Colleagues and Fellow Veterans,
As with the first Friday of each month, the BLS employment statistics were released today. Attached is our monthly ‘cheat sheet’ for your use and information. The national unemployment rate for July 2017 decreased slightly from 4.4% to 4.3% and the Veteran unemployment numbers for July 2017 decreased from 3.7% to 3.5%.
Thanks to all of you who are working directly or indirectly, to ensure our Veterans have meaningful employment.
BLS_Employment_Data_July_-_2017.pdf
V/R
Curtis L. Coy
Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity
Veterans Benefits Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC 20420
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As with the first Friday of each month, the BLS employment statistics were released today. Attached is our monthly ‘cheat sheet’ for your use and information. The national unemployment rate for July 2017 decreased slightly from 4.4% to 4.3% and the Veteran unemployment numbers for July 2017 decreased from 3.7% to 3.5%.
Thanks to all of you who are working directly or indirectly, to ensure our Veterans have meaningful employment.
BLS_Employment_Data_July_-_2017.pdf
V/R
Curtis L. Coy
Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity
Veterans Benefits Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC 20420
VA Core Values: Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, Excellence (“I CARE”)
Please Remember:
If you would like to review prior messages sent through this listserv, click http://benefits.va.gov/vow/economic_opportunity.asp
If you would like to research, find, access, and, in time, manage your VA benefits and personal information please visit and/or register at https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits-portal/ebenefits.portal.
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C., United States for Friday, 4 August 2017 "President, VA Secretary announce telehealth initiatives; Frozen Chosin Veteran shares story"
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Among the dozens of Veterans who volunteer their time at the memorial, there is a trio of Veterans who have distinguished themselves twice over through their service as volunteers to not only the New Jersey Memorial, but also for The Wall in Washington, D.C. To comrades at the Wall, they’re known simply as, “The Jersey Boys,” an affectionate moniker that has stuck with them even in New Jersey.
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This week we honor Navy Veteran Ara Parseghian
Ara served in the Navy during World War II. After service, he enrolled at Miami University in Ohio. After college, he joined the Browns. An injury led him to coaching, eventually at Notre Dame. Ara coached Notre Dame’s football team for 10 years, winning two national titles and retired with a record of 95-17-4.
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-------Military Health System in Washington, D.C., United States for Friday, 4 August 2017 "Pumping on the job is worth any hassles, breast-feeding moms say"
Pumping on the job is worth any hassles, breast-feeding moms sayNavy Lt. Alea DePauw (left) with Ethan, 6 months, and Lt. Cmdr. Melissa Rosloniec (right) with Jack, 10 months, pump when they work at Naval Medical Center San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Elizabeth Merriam)
As nurse manager of the postpartum unit and lactation division at Naval Medical Center San Diego, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Melissa Rosloniec knows that breast-feeding benefits both mother and child. As a working mom who’s nursing a 10-month-old, she also knows it’s hard.
“It can start out being a lot more difficult than you think it’s going to be,” Rosloniec said, noting some babies have trouble latching on to the breast, and some mothers have difficulty producing enough milk.
“Breast-feeding can be emotionally taxing, and you’re often sleep-deprived,” she said. “And when you’re a military mom and pumping at work, it’s truly a labor of love.”
Aug. 1-7 marks World Breastfeeding Week, an annual global campaign to promote the benefits of nursing. This year marks the 25th annual event, which is recognized in more than 170 countries.
The World Health Organization and American Academy of Pediatrics both recommend infants get breast milk exclusively until they’re 6 months old to achieve optimal health and development. But only about 22 percent of new mothers are still exclusively breast-feeding at the baby’s 6-month birthday, said Navy Lt. Alea DePauw, citing statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Military Health System no longer tracks breast-feeding rates, she said, but they most likely mirror civilian numbers.
DePauw is a registered nurse certified in maternal newborn nursing and, like Rosloniec, she’s a breast-feeding mom working at Naval Medical Center San Diego, where about 3,000 babies are born annually.
One reason many women stop breast-feeding is because they return to work full time. Pumping on the job – expressing breast milk for babies to drink while they’re being cared for by others – can be awkward and inconvenient. Rosloniec said that’s why it’s important to have lactation policies for working mothers who want to continue breast-feeding.
“Support is the No. 1 thing you can do to promote breast-feeding,” she said.
DoD’s policy requires mothers’ rooms in facilities where more than 50 women are regularly assigned. Each room must be a clean, private space – not a restroom – with electrical outlets, comfortable chairs and a table, a water source for washing hands and rinsing pumping equipment, and dedicated refrigeration for breast milk.
But scheduling time for regular pumping breaks can be tricky. Navy Lt. Lauren Dinan returned to work as a nurse practitioner at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia, when daughter Josie was about 3 months old. Dinan’s husband stayed home with Josie. For four months, Dinan continued to breast-feed in the mornings and evenings. During the workday, she’d take two 40-minute breaks to pump for Josie’s bottles the next day.
“My supervisors were really good about giving me adequate time to pump,” Dinan said. “But I was stressing about seeing patients and getting all my work done – and the stress wasn’t helping my supply. I stuck with it, though, because I really wanted to get to that six-month mark.”
“It’s hard to walk away from your desk twice a day to pump, especially in the beginning,” said Liz Ribeiro, an information technology specialist supporting the Office of Health Services Policy and Oversight. Her son, Benjamin, is 9 months old. When Ribeiro returned to work at Defense Health Headquarters after 12 weeks of maternity leave, she pumped twice a day for several months before tapering to once a day. With Benjamin now eating solid foods, Ribeiro still breast-feeds in the mornings and evenings but no longer pumps during the workday.
“You settle into a rhythm, and it’s not so bad,” she said. “You can make it work. It’s not as hard as it might seem at first.”
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DHITS 2017 Attendees Interviews - 4
The Defense Health Information Technology Symposium kicked off July 25 in Orlando, Fla., bringing together 3,000 health military health system representatives and health information technology vendors from around the world. This is the fourth of four videos where we stopped and asked attendees to tell us why this gathering is an important part of the military health system information technology strategy.
The Defense Health Information Technology Symposium kicked off July 25 in Orlando, Fla., bringing together 3,000 health military health system representatives and health information technology vendors from around the world. This is the fourth of four videos where we stopped and asked attendees to tell us why this gathering is an important part of the military health system information technology strategy.
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