Resources For State Advocacy

  • Military and Veterans Legislation Database (NCSL)

    NCSL is a great way to review current and proposed state level legislation.

  • Defense-State Liaison Office (DSLO)

    DSLO advocates for state level legislation in support of active duty members. See their priorities. As a member of SLEF, you will have access to DSLO representatives at key meetings and can discuss priorities.

  • MOAA Legislative Advocacy Page

    Click to see what MOAA is focused on at the national level.

  • Forum Roster

    This is our current roster of SLEF representatives with contact information. If you’d like to be added or removed, or find errors, please contact any of the SLEF team directly.

  • Veteran Actuarial Data

    Lots of interesting state level breakouts of information on such things as military retirement pay.  Updated annually in July.

  • Veterans Administration Expenditures By State

    Check in here to see where the VA is spending it’s money.

  • DoD Community Cooperation

    The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation is a unique line function that furthers the priorities of the National Defense Strategy by supporting our warfighters and ensuring the readiness and lethality of our defense missions through technical and financial assistance to states, counties, municipalities, regions, and other communities.

  • Veteran Administration Veteran Population Stats

    The U.S. Veteran population by state and a variety of other data sets. See where veterans are, projections for the future, modeling data and more.

  • Breakdown of Veterans By State

    Simple map and table showing where veterans live in the US.

  • Veteran Administration Veteran Suicide Data

    Veteran suicide data, providing insights into the single advocacy issue (Veteran suicide prevention) every state should agree is the number one concern for veterans and military members. We added this to ensure all visitors to our site consider advocating for more effective Veteran suicide prevention programs in their state.

  • RAND Veteran Suicide Analysis

    A well supported analysis of veteran suicide. Please consider advocating for veteran suicide programs in your state our community.

  • State Veteran Service Office

    Find the contact information for the veteran service office in every state..