets, please contact Jef Cliber in the Weinberg Center Box Office at jcliber@cityoffrederickmd.gov or 301.600.2878. Simply confirm the name and number of the party, and show you would like your tickets for with Jef, and specify that you are participating in the Vets’ Night Out program.
4. NEW The Veterans Consortium offers a Pro Bono Legal Clinic every Friday from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Transition and Care Center, Washington VAMC. 
5. Public Law 116-23, (Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act 2019) was signed into law on June 25, 2019 and takes effect January 1, 2020. 
6. DoD is expanding access to Commissaries, Exchanges, and Recreation effective January 1, 2020. Read more about it here.

NEW Schedule of 2020 VAC Meetings