The Voice of Texas Veterans

Join Texas Veterans Commission for a look at two key programs funded by the Fund for Veterans' Assistance: the Williamson County Veteran Service Office and the County's Veteran Treatment Court. Learn how to connect with these same resources in your community.

Today, we’re celebrating a champion of veteran hiring—the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Named our 2025 Government Entity of the Year, TCEQ is setting the standard for what it means to be a veteran-ready employer. In this podcast we hear from TCEQ employees about the work, the mission, and why veterans are an important part of TCEQ. Get TVC Employment Support TCEQ Job Openings

Texas Veterans Commission offers veterans and their families free benefits assistance across Texas—from claims and education to employment, entrepreneurship, health care advocacy, mental health, women veterans services, and the Fund for Veterans’ Assistance. Many of our staff are veterans or family members of veterans. Let’s meet some of them.

HURRY! Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) grant applications are due December 2, 2025. FVA grantees deliver direct, life-changing services to Texas veterans and their families: from financial assistance and clinical counseling to service dogs, home modifications, veteran treatment courts, and more. In this episode, we talk with several grantees about their veteran services.

Applications are open now for the Texas Veterans Commission’s Fund for Veterans’ Assistance grants—deadline is December 2, 2025. In this episode of The Voice of Texas Veterans, we talk with three current FVA grantees about how these grants help them make a difference. Learn how non-profits can apply to be a part of the statewide effort to help Texas veterans and their families. List of Grant Services.

In this Veterans Day episode of The Voice of Texas Veterans, Chairwoman Laura Koerner shares a special message of gratitude, children remind us what Veterans Day is all about and we chat with retired Marine Corps Colonel William Dwiggins from our Education Department—soon to be inducted into the Texas Veterans Hall of Fame. Join us as we honor the courage, dedication, and legacy of Texas veterans.

November 4-20, Hiring Red, White & YOU! job fairs are happening all across Texas. These statewide events connect employers with veterans, transitioning service members, and their families—helping them take the next big step in your career. In this episode, we share what to expect, how to prepare, and why showing up ready can make all the difference. Hiring Red, White & You! - Texas Workforce Commission

We talk about Hiring Red White and You! every year, the statewide Job Fairs designed to recruit transitioning servicemembers, veterans and spouses. We dusted off the archives to get some insight from past HRWY attendees who told us just why they decided to attend. Remember, Texas Veterans Commission Employment Services offers help all year long to eligible veterans and their family members.

The Fund for Veterans' Assistance will begin accepting applications for the 2026-2027 grant year on October 2, 2025. Right now, we are crisscrossing Texas congratulating this year’s grantees.  Grantees provide a number of free services including Mental Health support. Skeleton Crew Adventures takes that support to a whole new level. How does sailing out in the Gulf and beyond sound?

Henry’s Home, Horse and Human Sanctuary, a Fund for Veterans’ Assistance Mental Health grantee, offers free peer support services that allow rescued horses like Henry, and veterans to heal together. In this episode, we explore how the sanctuary creates a safe space for growth, connection, and recovery—and hear about new programs designed to support veterans and their entire families.

September is Suicide Prevention Month. Texas Veterans Commission is raising awareness with workshops and training always available so individuals and groups will have the resources needed for suicide prevention. In this show we discuss the risk factors, warning signs and available help for veterans, family members and the community.

This September, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host its annual Veteran Suicide Awareness Ruck Hikes. Military, veterans, families, and friends are invited to join in at parks across Texas for trails, activities, and community connection in support of suicide prevention. The Military Veteran Peer Network will be at some of those hikes. Listen to find out how they help veterans every day.

In this episode, we are asking for applicants for the Fund for Veterans’ Assistance Advisory Committee, we'll take a look at the Highly Rural Transportation Grant, and remind you of our TVC online resource for veterans age 55 and older.

Texas Veterans Commission has launched a special webpage for veterans aged 55 and older — filled with important information you can use now. If you were denied a disability claim years ago, don’t give up. In this episode, we talk with Army veteran and award‑winning TVC Claims Benefits Advisor Reggie Lewis about why it’s worth trying again and how TVC can help.