Volunteering at a VA Hospital or other National VA community or civic event?

Please make sure to identify yourself as a member of Gold Star Spouses of America. Gold Star Spouses of America is now recognized nationally in the Center for Development and Civic Engagement Portal (CDCEP). This is an application that is used by the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Development and Civic Engagement (CDCE), one of the largest volunteer programs in the Federal Government, to track volunteer hours and monitor membership status of the VAVS National Advisory Committee member organizations.

CDCEP also tracks donations made to VA facilities nationwide. Volunteers work under Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and the National Cemetery Association (NCA) and participate in several events such as the National Veterans Wheelchair Games, National Veterans Golden Age Games, National Veterans Creative Arts Festival, and National Veterans Winter and Summer Sports Clinics. CDCEP is critical to VA in that it is used to evaluate the impact of volunteers and donations on VA’s service to Veterans and provides documentation for coverage of volunteers under VA’s insurance. CDCE is responsible for the strategic utilization of volunteers, donations, and community partners for the purpose of supplementing and augmenting care and services for Veterans within VHA and furthering the outreach efforts to Veterans, families and caregivers across the Department.