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The Warrior Partnerships of Eastern Oklahoma meets monthly at the Community Service Council
16th and Baltimore
Tulsa
The 2nd Thursday of Every Month.
Next Month's Meeting
March 9, 2017
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Brig. Gen. Bob Ireton (ret)
Dr. Lanny Endicott
Dr. Erv Janssen
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WPEO Update --Community Collaboration Opportunity
We were pleased to have America's Warrior Partnership 
AWP) leaders Jim Lorraine and Lori Noonan visit with us this month to share new developments and opportunities with AWP. They spoke briefly during our monthly meeting and then met with several organizations after the meeting. Since then, we have had follow up discussions and expect to schedule a webinar with interested Oklahoma agencies to get a grasp of their community collaboration software "WarriorServe". We are enthused about exploring this community opportunity for Eastern Oklahoma. I will be talking to several of the communities that are already successfully using AWP .
If you have questions or want to submit an article for circulation contact me at pluitwieler@csctulsa.org.
Thanks for your support,
Pete Luitwieler
Community Coordinator
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A City of Collaboration
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VA to recognize tribal organizations as Veteran representatives
 Native Americans serve in the military among the highest rate, per capita, compared to other groups and our nations honor the place of tribal warriors in our communities and our culture on a daily basis. But for Veterans living within or near tribal communities, it can sometimes be difficult to receive representation for benefit claims.Often, these Veterans cannot reach existing Veterans Service organizations (VSOs) or may not be using them due to cultural barriers.
One way VA has tried to help with this is through
a rule change in the Code of Federal Regulations (38 CFR 14.628). This change will allow eligible tribal organizations to become accredited by VA. It is believed that accredited tribal organizations can provide Veterans with better, more culturally competent services.
for the complete article.
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Suicide Prevention - We Need to Help
Sandy Oxford, Tulsa VetCenter, recently shared some very disheartening news of four veteran suicides in less than a year in our area. She stressed that none of these veterans were linked with any support groups, nor had taken that step to sign up with the VA to get their medical benefits.
We all need to keep reaching out to our veterans - our brothers and sisters. Even if they seem fine, reach out to them. Encourage any veteran you know to sign up with the VA for medical benefits. Get them engaged with other veterans. Introduce them to The Coffee Bunker and Red, White , and Blue. Have them sign up for a free class at Tulsa Glass Blowing School. Just help them get linked into our wonderful community that wants to help veterans of all ages. There is a myriad of support - we just need to get our veterans involved.
A collaborative community leads to an easier transition for our veterans. Reach out, please.
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Navy Expands Suicide Prevention Program Service-Wide 
The Navy has rolled out a program aimed at providing added support for sailors considered at risk for suicide.
Sailor Assistance and Intercept for Life, or SAIL, was announced service-wide earlier this month and is now available at all Fleet and Family Support Center locations.
Continue reading.
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VA Statement about Office of Inspector General Review of Implementation of the Veterans Choice Program
VA appreciates the Office of Inspector General (OIG) review of VA's implementation of the Veterans Choice Program (VCP). The OIG report reviewed the VCP from its inception, over two years ago, in November of 2014 through September of 2015. Overall, the Department concurs with the findings in the report. However, VCP is no longer the program it was when it rolled out. The Department has made significant improvements since the inception of the program.
Continue reading.
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A New and Involved Agency Is Emerging
The Oklahoma Veterans Project (OVP) is a non-profit founded in 2015 and based in Tulsa with the mission of "Restoring Veterans & Their Families". Our first program, Adopt-A-Vet, provided gifts for more than 600 children of veterans over the past two Christmas seasons.
They also played a vital role in last year's Stand Down event for homeless veterans and will be doing that again in 2017.
In 2017 we have the ambitious goal of starting our tiny
 house community to assist at risk, transitioning service members and homeless veterans. In partnership with
Operation Tiny Home, we will be constructing the first houses in May. Our intent is to construct a community of these homes to provide temporary and permanent housing solutions for struggling and chronically homeless veterans led by Craig and Shanda Heatherly and Mike Lowry. Check out their website
www.okvets.org and their FB Page. They can use more volunteers and donations, too
Craig Heatherly, MPA | Executive Director
Oklahoma Veterans Project (OVP)
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Disclaimer
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Sincerely,
Peter Luitwieler
Warrior Partnerships of Eastern Oklahoma
Connecting Veterans
Community Coordinator
-Community Service Council
16 East 16th St
-Tulsa, OK 74119
www.csctulsa.org
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