{"id":64707,"date":"2022-03-21T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/03\/21\/this-week-in-congress-veterans-caregivers-voice-concerns-over-va-changes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:33:08","slug":"this-week-in-congress-veterans-caregivers-voice-concerns-over-va-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/03\/21\/this-week-in-congress-veterans-caregivers-voice-concerns-over-va-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Congress: Veterans\u2019 caregivers voice concerns over VA changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military advocates will be focused this week on Wednesday\u2019s Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs hearing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2021\/10\/29\/va-secretary-pledges-improved-support-for-caregivers\/\" target=\"_blank\">caregiver support efforts<\/a>, after significant criticism of plans to scale back stipends for families of injured veterans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans Affairs officials announced last fall that they would review \u201clegacy\u201d participants of the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers to see if they qualify under updated guidelines. But families affected by the change have accused VA officials of simply working to trim the number of participants in the program, causing significant hardship for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/03\/06\/families-fear-financial-hit-as-va-caregiver-program-prepares-to-drop-thousands-of-vets\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_677249654013.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Families fear financial hit as VA caregiver program prepares to drop thousands of vets<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Advocates say new eligibility requirements will exclude veterans in need of full-time care.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> At issue are thousands of dollars a month in support stipends for veterans too injured to live on their own but healthy enough to avoid institutionalization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hearing is scheduled for less than a week before the administration unveils its budget request for fiscal 2023, which will likely include a significant increase for Veterans Affairs programming again. Whether lawmakers will support that as families complain about program cutbacks remains unclear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<strong>Tuesday, March 22<\/strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nSenate Armed Services \u2014 9:30 a.m. \u2014 G-50 Dirksen <br>\r\n<i>Nominations<\/i><br>\r\nThe committee will consider several pending nominations, including William LaPlante to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Erik Raven to be Under Secretary of the Navy. <br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Wednesday, March 23<\/strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nSenate Foreign Relations \u2014 10 a.m. \u2014 Capitol S116<br>\r\n<i>Pending business <\/i><br>\r\nThe committee will consider several pending nominations and legislative items. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nSenate Armed Services \u2014 2:30 p.m. \u2014 222 Russell <br>\r\n<i>Western Hemisphere <\/i><br>\r\nDefense officials will testify on competition and security cooperation in the Western Hemisphere. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nSenate Veterans&#8217; Affairs \u2014 3 p.m. \u2014 418 Russell <br>\r\n<i>Caregiver assistance <\/i><br>\r\nVA officials and outside advocates will testify on upcoming changes to the department\u2019s caregiver support programs. <br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Thursday, March 24<\/strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nSenate Armed Services \u2014 9:30 a.m. \u2014 G-50 Dirksen <br>\r\n<i>Northern and Southern Command<\/i><br>\r\nGen. 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