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CWV Leadership and Staff | Our Mission | Our Responsibilities | Legislation Related to Women Veterans
Center for Women Veterans (CWV) Leadership and Staff
Meet the CWV team.
Our Mission
The Center for Women Veterans was established by Congress in November 1994 by Public Law 103-446 to advocate for equitable outcomes and access to VA benefits, services, and opportunities for women Veterans through education, outreach, and collaboration. By empowering women Veterans to achieve their life goals through VA benefits and services in collaboration with community stakeholders.
Our Responsibilities
- The Director serves as primary advisor to the Secretary on Department policies, programs, and legislation that affect women Veterans.
- Monitors and coordinates with internal VA offices on their delivery of benefits and services to women Veterans.
- Liaisons with other Federal agencies, state and local agencies and organizations, and non-government partners.
- Serves as a resource and referral center for women Veterans, their family and their advocates.
- Educates VA staff on women Veterans’ military contributions.
- Ensures that outreach materials portray and target women Veterans with images, messages, and branding in the media.
- Promotes recognition of women Veterans’ military service and contributions by sponsoring activities and special events.
- Coordinates meetings of the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans.
Legislation Related to Women Veterans
- P.L. 106-419, “Veterans Benefits and Healthcare Improvement Act of 2000,” authorized special monthly compensation for women Veterans with a service connected mastectomy. It also authorized benefits to children born of mothers who served in Vietnam and who have certain types of birth defects.
- P.L. 107-330, “Veterans Benefits Act of 2002,” authorized special monthly compensation for women Veterans who lost 25 percent or more of tissue from a single breast or both breasts in combination (including loss by mastectomy or partial mastectomy) or has received radiation of breast tissue.
- P.L. 108-422, “Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act of 2004” authority permanently to extend Military Sexual Trauma counseling and treatment to active duty service members or active duty for training.
- P.L. 110-186, “Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act” established a Women Veterans business Training Resource Program.
- P.L. 111-163, “Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010,” provides contract for a comprehensive study on barriers to health care for women Veterans, pilot program to provide group readjustment counseling in retreat settings for newly separated women combat Veterans, mandates inclusion of recently separated women on Advisory Committees for Women Veterans, and requires VHA to carry out a 2 year pilot program to assess feasibility and advisability of offering child care to Veterans.
