The Voice of Texas Veterans

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.

The Texas Veterans Commission’s Veterans 55 Plus Campaign has begun, reminding older veterans that it’s never too late to claim the benefits they’ve earned.

Learn about the free, personalized support TVC offers,from help filing VA claims to career advising and VA health care enrollment assistance. Family members you play a crucial role by helping veterans get online and connected.Veterans Over 55 ⋆ Texas Veterans Commission

In this episode, we explore how Veteran Career Advisors and Employer Liaisons help veterans make the move from military life to the civilian workforce. TVC Career Advisors help veterans find careers that fit, assist with resumes, andprep them for interviews. Employer Liaisons match veterans' skills with the businesses who need them. Texas Veterans Commission Employment Services

In this episode we learn how the Fund for Veterans’ Assistance is helping grantee, Wheelchairs forWarriors change lives. From basketball courts to daily routines, these free custom mobility devices are more than wheelchairs, they’re tools for independence.Veterans, JP, John and Tiffany tell us how Wheelchairs for Warriors made a difference in their lives. (This episode contains candid descriptions of combat injuries. )

The Texas Veterans Commission does a lot—but it does more with help from our Fund for Veterans' Assistance grantees. The Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Texas, offer clinical counseling to veteran families in the Fort Hood area, while American GI Forum offers supportive services to veterans across Texas.

In recognition of PTSD Awareness Month, Don Hipp, Provider Training Manager with the Veterans Mental Health Department, breaks down what PTSD is, how to recognize it, and what treatment can look like. We also talk with one of our Mental Health grantees Skeleton Crew Adventures about veterans finding peace through therapeutic sailing trips.

In honor of Women Veterans Day, this episode shines a spotlight on the Women Veterans Program Coordinators who work across Texas to connect women veterans with the benefits, services, and support they’ve earned. We'll meet the Program Director and the coordinators who are working every day to make a difference.

Disabled veteran artists here's your chance to shine! Each October, Texas celebrates Disability Employment Awareness Month, and they're looking for artwork to feature on this year’s official poster. Listen to learn how you can get involved and make your art part of something big!

Guidelines and entry form here.

In this episode, we explore how Texas Veterans Commission Family Career Advisors are making a difference in the lives of veteran spouses and dependents. Learn how tailored resume assistance, interview coaching, and employer connections are helping veteran family members find meaningful employment.

This show features Army veteran Sarah Doran, children’s book author and entrepreneur. Sarah draws on her life as a young dependent to write about the unique experiences of military children. She launched her own publishingcompany to make her dream happen.  We’llalso discuss how the Texas Veterans Commission is supporting veterans like Sarah on their journey to business ownership.