VA outreach specialist to address veterans coalition May 28

Mark Taylor, a Veterans Affairs community outreach specialist, will address the Delaware Veterans Coalition at 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 28, at FOP Lodge 3, 1584 Kitts Hummock Road, Dover.

Taylor serves the VA in Wilmington. His focus is assisting veterans enrolling in VA healthcare, and understanding and accessing the benefits they’ve earned with their service. He will address efforts the VA is employing to better assist veterans both locally and nationally.

Prior to joining the VA, Taylor served as director of veteran services for Catholic Charities, Diocese of Camden, N.J., where he led programs to assist homeless and low-income veterans and their families in acquiring permanent housing and a path back to normalcy. He has also traveled across the nation in disaster relief efforts.

After enlisting in 1995, Taylor served 12 years active duty in the U.S. Army, later serving in both the Delaware and New Jersey Army National Guard.

Delaware Veterans Coalition meetings and membership are open to all honorably discharged veterans residing in Delaware.

For more information, go to www.DelawareVeteransCoalition.com.