Veterans First Community:
 
The American Association for Wartime Veterans (AAWV) work exclusively with senior living communities committed to fair housing practices for wartime veterans and their surviving spouses.

Click on the Map for a current listing of "Veterans First" Communities.



What it takes to become a "Veterans First" Community:

• Distribute American Association for Wartime Veterans brochures to all prospective/current residents of their community.
• Provide a facility statement on a timely basis.
• Encourage residents to participate in AAWV newsletter submissions, i.e., wartime photos, stories, jokes and etc.
• A “Veterans First" community will host a minimum or two educational seminars per year for all resident caregivers and their families. The first seminar, geared towards the wartime veteran, surviving spouse and immediate family, will be hosted within sixty days of becoming a “Veterans First” community.

• Educate veterans / surviving spouses and their families on the subject of aid and attendance.
• Hold regular educational seminars in the AAWV office and other community locations on a monthly basis for the wartime veterans/surviving spouses and their families.
• Hold regular training classes to educate the “Veterans First” community staff.
• Remain current with changes on the improved pension plan.
• Help promote the “Veterans First” communities.