NAFER | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERAL EQUITY RECEIVERS’ Post

Are you registered to vote? Do you have questions but don’t know who to ask or where to go to get answers? Maryland Corps/Service Year Option members get answers to their CIVIC LITERACY questions during their monthly training events. To learn more about Maryland Corps/Service Year Option and the many benefits of being a member, go to serve.maryland.gov today. #NationalVoterRegistrationDay #ServiceYearOption #MarylandCorps #ClimateCorps #CivicLiteracy

Honored to speak during yesterday’s Preserving the VMSDEP Task Force public comment period. The Virginia Military Survivors & Dependents Education Program provides waivers to tuition and mandatory fees at Virginia’s public universities and colleges for a small group of Gold Star family members, 90 & 100% disabled veterans, and surviving first responder family members. The schools bear the cost. The same schools have the highest-paid employees in the Commonwealth, many of which sit on billions of dollars of endowments. So much I could say about how the veteran and first responder communities have been betrayed by politicians who would have you believe that the cost of these programs are rising exponentially. The truth is, their claims and assumptions have not been independently verified, this was done without transparency, and left those families who have sacrificed the most for our country and communities with no idea of what to do for the fall semester and beyond. If you are a Virginia Veteran, I urge you to reach out to your General Assembly members before the June 18th (House) and June 28th (Senate) special session to ask that they 1) repeal the changes to the benefit as recently passed in the budget bill and 2) protect the VMSDEP from future “sustainment” related legislation without a transparent and third-party verified process. https://lnkd.in/eU2PR8ym

ALCON Veterans, If you are parents of college-bound children heading to Virginia, it’s crucial you stay informed about legislative changes that could impact our benefits. I urge you to review Executive Directive Seven, which addresses recent modifications to the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education (VMSDE) program. It’s disheartening to see that in efforts to save money, often the first concessions are made at the expense of veterans. These changes might seem like just background noise, but they have significant implications for many of us, and it’s essential we understand them thoroughly. Please take a moment to look through the directive and evaluate how these adjustments could affect your family, especially if your children are planning to utilize VMSDE benefits for their education in Virginia. Executive Directive Seven:➡️ https://lnkd.in/eettk94c

Our new paper explores four themes gathered from children from military families, and their parents and educators. These are family transitions (parents moving in and out of the household due to deployment and training), mobility (due to frequent relocations), and risk and protective factors. We also explore how we used their narratives and other lived and living experience narratives to co-create free online research-based resources. Amy Johnson 📖 Manna Institute University of New England (AU) CIMVHR - Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research JMVFH - The Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health #militaryfamily #YourADF #narrativeresearch #livedexperience #livingexperience #childrensvoice #childrensagency #empowerment #resource #participatoryresearch #cocreation #familysupport #educators #schoolteachers #supportworkers #veteranfamilies #wellbeing #mentalhealthsupport #childrenswellbeing

Have you checked out this article, "New law allows military families to choose school for children"? This could be a game changer, check out the link below and let us know what you think! https://lnkd.in/eb6tCyYg #MilitaryChildren #MilitaryFamilies #NewLaw #HouseBill1341 #SpecialEducation #EFMP #Schools #Education

Revisiting the conscription position, a good read on how this idea has evolved around the world, understandably heavily influenced by current events. "Its legitimacy is closely associated with the legitimacy of the state that is using it, in the eyes of its citizens." "The idea that conscription, defined as the compulsory enlistment of citizens for military service, can increase equality and instil a sense of solidarity that transcends traditional societal divides has echoed throughout history." Beyond readiness, the less obvious but immensely more valuable are the skills and experiences those serving gain from honorable military service, even if for a couple years after high school. Chief among them a sense of service, exposure to different cultures and environments, sharpening a sense of perspective, real leadership, life skills, and simply growing up. Tony Ingesson, thank you. The Conversation UK #Veterans #military United States Department of Defense US Congress #leadership #service US Army United States Marine Corps United States Air Force US Navy #activeduty #reenlistment #militaryrecruiting https://lnkd.in/gn7Jn3N4

Two recent Upper Tribunal decisions have built upon the existing, but limited, caselaw around when a local authority can cease to maintain an EHCP. Education partner Richard Freeth examines these cases, involving Hampshire County Council and East Sussex County Council – which provide further clarity on this important area of SEND law – in the article linked below. The former involves the council’s decision to cease to maintain an EHCP for a child when their family moved overseas for the father’s work with the Royal Navy, and is of great importance to those serving in the armed forces, as well as the education sector as a whole. The latter concentrates on the evidence required to support decision making in cease to maintain appeals, and the SEND Tribunal found in favour of the authority and agreed that the EHCP could be ceased, but it had not set out any precise findings on what provision the young person required. Read more about this recent caselaw and what it means for the education sector ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e_tvH2GZ #EducationSector #EducationLaw #SEND #EHCP

Happy Constitution Day! As members of the military, it is so important to remember what our oaths of service are all about. This is an email I sent to my NROTC unit to commemorate the day: "Capital Battalion, Today marks the 234th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution, a legal document that is the most influential in American, if not world, history. Every member of the U.S. military (including Midshipmen on NROTC scholarship), federal office holders, members of Congress and Supreme Court justices take the same oath to support and defend this document. Not a person, not a group, but a set of laws and ideals. The Constitution's preamble is simple, but profound: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Your GWU NROTC staff have dedicated most of their adult life in service to this idea and the laws captured in that monumental document. Our oaths and for those Officers, our commissions, have (and will continue regardless of how long one serves) set us apart in our communities. Service before self is our underlying guiding principle. Please take a moment today and visit the National Constitution Center website or the US National Archives  to look at The Constitution and the laws and values it promotes. And I am excited for the day when each of you will also take that commissioning oath and join the ranks of those who have responded to the call to serve something bigger than oneself, to defend a set of laws and the people who's path it guides. V/r, CO" #constitutionday #nationalconstitutioncenter