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Programs at UNO, Bellevue University provide VA assistance to vets on campus
http://www.omaha.com/article/20131211/NEWS/131219762/1016#programs-at-uno-bellevue-university-provide-va-assistance-to-vets-on-campus
By Kate Howard Perry
For veterans turned college students, finishing a degree can depend on how much support they receive.
That's why a federal program has put caseworkers from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on two Omaha college campuses, giving veterans rare access to a staffer who can help them decide on a career path or skirt bureaucratic delays.
The caseworkers are working full time inside the veterans centers at Bellevue University and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, focusing on employment and educational counseling for current students, alumni or family members who are military-affiliated.
Before the VetSuccess on Campus program came to Omaha, VA staffers would schedule a couple of days per semester to meet with all of their clients at the military-heavy schools, said Melissa Steele-Lufcy, a vocational rehabilitation and employment officer with the VA regional office in Lincoln.
FULL story at link.