Creating Partnerships Between Veterans Affairs and Community RT
Session Description (for use in the program and for marketing purposes)
Community-based Recreational Therapy often relies on partnerships with organizations in the community to help provide successful programming. One partnership that can be especially valuable is with the Veterans Affairs (VA) heath care system. Grant funding that is available for recreation programming for veterans can help provide the funding and resources that community RT providers need to start up programs that are beneficial for local veterans. This session will review the benefits of veteran recreation programs, how to research and identify veteran grant funding opportunities, steps that will typically take place when partnerships are created between community RT providers and their local VA health care system, and examples of various past and present community RT veteran program options that have been successful.