Tag: Homeless Veterans

Today is American Independence Day, a time to celebrate.

The politicians are throwing out a bone, but only after the ACLU filed a lawsuit.

For two-and-a-half years, fellow Veterans in Los Angeles and around the country have repeatedly written you and respectfully requested that you make major changes at the Los Angeles National Veterans Home.

Thousands of homeless Veterans find shelter each year through a little-known program called the Housing and Urban Development

VA Butler Healthcare recently held its first annual VA2K Walk & Roll event to promote wellness and benefit local homeless Veterans. 133 employees walked and rolled in the event, as well as several Veterans, volunteers, and members of the community.

Recently, a VA News segment on the Suicide Prevention Hotline received a 2011 People’s Telly Award for TV Programs and Segments.

National Coalition of Homeless Veterans (NCHV) is a lobby firm and a public affairs broker in Washington DC. 76,000 Veterans were homeless on any given night in 2009, while 136,000 Veterans spent at least one night in a shelter that year.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is hosting a nationwide 2K Walk and Roll event at more than 130 VA facilities on June 2 in support of employee wellness month. The event will also encourage employee and local community support of homeless Veterans.

HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT Remember all those columns I wrote back in the early 2000s when our local veterans were fighting to...

SAN DIEGO-Veterans Village of San Diego (VVSD) just completed another successful year operating the Veterans Winter Shelter, serving 361 veterans, the majority of them chronically homeless, during its four months of operation between December 8, 2010 and April 7, 2011.

Below are web-sites that provide information on Veterans benefits and how to file/ask for them. Accordingly, there are many sites that explain how to obtain books, military/medical records, information and how to appeal a denied claim with the VA. Please pass this information on to every Veteran you know. Nearly 100% of this information is free and available for all veterans, the only catch is: you have to ask for it, because they won't tell you about a specific benefit unless you ask for it. You need to know what questions to ask so the right doors open for you and then be ready to have an advocate who is willing to work with and for you, stay in the process, and press for your rights and your best interests.

March 23 (development) and March 29 (financing) Since the first Stand Down in 1988, the program has become a catalyst for homeless veterans...

Los Angeles – California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) Acting Secretary Rocky Chavez today signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with several Southern California homeless veteran service providers, giving “graduates” from their programs priority consideration for admission to the Veterans Homes of California.

It has been nearly impossible to comprehend where these sudden concerns about the deficit came from. Why? Because the people doing the most complaining were in charge when it all happened.

WASHINGTON (CNNMoney.com) -- Among the more controversial GOP budget cut proposals is an effort to kill $75 million that's slated to house homeless veterans. It's...

Will the GOP ever understand that when it comes to veterans, they cannot pay the price for their service depending on who is in charge or which way the wind blows? They served this country in good financial times as well as bad times. They get hurt, by body or mind, because the elected at the time decided to send them to war. Some of them signed up because we were at war while others signed up in case we had to go to war. What they need should never, ever be fair game in budget battles.

First 40 bills for veterans submitted in House of Representatives. Depleted uranium testing for troops again advanced as bill, it is about time to assure that this is done.

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. Urgent Reminder: Deadline at Midnight January 27 to Enroll in VA Health Care In January 2008 Congress increased...

While helping to distribute goods and services on Saturday, Secretary and Mrs. Shinseki greeted and met area homeless Veterans at the Washington, DC VA...

The Orlando VA had a meeting this morning on addressing the homeless veterans population. While all said that was being done sounds great I...

After nearly three years of battling VA bureaucrats, a wealthy homeowner group, and complicit politicians over the abuse and misappropriation of Veterans property, the...

This headline sounds like a good story as it is but it only gets better from here. One of the neighbors, it turns out,...

Veterans helping Veterans and the VA and LA Cops making veterans' lives a deeper hell.Robert Rosebrock, Director, Old Veterans Guard, writes letter to General...

The sound of men’s voices echoed through the concrete columns of Lower Wacker Drive, desolate and frigid on a recent stormy Sunday night. Nearby,...

In continuing coverage, ABC's This Week (12/26, 10:00 a.m. ET) broadcast that many Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are "finding their transition to civilian life overwhelming, sometimes complicated by post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, unemployment, and difficulty adjusting to ordinary life after the extreme environment of combat. Thousands of veterans have been left homeless," said ABC, which did note that the Department of Veterans Affairs has teamed up with New York City's "Department of Homeless Services to help identify and house veterans in need." Bob Woodruff, who covered this story for ABC , said at the end of his report that while the "government is doing a lot" to help homeless vets, "all these holes" in assistance have to be filled "in the private world, as well."

UPDATE to homeless veterans. It looks like the VA may want to stop veterans from living on the streets only so far. This is a...

VA’s Homeless Intervention Program Nears Roll Out; Provider Groups Sought for Applications, Training WASHINGTON  (Dec. 16, 2010) – A homeless-prevention program by the Department of...

A seemingly good numbers report on homeless veterans has also shown what some of these veterans were dealing with while forgotten by the American...

- For Dr. Joel Feiner, homeless veterans are "not details" as some politicians say, they're human beings. Over the years, as many as 200...

- Asked what the Department of Veteran's Affairs' responsibility is to homeless veterans, Johnson declared that his election fight against Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI)...

 - Untold Casualties in the VA’s Drug War in Los Angeles County—site of more homeless Veterans than any other county in the nation - By Robert...

IS THERE A PROGRAM TO HOUSE VETERANS IN VACANT OR REPOSSESSED HOMES? By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor I don't know how many of us fall...

For some veterans, however, the struggle to secure compensation for service-induced trauma continues unabated

From What Really Happened: I was in San Diego this weekend and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this temporary tent city to help...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that nearly 8,000 homeless veterans will get permanent housing assistance through a HUD rental assistance program that connects homeless veterans from local Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMC) with rental assistance vouchers provided by local public housing agencies. HUD's Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program (HUD-VASH) will provide local public housing agencies with $58.6 million in funding specifically targeted to assist homeless veterans in their area.