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Special Issue Multi-Function Cards
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Veterans Only
Emergency Services
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Virtual Payment Services
Dual Purpose Card Features
- Front of card contains a financial debit card chip for financial transactions and payment processing, and preauthorizations bypassing 20 day requirement
- Back of card contains a QR Code that holds general and health information inlcuding picture ID service codes emergency contact etc.
- Cards include multiple purses for disability, HSA, doctor, landlord etc. It also can provides rewards, points and cashback tracking.
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Veteran Support Services
HFX and AVS use VSO agents for support
VA Health Services Criteria -Eligibility
- Veteran Needs a Service Not Available at a VA Medical Facility
- In this situation, a Veteran needs a specific type of care or service that VA does not provide in-house at any of its medical facilities.
- Veteran Lives in a U.S. State or Territory Without a Full-Service VA Medical Facility
- In this scenario, a Veteran lives in a U.S. State or territory that does not have a full-service VA medical facility. Specifically, this would apply to Veterans living in Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire, and the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Veteran Qualifies under the “Grandfather” Provision Related to Distance Eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program
- For this element, there are a few different ways that a Veteran could be eligible for community care. Initially, the following two requirements must be met in every case:
- Veteran was eligible under the 40-mile criterion under the Veterans Choice Program on the day before the VA MISSION Act was enacted into law (June 6, 2018), and
- Veteran continues to reside in a location that would qualify them under that criterion.
- If both of these requirements have been met, a Veteran may be eligible if one of the following is also true:
- Veteran lives in one of the five States with the lowest population density from the 2010 Census: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Alaska, and Wyoming, or
- Veteran lives in another State, received care between June 6, 2017, and June 6, 2018, and requires care before June 6, 2020
- VA Cannot Furnish Care within Certain Designated Access Standards
- To be eligible under this criterion, Veterans must meet specific access standards for average drive time or appointment wait-times.
Specific access standards description.
Important: Access standards are proposed not yet final
Average drive time to a specific VA medical facility - 30-minute average drive time for primary care, mental health, and non-institutional extended care services (including adult day health care) 60-minute average drive time for specialty careAppointment wait time at a specific VA medical facility 20 days for primary care, mental health care, and non-institutional extended care services, unless the Veteran agrees to a later date in consultation with their VA health care provider 28 days for specialty care from the date of request, unless the Veteran agrees to a later date in consultation with their VA health care providerIt Is in the Veteran’s Best Medical Interest In this situation, a Veteran may be referred to a community provider when the Veteran and the referring clinician agree that it is in their best medical interest to see a community provider.A VA Medical Service Line Does Not Meet Certain Quality Standards In this scenario, if VA has identified a medical service line is not meeting VA’s standards for quality based on specific conditions, Veterans can elect to receive care from a community provider with certain limitations.
VA Housing and Rent Features
Additional Card Features in addition to health, and emergency room support are a General Spend Purse for everyday purchases, and Special Services Purse for carholder support such as financial siupport ptrograms for renatl and home payments
Rental assistance vouchers are available for those veterans who are eligible for VA healthcare services and at-risk of homelessness.
- First, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing Program (HUD-VASH) provides veterans who are homeless with rental assistance vouchers for privately-owned housing. Case managers help veterans find the right housing and amenities for them.
- For those veterans at-risk of losing their home, the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) helps find a better, more affordable housing situation for veterans through various non-profits and grantees. Through grants from the VA, the program offers help to cover rent, utilities, security deposits and moving costs for a limited time.
- Enhanced-Use Lease program uses VA campuses to create spaces for homeless veterans to live and access much-needed services like job training, financial planning, computer access, support groups, barber services and more.
- Enhanced-Use Lease program uses VA campuses to create spaces for homeless veterans to live and access much-needed services like job training, financial planning, computer access, support groups, barber services and more.
Finding a Home or Apartment
- When looking for your next home, the important part is to be honest with your potential landlord. Ask them about their flexibility with housing assistance programs and vouchers. Aim to tour multiple apartments and focus on larger complexes as landlords tend to be less risk-averse.
- If you're eligible for the Post-9/11 GI bill, make sure to have all of your housing allowance documentation ready. There might be landlords that are not familiar with this source of income.
- In New York City, for example, it's against the law to discriminate against veterans due to this. However, it's a lawful source of income. In some states and cities, landlords receive a bonus for renting to veterans, anywhere from $500 to $3,500 or more.
- Once you find a potential apartment within your budget, it's time to sign the lease. Aside from any must-have amenities on your list, keep in mind the following tips:
- Select a good location to avoid having to drive long distances for work, grocery stores, physical therapy and other amenities
- Handicapped-accessible to make it easier to get around if you're disabled — look for ramps, wide doorways and if needed, handlebars in the shower
- Pet-friendly if you have a service dog or emotional support animal
- Check with the landlord if they're OK with receiving the rent payment after the first of the month as the housing allowance often comes around the 5th
- Do you know if the landlord accepts housing assistance or will be flexible on certain requirements, such as credit or previous evictions
- Review the units safety features including smoke detectors, proper ventilation and no tripping hazards
- If you need housing assistance, call the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at 1-877-4AID-VET (424-3838) or you can find the nearest VA Medical Center to you.