Disabled American Veteran

Mission Statement

Made up exclusively of men and women disabled in our nation’s defense, the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) is dedicated to one, single purpose, building better lives for all our nation’s disabled veterans and their families. This mission is carried forward by:

·         Providing free, professional assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services earned through military service and provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other agencies of government;

·         Providing outreach concerning its program services to the American people generally, and to the disabled veterans and their families specifically;

·         Representing the interests of disabled veterans, their families, their widowed spouses and their orphans before congress, the White House and the Judicial Branch, as well as the state and local government;

·         Extending the DAV’s mission of hope into the communities where these veterans and their families live through a network of state-level Departments and local Chapters;

·         Providing a structure through which disabled veterans can express their compassion for their fellow veterans through a variety of volunteer programs.

As adopted by the National Executive Committee

August 22, 1998

Organizational Vision AND VALUE

VISION

      The Disabled American Veterans is committed to fulfilling its mission of building better lives for America’s disabled veterans and their families through service, quality, integrity, and leadership in representation and advocacy services now and in the future. We will maintain the highest ethical standards as a charitable organization through which our society can express its gratitude to the men and women who continue to pay the price of our nation’s freedom.

VALUES

• Services: To build better lives for the service –connected disabled veterans and their families and to keep that mission first and foremost in all that we do.
• Quality: To provide the highest possible quality representation and advocacy service to veterans, their families and survivors.
• Integrity: To maintain the highest ethical and moral standards as a charitable service organization accountable to those we serve as well as those who support us.
• Leadership: to plan strategically and act to guarantee our future preeminence as a provider of advocacy and voluntary services to veterans.