HEALTH CARE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS——-A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION MAY 5, 1993 Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Serial No. 103-10 ee US. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 88-416 == WASHINGTON : 1993 For se by vermen ring Office ‘Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 2, ISBN 0~ BSE -COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS G.V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY, Mississippi, Chairman DON EDWARDS, California BOB STUMP, Arizona DOUGLAS APPLEGATE, Ohio CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey LANE EVANS, Ilinois DAN BURTON, Indiana TIMOTHY J. PENNY, Minnesota MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida J. ROY ROWLAND, Georgia THOMAS J. RIDGE, Pennsylvania JIM SLATTERY, Kansas FLOYD SPENCE, South Carolina JOSEPH P. KENNEDY Il, Massachusetts TIM HUTCHINSON, Arkansas GEORGE E. SANGMEISTER, Illinois TERRY EVERETT, Alabama JILL L. LONG, Indiana STEVE BUYER, Indiana CHET EDWARDS, Texas JACK QUINN, New York MAXINE WATERS, California SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee JOHN LINDER, Georgia BOB FILNER, California CLIFF STEARNS, Florida FRANK TEJEDA, Texas PETER T. KING, New York LUIS V. GUTIERREZ, Illinois SCOTTY BAESLER, Kentucky SANFORD BISHOP, Georgia JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina MIKE KREIDLER, Washington CORRINE BROWN, Florida Mack FLEMING, Staff Director and Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS LANE EVANS, Illinois, Chairman MAXINE WATERS, California THOMAS J. RIDGE, Pennsylvania BOB FILNER, California SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama LUIS V. GUTIERREZ, Illinois TERRY EVERETT, Alabama JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina JACK QUINN, New York MIKE KREIDLER, Washington JILL L. LONG, Indiana mCONTENTS May 5, 1993 Health Care, Economic Opportunities and Social Services for Veterans and their Dependents—a Community Perspective. OPENING STATEMENTS Chairman Evans.. Hon. Jack Quinn. Hon, Thomas J. Ridge... Prepared statement of Congressman Ridge Hon. Luis V. Gutierrez : WITNESSES Blecker, Michael, Executive Director, Swords to Plowshares Prepared statement of Mr. Blecker... Falkowski, Frank J., chief operating officer, Western New York Veteran's Housing Coalition Inc., accompanied by Jose L. Fuentes, CAC, Program Director, Western New York Veteran's Housing Coalition Inc. Mayday House..... : Prepared staiement of Mr. Falkowski..... Furey, Joan A. RN, MA, Associate Director of Education, Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Clin- ical Laboratory and Education Division, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA sn. = Prepared statement of Ms. Furey .. Gomez, Gumersindo, Executive Director, Pu to of Mass, Inc. .... Prepared statement of Mr. Gomer. Johnson, Karen... Prepared statement of Ms. Johnson... Johnson, RADM W. Norman, USN (ret.), Vice President and Dean of Stu: dents, Boston University... Prepared statement of ‘Admiral Johnson Klimberg, V. Suzanne, M.D., Chief of Breast Service, Surgical ‘Oncology, Unie versity of Arkansas for’ Medical Services, Arkansas Cancer Research Center, Chief of Women's Oncology, John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Medical Center. Prepared stat ati Lopes, John K, Chairman, Association for Service Disabled Veterans. Prepared statement of Mr. Lopez Lyons, William C...« Prepared statement of Mr. Lyons May, Gary E., Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Southern Indiana and member, Board of Advisors, Agent'Orange Class Assistance Program... Prepared statement of Mr. May (un) Page 118 34 14 16 86