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VA Salt Lake City Health Care Systems offers a PTSD Assesment intake clinic every Tuesday at 11:00 am in the Bear Lake room of Builging 16. It is a walk-in only Assesment.

VA and Housing and Urban Development recently released a national report that shows Veteran homelessness fell nearly 12 percent between January 2010 and January 2011.

The act of being able to wake up in a warm bed, next to your spouse and then go to work is considered by some people to be ordinary, but not for Veteran Mark Galloway.

An Ohio-based "company is building vehicles used as mobile centers to expand veterans' access to counseling" and healthcare.

I was sent an email by a veteran who had lost his job last summer, and has been searching hard for a place to find work.

VA will host its first Veteran Career Fair and Expo on Jan. 18 in Washington, DC. The free event is for Veterans and will provide information on education, benefits, jobs, health care, and small business opportunities.

The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association (www.bluewaternavy.org) is seeking the public’s help.

I seldom get moved about a movie, or a cause, beyond the confines of my own home, where I take time for my own kids every day, day after day, week after week.

Despite successfully completing several rounds of rehab and staying sober for years at a time, Richard Myers has struggled with drug and alcohol abuse for most of his adult life.

Veterans of the Persian Gulf War with undiagnosed illnesses have an additional five years to qualify for benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

I recently read a story online about a little 8-year old girl from Israel and the trouble she encounters just going to her local elementary school everyday because some ultra-orthodox Jews living in a city called Beit Shemesh take offense to the way she dresses .

One of the first steps Veterans should take following retirement or separation from the military is to enroll in the VA for health care.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that all of its 152 medical centers are now actively represented on Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site.

Every day at the homeless veterans shelter in Boston at ten in the morning there was a huge influx of vets.

Almost 20 years ago I met a combat Vietnam Veteran named Robert Van Keuren and his partner in crime Dr. Jon Nachison both advocates like me doing work for homeless veterans in San Diego.

A friend of mine called and said: We should try to find ways to advance ourselves with our allies and even our perceived enemies by sharing our knowledge of prosthetics.

I was searching the internet the other day and came across a story online about a group collecting money for homeless Veterans outside a shopping center.

December 1 is World AIDS Day. View VA's HIV/AIDS homepage to learn facts about the disease, signs and symptoms, treatment options, and how to get tested at your local VA facility.

Forget about Occupy Wall Street. My readers and other Veteran Advocates nationwide say "Occupy HUD" and ask How many Iraqi or Afghanistan Combat Wounded Veterans Live in HUD Subsidized or Disability Housing?

We evaluated how well the Indianapolis VARO accomplishes its mission. The staff timely processed homeless veterans’ claims and effectively provided outreach efforts to homeless shelters and service providers.

With thousands of service men and women returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," the US Small Business Administration (SBA) is "welcoming them home with programs and initiatives to help them start, grow and expand their businesses.

As my readers already know, I volunteer once a month for the Veterans Hotline. This is a two-hour commitment and I will be "On Station" from 5am to 7am, the third Monday of each month.

A new Veterans nonprofit, "Veterans Workshop" has begun their nationwide recruitment for Volunteers who can assist with answering calls from American Veterans via a new Veterans911 hot-line.

The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced the Badges for Vets contest for creating digital “badge” systems to help Veterans translate their military skills into civilian jobs.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is implementing a telephone support program to help the spouses of returning Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, after a pilot telephone support program showed significant reduction in stress for spouses.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will join the National Family Caregivers Association to recognize and appreciate dedicated partners providing daily health care for Veterans during National Family Caregiver Month in November.

VA for Vets, an outstanding new program to help Veterans find appropriate careers at the Department of Veterans Affairs, officially launched on Veterans Day.

The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Rural Health (ORH) is joining the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) and other state and national rural stakeholders in celebrating the first-ever National Rural Health Day today.

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to enter into agreements to provide more than 1,000 additional units of permanent and transitional housing for Veterans at various sites on VA medical center campuses nationwide.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki today announced the publication of a final regulation in the Federal Register on clothing allowance that expands the eligibility criteria for Veterans with multiple prosthetic and orthopedic devices or skin conditions caused by prescribed medications.

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Life Insurance Program has once again validated, through a renowned independent survey, that Veterans and their beneficiaries are very highly satisfied with the service they receive.

“Honoring our sacred trust with our Veterans means doing all we can to help them find work when they come home.

The Million Veteran Project is a partnership between VA and Veterans to better understand how genes affect health and illness in order to improve health care for Veterans.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced its information technology (IT) systems development metrics for fiscal year (FY) 2011, highlighting its successful delivery of 89 percent of all IT project milestones.

Make the Connection helps Veterans recognize they are not alone in their experience. Learn how other Vets have overcome challenges, reached positive outcomes for treatment and recovery, and found paths to fulfilling lives. Read more at VAntage Point.

Make the Connection, a new campaign launched by the Department of Veterans Affairs, is creating ways for Veterans and their family members to connect with the experiences of other Veterans.

A newly formed Veterans Affairs (VA) advisory committee will provide a forum for joint planning and coordination between VA and the nation’s health professions schools and universities.

Last week we asked the Honorable Shawn L.S. Donovan, Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development of HUD, the following question "Where has the HUD Veteran Resource Center (HUDVET) been hiding during our nations housing crisis?"

Dear Mr. Secretary: You no doubt heard about the disgraceful exit that collegiate football icon Joe Paterno was dealt at Penn State University.

The Continental Marines were the Marine Force of the American Colonies during the American Revolutionary War.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has a "Homeless Veterans Reintegration Project" that is operated out of the office of the Assistant Secretary of Veterans Employment and Training.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced a partnership with Milicruit.com to sponsor a nationwide, virtual online job fair on Nov. 10, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. EST.