Veterans Experience Action Center
(VEAC) is a Veterans Affairs (VA) program established to
proactively assist Veterans in a selected state with a one-stop
resource for all their needs. The VEAC brings together VA benefits,
health care and other resources in partnership with state VA
resources. The VEAC gathers feedback from Veterans, Active
Military, Guard/Reservist, Family members, caregivers, providers,
and survivors. The VEAC then provides that feedback to VA leaders
to measure the success of the outreach event and measure the ease,
effectiveness, emotion, and trust from the participants as they
exit. The surveys will further allow the Veterans Experience
Office (VEO) to measure whether the needs of the participants were
met. Additional areas where the survey results will impact: •
Identifies gaps and challenges in health care, benefits, and
service delivery. • Identifies areas for how VA can best support
local efforts in a holistic fashion. • Identifies areas where there
may be barriers to access, and outreach tailored to local
communities. Per FY2021 MILCON House report 116-445, the Committee
directs the VA to provide quarterly reports on the status of the
implementation of the VEAC pilot program; the effectiveness of the
pilot program at reaching Veterans, particularly those in need, and
increasing utilization of VA services: • Congress (Quarterly
Congressional Tracking Reports (CTRs) VEAC surveys afford VEAC
participants the ability to provide feedback to VA and allow the
customer to share their experiences. VEO uses the customer’s
feedback to enhance and increase outreach and engagement efforts
and determine the direct value of our efforts. The surveys and its
delivery are an innovative approach to measure and improve customer
experience based on the "voice of the Veteran." Through the use of
the VSignals digital platform, VEO can identify gaps and challenges
in the community, provide information on VA programs, increase
access and outreach, identify what is and what is not working, and
determine how VA can best support local community efforts in
support of Veterans, families, caregivers, and survivors. The
Veteran Experience Office (VEO) has also been commissioned to
measure the satisfaction of Peer-to-Peer organizations and veterans
who recently interacted with the VEAC. Survey respondents will be
Veterans, Active Military, Guard/Reservist, family members,
caregivers, and survivors that attend a VEAC event. Some VEAC
participants may also be offered to provide feedback to surveys
that capture their experience through their Peer-to-Peer
connections or their attendance on a Veterans Experience Live
Question and Answer event. Different surveys may be administered
participants of events: 1. VEAC Exit Survey: Outreach event staff
will verbally administer the survey to event attendees as the last
step in the overall event process. The outreach staff will fill out
the web-based survey on behalf of the outreach event participant.
2. VEAC Email Survey: A survey will be sent via email to event
attendees that were not able to take the VEAC Exit Survey. The
email survey will not be sent to event attendees that opted out of
the VEAC Exit Survey. 3. Peer-to-Peer Survey: The survey is
completed via an email-based survey design. After a Peer-to-Peer
organization interacts with a VEAC Representative, the VEAC
Representative will send an email to the Peer-to-Peer organization
with a link to the Vsignals survey. The Peer-to-Peer organization
can take the survey and share the survey to Veterans via email at
the conclusion of each Peer-to-Peer interaction. Peer-to-Peer
organizations and veterans will choose whether they want to
participate in the survey.
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