National Cemetery Administration

• The role of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Administration (NCA) is to ensure those who served this nation are never forgotten. VA operates more than 155 national cemeteries and maintains over 4 million graves to honor their memory, service, and sacrifice.

• Planning with your loved ones in advance can reduce your family's stress at a difficult time. Whether choosing a VA national cemetery, VA grant-funded cemetery, or a private cemetery, VA burial and memorial benefits ensure you and your family receive the ceremony and remembrance you deserve.

• Eligible Veterans have earned VA burial benefits at a VA national cemetery for themselves, their spouses, and qualifying family members.

• Veterans and spouses who want to be buried in a VA national cemetery can apply to find out in advance if they are eligible.

• Completing the simple, online pre-need burial eligibility application is the starting point in end-of-life planning with your family. It takes less than 10 minutes to fill out and could save your family thousands of dollars in burial costs.

• Along with VA's national cemeteries, VA funds state, territorial, and tribal cemeteries, giving nearly 94% of Veterans living in the U.S. access to a Veterans cemetery within 75 miles of their home. This gives Veterans and their families more choices and ensures they receive the honor and remembrance they deserve.

• VA provides funding to establish, expand, improve, and maintain more than 120 state, territorial, and tribal Veterans cemeteries in 47 states and 3 territories including Guam, Saipan, and Puerto Rico.

• Veterans who want to be buried in a VA grant-funded cemetery should reach out to their desired cemetery for more information on their full range of burial benefits and eligibility.

• If choosing burial in a private cemetery, Veterans are eligible for VA memorial benefits, including a government headstone, marker or medallion, a United States burial flag, and presidential certificates.

NCA Launches New Resource Hub to Empower Industry Professionals Serving Veterans

The National Cemetery Administration (NCA) is proud to introduce its newly launched Plan Today, Honor Forever "Industry Professionals" webpage — a dedicated online hub for end-of-life professionals to quickly access essential tools, educational materials, and promotional resources to better support Veterans and their families.

This webpage launch is part of NCA's first nationwide communications campaign, aimed at raising awareness of VA burial and memorial benefits among Veterans, their families, and the professionals who support them.

NCA's new campaign webpage centralizes key resources to assist its network of industry professionals in providing accurate, relevant communication about VA burial and memorial benefits. Highlights include:

• Outreach campaign toolkits for local engagement efforts, with resources and messaging specifically tailored for industry professionals

• Infosheets and flyers clarifying pre-need eligibility, burial options, grant-funded cemetery benefits, and more

• Social media graphics and digital posters tailored for community outreach

• Guidance on VA memorial benefits at private cemeteries

All campaign resources are available on NCA's website at www.cem.va.gov/industry.

NCA Launches New Resource Hub to Help Veterans and Families Plan Ahead

The National Cemetery Administration (NCA) is proud to introduce its newly launched "Veterans and Families" webpage — a dedicated online hub for Veterans and their families to quickly access educational resources and learn more about VA burial and memorial benefits.

This webpage launch is part of NCA's first nationwide communications campaign — Plan Today, Honor Forever — designed to help you understand your options and plan ahead.

With Plan Today, Honor Forever you can:

• Learn what burial and memorial benefits you may be eligible for

• Share important information with your family or caregivers

• Check your eligibility for burial in a VA national cemetery by filling out a pre-need burial eligibility application

• Understand how VA burial allowances may help cover costs

Visit www.cem.va.gov/veterans-and-families to explore these campaign resources and end-of-life planning tools. For questions about VA's burial benefits, you can call 800-827-1000 (TTY:711).

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• Did you know as the spouse of a Veteran you are eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery? Find out how to receive these benefits: https://www.cem.va.gov/veterans-and-families

• Eligible Veterans have earned VA burial and memorial benefits for themselves and their spouses. Find out how to receive these benefits: https://www.cem.va.gov/veterans-and-families

• Between VA's 155+ national cemeteries and 120+ VA grant-funded cemeteries, nearly 94% of Veterans living in the U.S. have access to a Veterans cemetery within 75 miles of their home. Learn more and explore your options: https://www.cem.va.gov/veterans-and-families

• Plan Today. Honor Forever. Whether choosing a VA national cemetery or a private cemetery, VA burial and memorial benefits are available to Veterans. Learn more about these benefits and eligibility: https://www.cem.va.gov/veterans-and-families

• #DYK VA national cemeteries also offer cremation burials? Veterans, explore your VA burial benefits and start planning today: https://www.cem.va.gov/veterans-and-families

• Are you a Veteran or spouse thinking about burial in a VA national cemetery? Start your pre-need burial eligibility application today: https://www.cem.va.gov/veterans-and-families

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• VA's Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM) is the nation's largest digital platform dedicated to the memory of more than 10 million Veterans, and the site makes it easy to share, remember, and connect those experiences.

• Every Veteran has a story — a legacy of courage, service, and sacrifice — that deserves to be remembered, not just today, but forever. The memorials that accompany a Veteran's life are an important legacy, so that family members, friends, and others can understand and appreciate the unique Veteran experience.

• Family, friends, and the public can use Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM) any time to search and find Veterans who have passed away and subsequently received a VA burial or memorial benefit. The interactive features allow users to submit tributes and memories to a Veteran's profile page along with images, biographical information, historical documents, and military and life timelines. Veteran profile pages can easily be shared by email and posted to social media.

• Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM) now offers the opportunity for Veterans to tell their military and life stories today, in their own words. VLM's new Living Veterans profile page is a way for Veterans to reminisce and share their stories while they are still living, in a way only they can tell.

• The process of privately building a Living Veterans page is easy. Veterans can determine how they'd like to be remembered using Veterans Legacy Memorial's (VLM) simple content capture platform. Veterans can upload photos and historical documents, write their autobiography, and share military and life timelines.

• After the Veteran passes away, if interred in a VA national or state, tribal or territorial Veterans cemetery, or if they receive a VA headstone or other memorial benefit, the content they've submitted will appear on their publicly visible Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM) page.

• The Living Veterans feature is open to those Veterans who have been approved for pre-need eligibility for burial in a VA national cemetery. If you're a Veteran who hasn't applied, your first step is to apply for pre-need burial eligibility. If you've already applied and been approved, visit https://www.va.gov/remember/ to begin building your profile today. To learn more, visit VLM for Living Veterans.

• The role of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Administration (NCA) is to ensure those who served this nation are never forgotten. VA operates more than 155 national cemeteries and maintains over 4 million graves to honor their memory, service, and sacrifice.

• Along with VA's national cemeteries, VA funds more than 120 state, territorial, and tribal cemeteries, giving nearly 94% of Veterans living in the U.S. access to a Veterans cemetery within 75 miles of their home. This gives Veterans and their families more choices and ensures they receive the honor and remembrance they deserve.

• VA provides funding to establish, expand, improve, and maintain more than 120 state, territorial, and tribal Veterans cemeteries in 46 states and 3 territories including Guam, Saipan, and Puerto Rico. Veterans who want to be buried in a VA grant-funded cemetery should reach out to their desired cemetery for more information on their full range of burial benefits and eligibility.

• Planning with your loved ones in advance can reduce your family's stress at a difficult time. Whether choosing a VA national cemetery, VA grant-funded cemetery, or a private cemetery, VA burial and memorial benefits provide a range of options to ensure you and your family receive the ceremony and remembrance you deserve.

• Eligible Veterans have earned VA burial benefits at a VA national cemetery for themselves, their spouses, and qualifying family members.

• Veterans and spouses who want to be buried in a VA national cemetery can apply to find out in advance if they are eligible. Completing the simple, online pre-need burial eligibility application is a good starting point in end-of-life planning with your family. It takes less than 10 minutes to fill out and could save your family thousands of dollars in burial costs.

• If choosing burial in a private cemetery, Veterans are eligible for VA memorial benefits, including a government headstone, marker or medallion, a United States burial flag, and Presidential Memorial Certificates.

• As someone who served in the military, you may be eligible for VA burial and memorial benefits. This includes burial at a VA national cemetery for yourself, your spouse, and qualifying family members. These no-cost benefits can save your family thousands of dollars and help reduce stress at a difficult time.

• VA operates more than 155 national cemeteries and maintains over 4 million graves. One of the many benefits of burial in a VA national cemetery includes perpetual care of the burial site and cemetery grounds at no cost. These beautifully maintained cemetery grounds ensure Veterans and their families receive burial services and final resting places that honor their memory, service, and sacrifice.

• Along with VA's national cemeteries, VA funds more than 120 state, territorial, and tribal cemeteries, giving nearly 94% of Veterans living in the U.S. access to a Veterans cemetery within 75 miles of their home. Whether choosing a VA national cemetery, VA grant-funded cemetery, or a private cemetery, VA burial and memorial benefits provide a range of options to ensure you and your family receive the ceremony and remembrance you deserve.

• It's never easy to talk about end-of-life plans, but planning ahead can give your family peace of mind. Find out in advance if you are eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery by completing the simple, online pre-need burial eligibility application. Visit NCA's Veterans and Families webpage to start your pre-need application and learn more about your earned VA burial and memorial benefits.