Dina Parrott, Women Veterans Program Administrator (KDVA)
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Our Mission
To insure Kentucky’s women veterans have equitable access to federal and state veterans’ services and benefits.
Our Goals
1. Perform outreach to improve women veterans' awareness of eligibility for federal and state veterans' services and benefits.
2. Assess the needs of women veterans with respect to improve the Women Veterans Program.
3. Make recommendations to the Commissioner to improve benefits and services.
4. Review programs, research projects, and other initiatives designed to address or meet the needs of Kentucky's women veterans;
5. Incorporate women veterans' issues in the Department's strategic planning; and
Participate in National forums and committees for women veterans.
The Military Women's Memorial
The Military Women’s Memorial (MWM) is the only major national memorial honoring all servicewomen – past, present and future. The MWM honors more than 3 million women who served and continue to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces since the American Revolution.
Women’s military service should be no less recognized than men’s but historically the focus of history and preservation has been on men.
Why it’s Important to Register?
EVERY STORY is important, EVERY STORY deserves to be told. Yet we have lost most of our WWI women veterans and our WWII women are fast coming to their final chapter. What history we have not recorded with be lost with them. We absolutely CANNOT let another generation go by without ensuring that our collective contributions are captured and remembered.
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