This organization follows national legislation affecting veterans, promotes youth programs, and offers accident and life insurance, travel benefits, and an investment programs. The VFW provides a service officer at the VA Regional Office Center in Hartford Ct, who helps veterans in filing claims. The VFW lobbies to protect veterans' rights, offers life, health and accident insurance, cancer expense assistance, and a Medicare supplement, and operates a home in Michigan for the education of orphaned or dependent children of VFW and Ladies Auxiliary members. They provide Connecticut disabled veterans and their families representation in the prosecution of their claims for benefits from the Veterans Administration. VVA goals are to promote and support the full range of issues important to Vietnam veterans, to create a new identity for this generation of veterans, and to change public perception of Vietnam veterans.
Associate membership is open to all veterans, family members, friends, and the general public.