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10/07/2026

10/07/2026

10/06/2026

Aloha! AMVETS Hawaii Service Foundation Corp is hiring for our new Veteran Su***de Prevention Program on Oahu.

We have 7 openings: Su***de Prevention Coordinator, Veteran Peer Support Specialists, Case Manager, Clinical Consultant, and two contract roles.

Veterans and military family members are strongly encouraged to apply. Please share with anyone who’d be a great fit. Questions?

Just reach out:
Alim Shabazz, AMVETS Hawaii Su***de Prevention Program Director [email protected]

Everything you need is here, including job details, pay, benefits, and how to apply online:
https://portal.amvetsconnect.org/careers

10/06/2026

10/06/2026

Aloha! AMVETS Hawaii Service Foundation Corp is hiring for our new Veteran Su***de Prevention Program on Oahu.

We have 7 openings: Su***de Prevention Coordinator, Veteran Peer Support Specialists, Case Manager, Clinical Consultant, and two contract roles.

Veterans and military family members are strongly encouraged to apply. Please share with anyone who'd be a great fit. Questions?

Just reach out:
Alim Shabazz, AMVETS Hawaii Su***de Prevention Program Director [email protected]

Everything you need is here, including job details, pay, benefits, and how to apply online:

Open positions with the AMVETS Hawaii Su***de Prevention Program (AHSPP), funded by the VA Staff Sergeant Fox Su***de Prevention Grant Program. Help Veterans and their families on Oahu.

10/05/2026

🇺🇸 AMVETS HAWAII | LEGISLATIVE UPDATE — OCTOBER 2026 | EDITION 2

TECHNOLOGY & NATIONAL SECURITY: WHO WILL BUILD THE FUTURE?

This edition focuses on federal legislative priorities affecting military readiness and America’s defense industrial base.

🏛️ LEGISLATIVE FOCUS:
• Strengthen U.S. advanced manufacturing
• Secure critical defense supply chains
• Expand skilled-workforce and veteran employment pathways
• Maintain defense production and surge capacity
• Strengthen Indo-Pacific logistics and infrastructure
• Support cooperation with trusted allies and partners

For Hawaii, these policies directly affect military readiness, regional resilience, and our role in the Indo-Pacific.

The goal: ensure America can invent, build, sustain, and secure the technologies our service members depend upon.

🇺🇸 Hawaii’s Veterans • A Stronger America
Service Never Ends.

— Donovan Andrew Lazarus
State Commander, AMVETS Department of Hawaii

10/04/2026

🇺🇸 AMVETS HAWAII | LEGISLATIVE UPDATE — OCTOBER 2026 | EDITION 2

TECHNOLOGY & NATIONAL SECURITY: WHO WILL BUILD THE FUTURE?

This edition focuses on federal legislative priorities affecting military readiness and America’s defense industrial base.

🏛️ LEGISLATIVE FOCUS:
• Strengthen U.S. advanced manufacturing
• Secure critical defense supply chains
• Expand skilled-workforce and veteran employment pathways
• Maintain defense production and surge capacity
• Strengthen Indo-Pacific logistics and infrastructure
• Support cooperation with trusted allies and partners

For Hawaii, these policies directly affect military readiness, regional resilience, and our role in the Indo-Pacific.

The goal: ensure America can invent, build, sustain, and secure the technologies our service members depend upon.

🇺🇸 Hawaii’s Veterans • A Stronger America
Service Never Ends.

— Donovan Andrew Lazarus
State Commander, AMVETS Department of Hawaii

10/04/2026

10/01/2026

🇺🇸 AMVETS DEPARTMENT OF HAWAII | OCTOBER 2026 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE — EDITION 1

AMVETS Department of Hawaii is pleased to share our October 2026 Legislative Update, keeping Hawaii’s Veterans, military families, survivors, and community partners informed about important developments in Washington and across the Department of Veterans Affairs.

This month’s edition covers:

🔹 Veterans Benefits: VA reports processing more than 3 million disability claims during FY2026, while reporting continued reductions in the claims backlog and processing times.

🔹 Veterans Health Care: VA has announced new informed-consent requirements for psychotropic medications scheduled to begin in 2027.

🔹 Military Survivors: Bipartisan legislation would provide surviving spouses and children additional time to place eligible military death gratuity and SGLI benefits into certain tax-advantaged accounts.

🔹 Military & Veteran Employment: A look at the continuing civilian employment challenges facing Veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses.

🔹 Higher Education & College Athletics: Congress continues work on legislation addressing college athlete eligibility, transfers, compensation, scholarships, and protections for women’s and Olympic sports.

🔹 Federal Policy: This edition also provides updates on energy and data-center costs, Title IX policy, federal law-enforcement leadership, and U.S.–China relations.

Knowledge is an important part of advocacy. We remain committed to keeping our members informed about federal actions that may affect Veterans, service members, their families, survivors, and the communities we serve.

🇺🇸 Veterans Serving Veterans

Donovan A. Lazarus
State Commander
AMVETS Department of Hawaii