American Hero Books Here!
American Hero Books™ are insert your own picture™ books for the infant-preschool age children of US military members and first responders. These books help the young child understand and feel proud of Daddy or Mommy’s very important job and keep Daddy or Mommy present in the child’s mind while that parent is away during training and deployment. Read, march, and bark along with our fun and simple descriptions and insert your own picture over those printed in the book to see Mommy or Daddy at work as a US Service Member.
The American Hero Books™ series is the signature line of books produced by Heart Star READ MORE »
Combat to Community Cultural Competence Training Prepares Law Enforcement
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For more information, please contact:
Colleen Corliss, Communications Director
Office: 415-655-7248; Mobile: 202-415-6101 (media only)
Email: ccorliss(at)stp-sf.org
Responding to Recent Violence Perpetrated by Iraq Veterans READ MORE »
VA To Host Major Veteran Career Fair in Washington D.C.
Federal Agencies, Private Sector Companies Partner to Hire Veterans on the Spot
WASHINGTON — Answering the President’s call to expand employment opportunities for America’s Veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs will host a major Veteran-focused career fair and exposition with thousands of public and private-sector on-the-spot hiring opportunities for Veterans on Wednesday, Jan. 18, in Washington. Senior VA officials are expected to attend the event, which will take place at the Walter E. Washington Convention READ MORE »
Widow: After 8 Deployments, Army Ranger Takes Own Life
Wash. – A soldier’s widow says his fellow Army Rangers wouldn’t do anything to help him before he took his own life – after eight deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Army found Staff Sgt. Jared Hagemann’s body at a training area of Joint Base Lewis McChord a few weeks ago.
A spokesman for the base tells KOMO News that the nature of the death is still undetermined. But Staff Sgt. Hagemann’s widow says her husband took his own life – and it didn’t need to happen.
“It was just horrible. And he would just cry,” says Ashley Hagemann. READ MORE »
Studies on Female Vets Influence VA Health Care
The large number of women serving in the military and in combat zones for extended periods is producing reams of data that will shape health care and programs for female service members and veterans for years to come, analysts say.
With nearly 214,000 women on active duty and roughly 240,000 women having deployed to operational theaters since 2001, researchers are poring over information and interviewing female veterans to study a host of issues.
More studies have been produced on women in the military in the past six years than were issued in READ MORE »
Meeting the Needs of Todays Warriors and Their Families
From 2006 to 2010, an anonymous donor (since revealed) invested approximately $250 million in the well-being of service members, veterans, families and survivors impacted by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The funds were distributed to over 50 organizations, including the Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans (CIAV), to build a network of care, to shepherd ties between grantee agencies serving individuals and build public/private partnerships with our colleagues in the DoD, VA, Department of Labor, and other relevant government entities. This investment has been phenomenal, and services have grown and matured, but we find ourselves facing new challenges in a tough economy. READ MORE »
Vets With PTSD, Government Reach Settlement
WASHINGTON — More than a thousand Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder would be given lifetime disability retirement benefits such as military health insurance under the terms of a settlement reached between the government and the veterans.
Attorneys for the veterans, the Justice Department and the military jointly filed a motion on Thursday that spelled out the terms. The settlement must be approved by a judge to be final.
It also affects another thousand veterans who already had lifetime retirement benefits, but would READ MORE »
House Panel Votes to Fix GI Bill Payment Rules
A House panel has passed a plan to improve the accuracy of Post-9/11 GI Bill payments to schools, after modifying the bill in response to concerns from veterans groups about unintended consequences — including the possibility that a student could be barred from attending school while payments are being calculated.
The bill, HR 2301, is an attempt to cut down on situations in which a student ends up owing money to the Veterans Affairs Department because of an overpayment.
As passed Thursday by the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee’s economic opportunity panel, the bill READ MORE »
VA Launches Childcare Pilot
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced the launch of free, drop-in childcare service centers at three VA medical centers to an audience of more than 700 participants attending the Fifth National Summit on Women Veterans’ Issues July 15-17 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill.
“We know that many Veterans, particularly women Veterans, are the primary care takers of young children,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. “We want these Veterans to have the opportunity to access the high-quality health care that VA offers, and we believe that these childcare centers will make it easier for Veteran caregivers to visit VA.” READ MORE »
Veteran Access to Housing Summit
Historic event on July 27 in San Antonio
The Home Depot Foundation and National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, in coordination with the Department of Veterans Affairs, are conducting a historic “Veteran Access to Housing Summit” in San Antonio on July 27. This intense full-day strategic work session is designed to explore and identify opportunities, and challenges, to increase permanent housing opportunities for low-income and formerly homeless veterans graduating from assistance programs.
As part of its Plan to End Veteran Homelessness by 2015, the VA has estimated there is a critical need READ MORE »
