Activity 2: Continue to work Meeting conducted with VA's CMV continued posting the Filipino WWII Veterans with Department of Defense DoD and Veterans Equity data received from VBA on a monthly basis on the and veterans groups to groups. CMV website. CMV maintained continuous dialogue address compensation of with the White House Initiative on Asian American and Filipino veterans of World Pacific Islanders staff. The CMV was the lead and the War II. coordinator for the first AAPI Round Table in January 2012 and continues to dialogue with many of the AAPI community participants from the 2012 meeting on an adhoc basis. CMV host meetings with the White House representatives on the AAPI to follow up on Actions from 2013 meeting with the SECVA's AAPI Advisory Commission. 1. VA's AAPI Veterans Liaison in the CMV regularly maintains contact with Filipino community leaders and, Filipino WWII Veterans. 2. VA's VBA’s Minority Veterans Program Coordinators (MVPC) provides status of claims updates to Filipino WWII Veterans and their family members. Updates are also provided to the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation (FVEC) Data via the VA's website. Language Increase access to VA Activity 1: Confer with Meeting conducted with VA submitted its updated Limited English Proficiency Access programs by providing Department of Justice to DOJ. (LEP) plan to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in January culturally and linguistically evaluate status of agency 2012. DOJ conducted a primary and secondary review of appropriate services. plan related to Executive the plan. Follow-up communication with DOJ on April 10 Order 13166. and September 19, 2013 confirm that final review of VA’s LEP is still pending. When the final review is complete, DOJ will contact VA to discuss the results. Activity 2: Identify agency Agency materials 1. NCA has hired its first bi-lingual (English-Spanish materials that reach an AAPI identified for cultural and speaking) employee at the NCA Scheduling Office in St. audience and monitor to linguistic Louis, MO. In FY 2013, NCA sent out announcements for ensure that materials are appropriateness. three additional bi-lingual positions, which were culturally and linguistically marketed in targeted group regional areas, including appropriate. areas with large concentrations of AAPI populations. NCA continues to employ the implementation plan (Directive 5979) to institute LEP at NCA. This policy
Activity 2: Continue to work with Department of Defense and veterans groups to address compensation of Filipino veterans of World War II. Meeting conducted with DoD and Veterans groups. VA's CMV continued posting the Filipino WWII Veterans Equity data received from VBA on a monthly basis on the CMV website. CMV maintained continuous dialogue with the White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders staff. The CMV was the lead and the coordinator for the first AAPI Round Table in January 2012 and continues to dialogue with many of the AAPI community participants from the 2012 meeting on an adhoc basis. CMV host meetings with the White House representatives on the AAPI to follow up on Actions from 2013 meeting with the SECVA's AAPI Advisory Commission. 1. VA's AAPI Veterans Liaison in the CMV regularly maintains contact with Filipino community leaders and, Filipino WWII Veterans. 2. VA's VBA’s Minority Veterans Program Coordinators (MVPC) provides status of claims updates to Filipino WWII Veterans and their family members. Updates are also provided to the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation (FVEC) Data via the VA's website. Language Access Increase access to VA programs by providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services. Activity 1: Confer with Department of Justice to evaluate status of agency plan related to Executive Order 13166. Meeting conducted with DOJ. VA submitted its updated Limited English Proficiency (LEP) plan to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in January 2012. DOJ conducted a primary and secondary review of the plan. Follow-up communication with DOJ on April 10 and September 19, 2013 confirm that final review of VA’s LEP is still pending. When the final review is complete, DOJ will contact VA to discuss the results. Activity 2: Identify agency materials that reach an AAPI audience and monitor to ensure that materials are culturally and linguistically appropriate. Agency materials identified for cultural and linguistic appropriateness. 1. NCA has hired its first bi-lingual (English-Spanish speaking) employee at the NCA Scheduling Office in St. Louis, MO. In FY 2013, NCA sent out announcements for three additional bi-lingual positions, which were marketed in targeted group regional areas, including areas with large concentrations of AAPI populations. NCA continues to employ the implementation plan (Directive 5979) to institute LEP at NCA. This policy
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