Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Service Organizations

The mission of the Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Service Organizations (the JLC) is to provide advice and assistance to the Governor, General Assembly and the Department of Veterans Services (DVS) on matters of concern to the veterans community and provides a conduit of information to and from the veterans service organizations on policy and legislation, pending and enacted, as well as information on existing services.

The JLC is composed of one representative from each qualifying veterans service organization (VSO), to be appointed by the Governor, and the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services and the Chairmen of the Board of Veterans Services and the Veterans Services Foundation or their designees, who shall serve as nonvoting ex officio members.

The 2023 intiatives have been identified. Please click on the PDF icon on the right to read the 6 initiatives.  The policy papers for each initiatives can be found on the JCL website at https://www.dvs.virginia.gov/dvs/joint-leadership-council-veterans-service-organizations-2  Scroll down more than half way to see the 7 initiatives and the links to the policy papers.

2023 JLC Initiatives