Julia Brownley

I do not feel confident that much progress has been made in that area.

So all of them will be done by 2014.

Compassion and care are a significant part of healing those that have been sexually assaulted.

I cannot state enough how critical it is for VA to take responsibility for gaps in care and, more importantly, take immediate and definitive steps to address them.

I cannot honestly say to you that it is completely functioning.

I want to know if we will get to a place where we actually have, what are the very specific things we need to do for our women veterans.

Thank you for travelling here, and thank you for what you do every single day for our veterans in California.

I always stand sort of fearful that this is going to be the panacea and the solution that is going to fill in the gaps.

I am going to change that.

I certainly do thank the VA for their work and help. Sometimes it might sound like we are being overly critical.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

With a national policy that respects and encourages alternative therapies and cutting edge medicine, veterans have the best possible shot.

I am hopeful that this will be an honest, open discussion on ways to provide the care needed through more partnering with the VA and the private sector to increase the pool of providers and other creative ways to address the gaps in mental…

I think most of my questions have been answered, and I am very excited about the prospect of having had this meeting as a starting point of a conversation.

So in terms of alternative therapies, I think our one witness who talked about our equine therapy here, I have been there, and it is really an extraordinary program.

veterans want services that are closer to home and in their community.

I want to thank, again, all of you for being here and everybody here in the audience, because everybody who is here all have a direct concern about how we are providing for our veterans here in Ventura County.

I would love for you to come and see actually what takes place there.

I think it is interesting to hear the testimony from everyone and thinking about the potential partnerships so that we are providing more services in the community.

the wait times are way too long.

Do you think the transportation issues impede veterans from utilizing or going to VA care?

I think there could be some great collaboration.

I certainly heard from some vets when I visited you.

If you would just comment a little bit on what your outreach looks like for your facility.

This court provides help and resources to those individuals so that they can provide access to help and support, as opposed to being locked up in jail.