Liz Davis • March 16, 2026
VA & Community Resources for Veterans & Families at End-of-Life
Thank you to everyone who joined our Q1 HVPI meeting last week. We appreciate your participation and engagement.
Meeting Review:
Liz Davis provided a great overview on
Veteran Resources:
- Watch the Presentation Video
- Download the Presentation PowerPoint
- View the VA Resources Cheat Sheet
- See the List of VA Contracted Facilities for Indianapolis
- For Northern Indiana, please contact Marty Kieninger (marty.kieninger@va.gov)
Partner Spotlight:
Thank you to Hannah Stuck from Cornerstone Caregiving South Indianapolis for sharing about your organization and the work you do to help Veterans access their benefits and honor their service.
- Referrals or Assistance: (463) 230-7966
CEU's for Social Workers:
HVPI is pleased to share that we are now licensed by the State of Indiana to provide CEUs for Social Workers.
To receive upcoming training invitations and login information, Social Workers are encouraged to join HVPI here.
Upcoming Events:
- We Honor Veterans Webinar:
The Alliance will host a webinar on March 25th introducing new program requirements. Registration details were emailed to WHV coordinators. - We Honor Veterans Readiness Huddle –
April 1 | 10–11 AM
Partners are invited to join this HVPI-hosted discussion to review the new requirements and connect with other coordinators. - Run to Honor 5K & 1-Mile Walk – May 16 | 9 AM
Support the Run to Honor 5K & 1-Mile Walk in Marion as the community gathers to honor our heroes. Event organizers are currently seeking event sponsors (company logos featured on race shirts) and volunteers to help the morning of the event. - To get involved, contact
Kpitt@htohh.com or 765-661-2980.
Other Resources
HVPI website
HVPI indiana veterans
lukes wings HVPI speaker
Thank you for joining us for our Q4 meeting last week! Meeting Review: Luke's Wings Mackenzie Yaede: Family Communications and Logistics Coordinator O: (202) 735-5471 C: (973) 524-4763 Luke's Wing s Website Luke's Wings No Service Member Spends The Holidays Alone 2025 Flyer Pinning Ceremonies VA Social Worker Liz Davis and Volunteer/Navy Veteran Al Kozimore presented on facilitating Pinning Ceremonies to honor Veterans at end of life. You are welcome to use any/all of our resources exactly as they are or edit them and make them your own. Attached are copy of slides and all resources are posted on our website on previous blog post: https://www.hvpi.us/pinning-ceremony-materials 12/4/25 Pinning Ceremony PowerPoint Presentation HVPI Updates/Resources Shared: 2026 at a Glance Food Assistance Resources for Veterans: Military Family Relief Fund - Operation Emergency Food 2025 Holiday Drive HVPI is excited to launch our 3rd Annual United We Stand Holiday Drive. This year we'll be supporting Homeless and newly housed Veterans as well as Marion's Palliative Care Unit. We're excited to see how much our Partners can gather this year! Please see our sign up genius to see our Virtual Giving Tree as well as details on drop off/pick up options.
Thank you for joining us for our Q3 meeting last week! Meeting Review: 2025 Holiday Drive HVPI is excited to launch our 3rd Annual United We Stand Holiday Drive. This year we'll be supporting Homeless and newly housed Veterans as well as Marion's Palliative Care Unit. We're excited to see how much our Partners can gather this year! Please see our sign up genius to see our Virtual Giving Tree as well as details on drop off/pick up options. Wreaths Across America During the meeting we heard from Annie Brooks from Wreaths Across America. On December 13th, cemeteries across the country will be laying wreaths on Veterans' gravesites. To sponsor wreaths or participate in this great event, please visit their website, Wreaths Across America . If you have any questions, Annie Brooks (Location & Group Liaison) can be reached at 207-618-5322 or region5@wreathsacrossamerica.org . Suicide Prevention Nate Moore, VA Suicide Prevention Coordinator from Northern Indiana Healthcare Systems, shared with us VA's S.A.V.E. Training. See recording of presentation above and slide deck HERE Training resource: Psych Armor Free gun locks: VA can provides free gun locks for Veterans! Send the Veteran's name and address and # of gun locks needed to INDPsychSPTeam@va.gov and they will mail the gun locks directly to the Veteran. For more info or pictures of the gun locks we provide see this website : https://www.va.gov/reach/lethal-means/ Next meeting: December 3, 2025 @ 10-11:30 am EST via Teams
Thank you for joining us for our 2025 Quarter 2 meeting on 6/4/25. Meeting PowerPoint: DOWNLOAD HERE Navigating Difficult Conversations with Dr. Lyle Fettig (Chief of Palliative Care at Roudebush VA Medical Center) Recording above Handouts: IU Talk Skills Sheet & Values Mnemonic for Exploring Values and Goals VA Service Connected Conditions & Death Certificates – Liz Davis, LCSW (Roudebush VA Medical Center) See handout on summary of what is a service connected condition, how to confirm a Veterans SC condition, and the importance of including it on death certificates, when appropriate. Recording below
Find resources on VA Caregiver Support Program and end of life benefits including burial, memorial, survivor, VA healthcare (ex: home health and prosthetics) and National Cemetery Administration.
We Honor Veterans (WHV) website is a plethora of resources for agencies working with Veterans at End of life.
VA End of Life Benefits Overview: Learn about Benefits for Veterans and families at end of life including those offered by Veteran's Health Administration (VHA), Veteran's Benefit's Administration (VBA) and the National Cemetery Administration (NCA). Materials covered include home care, respite, nursing home benefits, survivor benefits, enrollment, hospice, concurrent care, and more
VA Suicide Prevention social workers present on how we can work together to prevent suicide amongst Veterans with a focus on end of life/seriously ill Veterans. Find resources on tele-mental health and community engagement.
Thank you to everyone that attended our Partnership meeting on 6/15/24. We had a very informative presentation by Erin Hamilton from the VA National Cemetery. Erin shared a plethora of great information. Here are 3 takeaways that hospice agencies can do to help Veterans and their families with planning for funeral arrangements are: 1. Make sure they have a copy of their DD14/military discharge paperwork: If they don’t, they can request a copy here: Request Military Service Records | National Archives . Erin also suggested they can check their local county gov’t offices if they were drafted. 2. Encourage them to call the National Cemetery Administration (local cemetery offices or the national scheduling office) to confirm Veteran’s eligibility for free burial in a national cemetery. See attached brochures for #s 3. Encourage them to contact a benefits rep that can verify if they are eligible for any Veteran’s Benefits Administration Benefits (i.e. Burial Allowance, medallions, headstone, etc). See attached handout “assistance with benefits” for a list of organizations that can help them verify VBA benefit eligibility. Additional National Cemetery Administration Resources can be found on their website: NCA