Women Veterans´ Health Policy and Homeless Women Veterans´ Policy

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IV. Policy analysis: Social welfare history, ideology, & politics -- 30 points
The United States Department of Veteran Affairs is a government entity in which provides health care, general benefits, services and assistance with burials and memorials to all veterans (Department of Veterans Affairs [VA], 2013). However, there are smaller divisions within the VA that cater to certain interest groups such as women, minorities, homeless and disabled. In focusing on homeless African American women veterans, we are able to examine the policies and programs that cater three of the four interest groups simultaneously. The policies that we will be examining in relation to this group are women veterans’ health policy and homeless women veterans’ policy.

Historical overview (1.5 pages)
Beginning in the Civil War, although not formally part of the service, women became involved in the war (Office of Policy and Planning, 2007). Then, women’s tasks ranged from nursing and cooking and housing the troops. However, there were a few women who joined the battle lines with men. In the 1860s women were not allowed to be in battle, but some chose to disguise themselves as men to fight alongside them. In 1943 the Women’s Army Corps was established and women were given full military status which did not include benefits (Office of Policy and Planning, 2007). After World War II the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act was signed by President Harry Truman in 1948. This act permanently made women apart of the Regular and Reserve forces of the Army, Navy, Marines and the Air Force (Office of Policy and Planning, 2007).
The signing of the Women’s Armed Service Integration Act increased women’s interest in the military. Women were now able to take o...

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