Members’ Assembly
All members meet at least once a year to elect directors, hear reports and vote on matters reserved to them. Members can attend and vote remotely.
About the Network
Help exists. We make sure people can find it.
Veterans and their families are too often failed not by a lack of help, but by a lack of accurate, timely information about the help that exists. We were founded to fix that.
Our mission
Connect every veteran with accurate information, and every organization with each other
The US Veteran Information Network connects veterans, their families, survivors and caregivers with accurate, current information about the benefits, services and resources available to them. We also strengthen the way veteran service organizations and community partners share information and work together.
What we do
- Collect, verify and publish plain-language guides to federal, state, local and private programs.
- Give member organizations one shared channel for news, policy changes, program updates and events.
- Help veterans and families find the right office, organization or accredited representative.
- Educate employers, schools and communities about veterans’ needs and contributions.
- Bring member organizations together for training, coordination and joint projects.
Guiding principles
Seven commitments that guide everything we do
These principles are written into our founding constitution. Everyone who acts for the Network is bound by them.
- AccuracyInformation is verified against official sources before we publish it, dated, and corrected promptly when wrong.
- Service before selfThe interest of the veteran or family member comes first, ahead of any organization, including ours.
- NonpartisanshipWe do not support or oppose any candidate for office or any political party.
- IndependenceWe are independent of the VA, the Department of Defense and every other government body. We don’t speak for them.
- PrivacyPersonal information is protected, used only for the purpose it was given, and never sold.
- InclusionWe serve all who served, whatever their era, branch, component, discharge or background.
- CollaborationWe exist to strengthen the organizations already doing this work, not to compete with them.
How we’re governed
Led by veterans, accountable to members
The Network is a membership organization. Members elect the board, and the board answers to them.
Board of Directors
Nine to fifteen volunteer directors serve staggered three-year terms, with a two-term limit. A majority must be veterans, and seats are set aside for member organizations and for family members, survivors or caregivers.
Open books
Board meetings are open to members. Our tax filings and annual financial statements are public, and every director signs a conflict-of-interest policy each year.
Our Constitution and Bylaws are being finalized by the founding board and will be published here once adopted.
Help build the Network from the ground up
Founding members help elect the first board and shape how we work.