{"id":50607,"date":"2014-06-12T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=50607"},"modified":"2014-06-11T16:18:22","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T20:18:22","slug":"vets-flood-arizona-crisis-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=50607","title":{"rendered":"Vets flood Legion’s Arizona crisis center"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case you didn’t know it, The American Legion<\/a> set up a crisis center in Phoenix to help veterans and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs hospital there catch up on appointments. According to the Associated Press<\/a> it’s going gangbusters down there.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, we have to be here,” Verna Jones, the director of veteran’s affairs and rehabilitation for the national American Legion, told the crowd at the crisis center in Phoenix on Tuesday. “But fortunately, we’re here to help you with the services that you deserve.”<\/p>\n

Jones addressed a packed room filled with veterans seeking help to expedite their care through the VA while many complained they felt as if they had fallen through the cracks.<\/p>\n

“It hurts us to have just one vet stand up and say, `I’m dying because the VA failed me,'” Jones said. “They’re frustrated, they’re concerned and they just don’t know where to go.”<\/p>\n

The American Legion said it will operate the crisis center in Phoenix through Friday and expects to assist hundreds of veterans, possibly extending the program to other cities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n