Warrior & Family Support News “Keeping Faith with the Military Family” Tuesday, 23 September 2014 Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Warrior & Family Support Office Use of these news items does not reflect official endorsement. Reproduction for private use or gain is subject to original copyright restrictions. LINK OF INTEREST: Military Continues Battle Against Suicide Department of Defense Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Michael E. Bobeck, special assistant to the director of the Army National Guard, spoke Sept. 19 at the Psychological Health and Resilience Summit at Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia. His topic was ... COMMUNITIES IN ACTION NALHD receives $2 million rural veterans grant Scottsbluff Star Herald NALHD and veteran and community organizations serving veterans and their families will train local health departments and their partner organizations in veteran-specific needs and resources. These teams will be led by a veteran outreach worker and ... Team Red, White, and Blue Works to Connect Veterans to Community TWC News Really, its a community-based organization. So, we welcome everyone, because its really about helping veterans connect with members in their community, said Nick Armstrong, veteran outreach director for the groups Syracuse chapter. The original ... Doing Good: Volunteers transform Vietnam vets home Atlanta Journal Constitution The Celebration of Service event comes through The Home Depot Foundation, which focuses its philanthropic efforts on improving the homes and lives of U.S. military veterans and their families and aiding communities affected by natural disasters. On 9 ... WELLNESS Private Effort to Address Veterans Mental Health Needs Could Aid VA Health ... Insurance News Net A unique partnership to support private efforts to provide mental health services to veterans and their families could provide a model for similar efforts should federal officials decide to expand privately provided health care as part of reform of the ... Many Veterans Adapt to a Strange World, One With Walls New York Times By most accounts, the effort has made significant strides, placing 51,000 veterans in housing and establishing what advocates for the homeless say is a promising model that gives veterans the stability of housing before tackling underlying problems ... Barton eyes tool proven to reduce military suicides Waxahachie Daily Light Operation 3-Minute, designed for the Army by Real Life Management, founded by Midlothian businessman Wayne Nance, has proven in its pilot phase to identify soldiers in crisis and allow the Army to provide assistance, helping prevent suicide and acts of ... EMPLOYMENT 5 Policies for Improving Data Use to Accelerate Veteran Employment Center For American Progress When veterans leave the service and reenter the civilian workforce, they are coming from a job that required significant training and tremendous responsibility. As new employees, this wealth of experience and unique set of skills theoretically should ... Using Big Data to Put Veterans Back to Work Bacons Rebellion Those figures alone are grounds for thinking that Virginia is more committed than many other states to promote veteran employment. In one example of that states commitment, the commonwealth helped pioneer a public-private open data collaborative, ... Career Coach: Helping military veterans succeed Chicago Daily Herald This can be exasperating to vets -- that regardless of all their military training, education and certifications, they still have to show the value of these credentials to potential employers. A Pew Research Center survey noted that 44 percent of ... Whats Going on with Young Veterans in the Labor Market? Brookings Institution One thing that jumps out is that veterans under 30 are much less educated than their peers. Data from the 2012 American Community Survey show that just 30 percent of those aged 25 to 30 have completed an associates degree or higher, compared to 44 ... EDUCATION Program Offers Military Spouses College Credits for Life Experiences Military Many colleges use the system to attract veterans, allowing them to turn military experience into college credit. The Defense Department pilot program will allow military spouses to connect with education advisors through the Spouse Education and Career ... Group wants to aid student veterans when GI Bill ends The Coloradoan Donna Chapel, founding member of philanthropic initiative They Said Yes, said the collaborative hopes to fill the financial gaps left by the G.I. Bill, allowing more veterans to earn a degree. The G.I. Bill covers 36 months of collegiate-level ... Very Respectfully, //SIGNED// JASON A. SCHMIDT, Lt Col, USAF Deputy Director, Warrior and Family Support Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The Pentagon Washington DC 20318-9999 Office: (703) 692-2105 jcs.mil/wfs
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