The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched VA for Vets (www.VAforVets.VA.gov) on Veterans Day, November 11, 2011. VA for Vets is an exciting new program created to help the Department achieve Secretary Eric K. Shinseki’s 40 percent Veteran employment goal and improve our Veteran-focused recruiting efforts.
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UCSD is conducting a brain imaging and cognition research study to better understand mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in combat veterans. Study participants will be administered a cognitive assessment (e.g., memory and attention tests), as well as undergo a brain MRI and answer questions related to their current life circumstances, mood, and fatigue.
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of Communications FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 22, 2012 White House Highlights Vietnam Veterans as “Champions of Change WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, May 24th, the White House Office of Public Engagement will honor eleven individuals within the veterans’ community, especially those who served in Vietnam, who are Champions of Change. These
Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce and Camp Pendleton launch Boots in Business: Program provides job shadowing, mentoring for local veterans The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, has launched Boots in Business, a Military Mentoring Initiative. The program helps veterans and their spouses prepare for civilian employment through job-shadowing and
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America said in a survey of its membership released in March that 16.7 percent of its members were unemployed. Among the unemployed, 24 percent said they could not find a job that matched their skills or experience, and 11 percent said they could not find a job that matched their level of education.
In a survey conducted this year of wounded Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, nearly 80 percent reported having symptoms of a combat-related mental health condition, and roughly half said they had a traumatic brain injury. Among the 2,300 Wounded Warrior Project members who responded to the survey, 62 percent said they currently have depression — nearly
After more than a decade of continuous warfare, the cost of disability compensation for wounded veterans is surging to mammoth proportions. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs expects to spend $57 billion on disability benefits next year. That’s up 25% from $46 billion this year, and nearly quadruple the $15 billion spent in 2000, before
Release of the Sea of Goodwill White Paper: Building the Bridge to Help Veterans & Their Families Creating and sustaining a long-term solution for better transitional support of veterans and their families as they return to civilian life requires participation and support of organizations and government at both the national and local levels. Authored by
For Immediate Release Contact: Barbara Nyegaard, ERISS April 4, 2012 bjn@eriss.com; 858-722-2177 ERISS Corporation, an award-winning, woman-owned business serving workforce organizations for 20 years announced today that they are teaming up with REBOOT, a reverse boot camp program recognized by the White House and REBOOT’s Executive Director Maurice Wilson, as a Champion of Change. “By
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