Your Impact
Thanks to our generous supporters, in 2023, DAV co-hosted 101 job fairs, both in-person and virtual, across the country to help create employment opportunities for 31,723 attendees, assisted with over 209,000 new benefit claims submitted, and secured more than $28.4 billion in earned benefits for veterans and their families.
How DAV Helped Tony Williams
After losing his leg, Tony didn’t feel like himself. His stress levels were high and family life became difficult. With his life on hold for nearly five years due to his injury, Tony was concerned about what he was going to do. That’s when he decided to reach out to his DAV representative for help.
“With the help of DAV, I was able to go to school. I now have vocational rehabilitation with the VA, and that was also through the help of DAV. I was able to focus on our lives without the weight of this other burden that I had no idea how to conquer,” Tony explains.
When he tells fellow veterans why they need a DAV representative, he says, “They are going to help you navigate anything and everything you need. The help [of] DAV is like a big brother you can lean on.”
How Your Support Helps Veterans
Only with your support are we able to provide a lifetime of support for veterans of all generations and their families, helping more than 1.1 million veterans and their families in positive, life-changing ways each year. Since being chartered by Congress in 1932, DAV has submitted over 12 million claims for benefits: