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The Women Veterans Page Is a Federal Signpost, Not a State Programme

The state division publishes a women veterans page for an estimated ten thousand women veterans. What it lists is federal health care and mental health provision. It names no state coordinator, no state programme office and no state housing or childcare provision.

Verified August 23, 2026

What this benefit is

The state division publishes a women veterans page for an estimated ten thousand women veterans. What it lists is federal health care and mental health provision. It names no state coordinator, no state programme office and no state housing or childcare provision.

What it's worth: A signpost to federal women veteran care — no state entitlement behind it

  • The division states there are an estimated 10,000 women veterans in the state.
  • The page sits under outreach and support in the division’s own navigation.
  • The health care it lists is federal: primary care, gynaecological care, maternity care, birth control, infertility evaluation and treatment excluding in-vitro fertilisation, menopause evaluation and treatment, osteoporosis screening and treatment, cancer screenings, mammograms, wellness and healthy living, nutrition and weight management, and stop smoking programmes.
  • The mental health provision it lists is also federal: management of depression, anxiety and stress, adjustment from deployment, and counselling and treatment for military sexual trauma, parenting and caregiver issues, violence, and alcohol and drug dependence.
  • The contacts given are the federal health benefits call centre on 1-877-222-8387 and the division’s central support office at 351 Collins Road, Boise, on 208-780-1300.
  • No dedicated women veterans coordinator or programme office is named on the page.
  • No women-specific housing or childcare provision is described, and no statutory authority is cited.

Who is entitled to it

  • You served, which is the gate here.
  • Your home is in this state.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Enrol in federal health care first. That is what the state page is actually describing, and enrolment is the gate to every service it lists.
  2. 2Ring the division on 208-780-1300 for claims help and advocacy, which is what it does have, rather than for a women veterans specialist it does not name.
  3. 3Ask the division whether a women veterans coordinator exists but is unpublished. A page that names none is evidence, not proof.
  4. 4For military sexual trauma care, the federal route does not require a service-connected rating or a filed claim — do not let a rating question stop the referral.
File with
Division of Veterans Services, central support office — or the federal health system directly
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
CorrectionDirectories that list a state women veterans programme here are counting a web page. The services on that page belong to the federal health system, and the state contribution is the link — which matters, because a woman veteran who is not enrolled federally gets nothing from any of it.

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