DAV will host an event on Capitol Hill on Sept. 12 to publicly release its new report, Women Veterans: The Journey Ahead, aimed at improving federal programs and services for America’s women veterans—a quickly growing demographic.

The report follows DAV’s 2014 publication, Women Veterans: The Long Journey Home, and makes a number of recommendations to improve federal programs offered to women veterans and calls for the establishment of additional services, continued research and changes in policy to ensure this growing population remains a priority as the VA continues to undergo reforms.

“As we learn more through VA research about the impact of military service on the physical and mental health of this population and their specific needs, continued adjustments in federal programs and policies and new legislation will be needed to address the new programmatic gaps identified in this report,” said DAV National Legislative Director Joy Ilem. “Despite the outsized influence on the Capitol Hill legislative agenda since the 2014 publication, much more remains to be done.”

The report will be available online on Sept. 12.