{"id":10595,"date":"2019-08-09T18:09:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T18:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=10595"},"modified":"2019-08-09T18:09:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T18:09:17","slug":"rgv-has-new-network-to-help-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=10595","title":{"rendered":"RGV Has New Network to Help Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Some of the representatives of the new network at the Weslaco meeting. Photo: Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/p><\/div>\n

by Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A new network to help veterans has been formed in the Rio Grande Valley and those serving their country are urged to seek the services it provides.<\/p>\n

The community-based organization is called TXServes RGV and it\u2019s based at the two Tropical Texas Behavioral Health centers in Weslaco and in Harlingen.<\/p>\n

Veterans and family members needing assistance with housing, jobs, relocation, suicide prevention, health issues and other necessities impacting their lives are eligible to use TXServes services.<\/p>\n

Ilario G. Pantano, a senior director for community service with Syracuse University, said the brand new network is found today in more than 17 communities nationwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny veteran or a family member can have access to the network via telephone or on the Internet,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is always a need in a community for someone who can help those needing access navigate into a system and this is what TXServes is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pantano said the new network was created with a $1.2 million grant given by Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation for the implementation of a two-year pilot program.<\/p>\n

Hilda Garcia, director with TTBH, said they are extremely glad for being part of the network.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe are excited to be able to expand our services,\u201d she said. \u201cThis will allow us to refer a veteran or a family member to seek the services they need.\u201d<\/p>\n

The network is a partnership of about a dozen organizations including VIDA, Loaves & Fishes, the US Small Business Administration,<\/p>\n

Palmer Drug Abuse Program, Texas Southmost College and the University of Texas RGV, South Texas College, Willacy County, Green Path Financial Wellness, Heroes on the Water, among others.<\/p>\n

Network members held their first meeting on Tuesday, July 23 at TTBH in Weslaco.<\/p>\n

The network\u2019s two centers are located at 1901 S. S. 24th St. in Edinburg and at 1242 N. 77 Sunshine Strip in Harlingen.<\/p>\n

For more information please call 1-833-938-1014 or to go AmericaServes.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Tony Vindell\/LFN A new network to help veterans has been formed in the Rio Grande Valley and those serving their country are urged to seek the services it provides. The community-based organization is called TXServes RGV and it\u2019s based at the two Tropical Texas Behavioral Health centers in Weslaco and in Harlingen. Veterans and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10596,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10595\/revisions\/10596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}