RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - Nearly 800,000 veterans who live in North Carolina will have an easier time finding and accessing services, thanks to a new state initiative. The establishment of NC4VETS was announced Monday as the state prepares to honor veterans on Tuesday.
 
Gov. Pat McCrory unveiled the program during a visit to the North Carolina Veterans Home in Salisbury.

“Veterans come to the state with a can-do spirit that will make North Carolina stronger and improve its quality of life,” the governor said in a statement. “The NC4Vets initiative will help us attract and keep more veterans so North Carolina will be more than a duty station. It will be their new home.”
 
NC4Vets is a “one-stop-shop” information resource being launched by the North Carolina Department of Administration’s Division of Veterans Affairs, in conjunction with the Departments of Health and Human Services, Commerce (NC Works) and other state agencies.  
 
The initiative  consists of:

--  the NC4Vets Resource guide, an inter-agency catalog with 2,000 data points detailing job, education benefits and health services in every region of the state. The NC4VETS Resource Guide is part of a multimedia effort that includes a website: www.NC4VETS.com and toll-free call center: (844) NC4-VETS offering knowledgeable service officers to guide veterans to services that are closest to them.

-- coordination of state and federal VA resources. The Division of Veterans Affairs has opened four new service offices inside of VA Medical centers in Asheville, Salisbury, Greenville and Wilmington. The opening of these four new offices represents a 30 percent expansion of the state’s veterans office footprint, and it was achieved at no cost to North Carolina taxpayers.