; and (2) develop a strategy to ensure the availability of resources necessary for the function of such office, as determined by the Secretary as a result of the assessment. 3. Improvements to outreach services provided by Secretary of Veterans Affairs to individuals who served in the uniformed services and dependents of such individuals (a) Short title This section may be cited as the Survivor Solid Start Act of 2024 . (b) Expansion of outreach services Subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 6301(b)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively; (B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following new paragraph: (1) the term covered individual means— (A) a veteran; or (B) an individual who served in the uniformed services (as defined in section 1965(6) of this title); ; (C) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by striking veterans each place it appears and inserting covered individuals ; and (D) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking a person who served in the active military, naval, air, or space service and inserting a covered individual ; (2) in section 6302(b), by striking eligible veterans each place it appears and inserting covered individuals ; (3) in section 6303— (A) in subsection (a), by striking eligible veterans and inserting covered individuals ; (B) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking eligible veterans and inserting covered individuals ; (C) in subsection (c)(2), by striking veteran or dependent each place it appears and inserting covered individual or eligible dependent ; and (D) in subsection (d), by striking veterans and inserting covered individuals ; (4) in section 6306— (A) in subsection (a), by striking eligible veteran and inserting covered individual ; and (B) in subsection (b)— (i) by striking opportunities for veterans and inserting opportunities for covered individuals ; (ii) by striking eligible veterans and inserting covered individuals