Next our city allowed them access to the Plunge for $2.00 with the meal card used as proof they were in the Dom.
Then the VA called the Plunge and told them that they could not allow this. First they used the word "confidentiality", then they said "we cannot endorse use of the card", and the latest is something about the VA not allowing this for whatever.....
A veteran who went through treatment in the Dom and realized the importance of the Plunge in the healing process called someone at the Dom and asked how they could make this work for the benefit of the veterans. No response.
Today this same veteran went to the Dom and asked the person in in-take if she could print up a card in the packet that all veterans receive on entry into the treatment programs that told them that they could have entry into the Plunge for the reduced fee if they showed the card. This card eliminates the other reasons and would be exclusive to our local VA facility.
Sounds like a win-win for everyone. It will be brought up at a staff meeting on Monday. We are waiting to see what comes out of this jumble of regulations, restrictions and "word games" that has prevented our veterans who served, being served by our community, the Veterans Town of Hot Springs, SD.
Whatever the outcome, my hat is off to this veteran who does not see "problems", but rather looks for "solutions" and keeps searching until he finds one. He continues to serve.
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