ABC15 reports that military veterans held at the Maricopa County jails in Arizona will now be separated from other inmates and will receive programming targeted specifically to them, according to Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s office. However, the new program will not affect veterans convicted of felonies. Read more (original source unavailable; archive options).

CNN reports that the Wounded Warrior Project plans to spend $20 million to provide almost 40,000 post-9/11 veterans with $500 stipends if the government shutdown causes a stall in payment of veteran’s benefits. Read more.

USA Today reports that the Department of Veteran Affairs will have to suspend the processing of veterans’ claims for pensions, compensation, education, and vocational rehabilitation if the government shutdown lasts beyond late October. Read more.

A new report by the American Legion (original source unavailable; archive options) says that the Department of Veteran Affairs and Department of Defense treatments for traumatic brain injury are not well defined and those for PTSD are inadequate, according to the Marine Corps Times (original source unavailable; archive options).

The Washington Post reports that a federal government shut down could affect the Department of Veterans Affairs’ benefits programs and its efforts to decrease veteran disability claims backlogs. Read more.

Cronkite News Service and KJZZ (original source unavailable; archive options) report that the Arizona Department of Transportation became a part of the Partnership for Youth Success program Thursday. The program focuses on connecting Army veterans with jobs when they are finished with their service.

CBS News reports that the number of narcotics being proscribed by the VA is up 259 percent in the last 11 years—and veterans are dying of accidental overdose of narcotic painkillers at a higher rate than non-veterans. Read more.