Sec. 434.024.  VETERANS COMMUNITY OUTREACH CAMPAIGN.  (a)  The Texas Veterans Commission shall conduct a community outreach campaign to provide information relating to and increase awareness of benefits and services available to veterans, including:
(1)  claims assistance services;
(2)  technology services, including the veterans website under Section 434.102;
(3)  health, financial, rehabilitation, and housing services;
(4)  employment and reemployment services;
(5)  legal services, including the veterans treatment court program under Chapter 124;
(6)  state and federal education benefits;
(7)  grants available to veterans;
(8)  entrepreneurial services under Section 434.022; and
(9)  mental health services.
(b)  The community outreach campaign must include outreach efforts at:
(1)  community centers;
(2)  places of worship; and
(3)  any other place in a community where veterans routinely gather, as determined by the commission.
(c)  The commission shall collaborate with, and may contract with, community-based, nonprofit, or private organizations to implement the community outreach campaign under this section.
(d)  The commission may solicit and accept gifts and grants to fund the community outreach campaign under this section.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 562 (S.B. 591), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.