VA Central California Health Care System

11/25/2025

11/24/2025

Concerned about your drinking? VA has treatments that can help you stop or reduce drinking, manage cravings, build your support system, set reachable goals, and cope with or avoid triggers that might cause a return to use.

Learn more about treatment: Mentalhealth.va.gov/substance-use/alcohol-use-disorder.asp

11/21/2025

VA extends Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers eligibility for certain Veterans and their family caregivers through Sept. 30, 2028.

11/20/2025

VA Winter Festival - You Are Invited🎄

Join us on the front steps of VA Fresno on Friday, December 5th for our annual Winter Festival!
All Veterans, community partners, VA Staff and their families are welcome.

This is a FREE event.

Activities will include:

• Pearl Harbor Remembrance
• Pictures with Santa
• Resource tables
• Games for children
• Refreshments
• Christmas Carols
• Facility tree lighting

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11/20/2025

Clinical Contact Center

The VA Sierra Pacific Network (VISN 21) VA Health Connect Clinical Contact Center phone system serving Veterans in Northern and Central California, Nevada, and Hawaii is now fully operational.

Patients can once again contact us at 833-983-0487 for primary care scheduling, assessment of medical symptoms and concerns, and prescription needs.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

11/20/2025

VA permanently housed 51,936 homeless Veterans across the country in fiscal year 2025.

11/20/2025

Veterans have the opportunity to ask questions and hear from VA Central California leadership regarding your VA healthcare.

11/19/2025

Clinical Contact Center Outage

The VA Sierra Pacific Network (VISN 21) VA Health Connect Clinical Contact Center serving Veterans in Northern and Central California, Nevada, and Hawaii is currently experiencing issues with our phone system.

This disruption impacts callers attempting to reach the Clinical Contact Center for primary care scheduling, outpatient pharmacy, and nursing triage needs. Technicians are working to restore the phone lines and resume service as quickly as possible. In the meantime:

• If you are having a medical emergency, please dial 911, or if you are considering su***de, please call 988 and press 1 to reach the Veterans Crisis Line.
• Pharmacy Health chat and MyHealtheVet secure message remain operational.
• For local primary care scheduling assistance, Veteran may use MyHealtheVet for online primary care scheduling through VA Online Scheduling or secure message their provider.

You can now manage your VA health care in the same place you manage your other VA benefits and services. Sign in to start using the new My HealtheVet experience on VA.gov. 

11/19/2025

Great news: The backlog of Veterans waiting for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs benefits is down 57% since the start of the second Trump Administration! https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-reduces-backlog-of-veterans-waiting-for-va-benefits-by-57/

11/18/2025

Join us tomorrow from 8 AM to 2 PM near the front lobby of VA Fresno, 2615 E Clinton Avenue.
"Empower Your Health: Learn About Diabetes"

Home Telehealth Nurses will provide you with educational tools and resources to help you effectively prevent or manage your diabetes.

11/18/2025

Join VA Central California for an important focus group. We want feedback on your VA health care experience.

Improving Women Veterans Health
December 1, 2025, 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Building 24 Auditorium, 2615 E Clinton Avenue, Fresno
Please RSVP by Nov. 28th to Kimberly Booze, Women Veteran Program Manager
(559) 286-8796, Kimberly.Booze@va.gov

11/18/2025

Join us for our Veterans Town Hall. It is a virtual event tomorrow (11/19) from 5-6 PM. VACCHCS Leadership and Subject Matter Experts engage with Veterans, providing updates on our programs and services. There will be a special focus on our clinics in Visalia, Merced, and Oakhurst. Phone-in or log-on tomorrow at 5 PM.