Serving Those Who Served | 2025

'Veterans First: Focusing on our Mission of Serving Those Who Served'

Wednesday, Aug 20 & Thursday, Aug 21, 2025

Yakima Convention Center

10 North 8th Street

Yakima, Washington 98901

https://www.dva.wa.gov/stws

This two-day, veterans resource providers’ conference is not only aimed at establishing better collaboration and connection for all those who work with veterans and their families, but it will also provide a wealth of knowledge from industry experts in areas that impact the lives of our veterans and their families.

This conference provides collaboration with professionals from a variety of state agencies and community partners from across the state.

This two-day conference will include breakout sessions such as "An Employment Partnership between WorkSource and the Yakama Tribe" and "Understand the WorkSource System with a focus on Service to Veterans" presented by Employment Security. As well as sessions such as "Fly Tying" with Project Healing Waters and "Make a Song: Poetry and the Veteran Experience" presented by Washington State Arts Commission. Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs will be offering breakout sessions on topics such as "Veteran Benefits 101" and "VA Regional Office Update".

To learn more about this conference and/or how you can get involved, please email vtsc@dva.wa.gov 

Upon completion of registration, you will receive a confirmation email. If you do not receive the email, please contact vtsc@dva.wa.gov.