Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs: 2025 Year in Review & Vision for 2026
This week we kick off our annual series of Year-in-Review shows with the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs. In a full-hour conversation, the Commissioner, Brad Lindsey walks us through the major accomplishments of 2025 and lays out priorities for 2026, including: Three new State Veterans Homes now open and serving residents in Preston, Montevideo, and […] The post Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs: 2025 Year in Review & Vision for 2026 appeared first on Minnesota Military Radio.
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Show Notes
This week we kick off our annual series of Year-in-Review shows with the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs. In a full-hour conversation, the Commissioner, Brad Lindsey walks us through the major accomplishments of 2025 and lays out priorities for 2026, including:
- Three new State Veterans Homes now open and serving residents in Preston, Montevideo, and Bemidji
- Minnesota reaching functional zero on veteran homelessness in nine of ten continuums of care (only Ramsey County remains)
- Community Health Navigators deployed to hospitals statewide as part of expanded suicide-prevention efforts
- Launch of a new veteran food-insecurity program in partnership with Disabled American Veterans and the Minnesota Veterans Food Pantry
- Continued aggressive hiring and in-house training for healthcare staff at all eight veterans homes. Click here to learn more
- The official State Veterans Day ceremony now rotating to different regions of Minnesota each year
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