Previously, veteran services in our state were part of the NJ Department of Military and Veteran Affairs (DMAVA). Starting in January 2026, the Department of Veteran Affairs officially separated from DMAVA, forming the NJ Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA). Its mission is to deliver exceptional services, support and advocacy for Garden State veterans, families, care givers and survivors. DVA honors those who have served and the people who love them by delivering access to earned benefits, programs and resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sen. Joe Vitale, D-19th<\/sup> District who was a prime bill sponsor which established this new standalone department stated, \u201cNew Jersey\u2019s veterans deserve nothing less than a government fully committed to their well-being because of all that they sacrificed serving our nation. Veterans need to know their voices are being heard and their needs prioritized, (this separation) reflects that commitment by giving them a dedicated seat at the table and a department that works only for them.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n We at Family Promise of Sussex County could not agree more.\u00a0\u00a0Last year\u00a0our agency\u00a0served\u00a046\u00a0local\u00a0veteran households.\u00a0\u00a0On July 18th<\/sup>\u00a0we will be holding our third annual Service Strong,\u00a0veteran resources and job fair.\u00a0\u00a0Please call our office\u00a0if you are interested in\u00a0participating. Previously, veteran services in our state were part of the NJ Department of Military and Veteran Affairs (DMAVA). Starting in January 2026, the Department of Veteran Affairs officially separated from DMAVA, forming the NJ Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA). Its mission is to deliver exceptional services, support and advocacy for Garden State veterans, families, care givers and survivors. DVA honors those who have served and the people who love them by delivering access to earned benefits, programs and resources. Sen. Joe Vitale, D-19th District who was a prime bill sponsor which established this new standalone department stated, \u201cNew Jersey\u2019s veterans deserve nothing less than a government fully committed to their well-being because of all that they sacrificed serving our nation. Veterans need to know their voices are being heard and their needs prioritized, (this separation) reflects that commitment by giving them a dedicated seat at the table and a department that works only for them.\u201d We at Family Promise of Sussex County could not agree more.\u00a0\u00a0Last year\u00a0our agency\u00a0served\u00a046\u00a0local\u00a0veteran households.\u00a0\u00a0On July 18th\u00a0we will be holding our third annual Service Strong,\u00a0veteran resources and job fair.\u00a0\u00a0Please call our office\u00a0if you are interested in\u00a0participating. Contact Vicki at vsadiwnyk@familypromisesussex.org or call 973-579-1180 ext. 1034<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-blog-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5080"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5084,"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5080\/revisions\/5084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Contact Vicki at vsadiwnyk@familypromisesussex.org or call 973-579-1180 ext. 1034<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"