...Homeless Veterans QNT/275 05/16/2016 Joseph Krupka Homeless Veterans There are too many homeless veterans living on the streets. Our American veterans have put their lives on the line, yet America still allows for its veterans to live on the streets with no shelter. I am on a mission still, a mission to help the veterans get off the streets. The Star of Hope Mission is a nonprofit organization that was founded back in 1906. The founder Reverend Pevoto arrived in Houston with a vision. According to "Star Of Hope" (2016), Mr. Pevotos mission was to come to “establish a refuge for Houston’s lost community of men—men who had fallen on hard times and never recovered, men who were alcoholic, helpless and hopeless with no place to go. It was to be named the Star of Hope Mission” (History). I currently work for the Star of Hope mission as a homeless outreach specialist and veteran subject matter expert. As a disabled veteran myself. It saddens me to see that about 20% of the homeless people that I come across have served their country and still live on the streets. I have come up with the 20% based off of some sampling that I have collected while out in the field working. On every Wednesday, I hand out Hygiene kits and water at the (EAC) Houston Emergency Aid Coalition as I hand out goods I would ask each client if they are a veteran or not. Asking the clients allows me to determine if there are additional programs to get our clients permanent housing. My results where...
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...History: Our hope for the future. Veterans are the brave men and women who have served and fought for our freedom. They have risked their lives and many have died or been seriously injured in the line of duty. Some choose to be in the military for a shorter amount of time and some choose to make it a lifetime career. Veterans come from different branches such as, Army, Navy, National Guard, Air force, Marines, and Coast Guards. If it wasn’t for the brave men and women who fought for this country it wouldn't be what it is today. Because of them we are a free country and have rights that other countries do not have. Many suffer from illnesses such as PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder), agent orange, TBI (Traumatic brain injury)...
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...Warrior Resource Call Center and trained specialists who are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone at 1-800-342-9647 or by e-mail at wwrc@militaryonesource.com. Advocacy/Support - Disabled American Veterans* www.dav.org The DAV’s 1.2 million members provide grassroots advocacy and services in communities nationwide. From educating lawmakers and the public about important issues to supporting services and legislation to help disabled veterans — the DAV is there to promote its message of hope to all who have served and sacrificed. Advocacy/Support - National Veterans Foundation* www.nvf.org Our Mission: to serve the crisis management, information and referral needs of all U.S. Veterans and their families through: * Management and operation of the nation’s only toll-free helpline for all veterans and their families. * Public awareness programs that shine a consistent spotlight on the needs of America’s veterans. * Outreach services that provide veterans and families in need with food, clothing, transportation, employment, and other essential resources. Advocacy/Support - Salute Inc.* www.saluteinc.org SALUTE, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing awareness and support of issues facing active military personnel, veterans and their families and to provide financial support through advocacy and fundraising. Advocacy/Support - Silver Stars Families of America www.silverstarfamilies.org SSFOA is dedicated to supporting and assisting...
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...are a growing number of homeless veteran, who are either suffer a mental illness, or are susceptible to drug use. In the United States, there are over forty-eight thousand homeless veterans and out of that number, about thousand live in the Dallas area. The Veteran Affairs Office, has not effectively done enough to help our veterans get t the help that they deserve and need. A veteran would have to wait up to 60 days to get an appointment, and because of this long wait time, over 300,000 veterans have lost their life. Our team, which is a part of the Omitracs Company has come together and has come up with intensive solution to this growing problem....
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...Head: VETERANS DISABILITY SYSTEM 1 The Veterans Disability System: How Do We Fix the Claims Backlog? HCAD 660, 9041 Ceola Larry March 29, 2015 Turnitin Score 2% VETERANS DISABILTY SYSTEM 2 Abstract The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), once known as the Veterans Administration, was established in 1930. It is the second largest department of the federal government. Its main function is to provide benefits and support to veterans and their families. One of these benefits provided is disability compensation, which is administered by the Veterans Benefit Administration (VBA), one of three divisions of the VA. This compensations is given to U.S. military service members who are injured or develop illnesses while serving in the armed forces. Over the last 15 years or so, the disability claims, which allow these service members to receive compensation, have grown to such an amount, that the VA has fallen drastically behind in processing these claims. This has lead to an overwhelming issue, which has been labeled as the “claims backlog”. By the end of 2012, the claims backlog had reached over half a million claims. The VBA has implemented a Transformation Plan that hopes to solve this problem by the end of 2015. This report will discuss the veterans disability...
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...Issues Affecting Americas Veterans By Nakiah Woody COMM/215 March 9, 2015 John Clanton Issues Affecting Americas Veterans In today’s society we have so many issues that are surrounding our nation and some issues involve the very people that sacrificed so much in order to make this country a much safer place for us to reside in and raise our families. These individuals are special and strong and very much selfless these people are the individuals that serve in our United States military branches, whether it is the Navy, Marines, Air Force, or the Army each and every individual that served this country should be considered and respected whether they are past or present as remarkable individuals, it is because of them that we are allowed to be free and walk around in this great country of ours. Although, these feelings are the feelings of many it is sad that our veterans are not being completely supported by the people that they have put their lives on the line for. It is a disturbing situation when we as a people can walk down the street and see our veterans homeless and going without and barely receiving healthcare or getting overlooked for benefits and treatments. Recently, there has been a story in the news that many veterans had passed away while waiting on a secret list. It had been announced that at least 40 United States veterans in the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System had died while waiting in hopes of being treated by a physician, however it was...
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...outstanding assistance to military veterans and their families regardless of race, religion, gender, or ethnicity. Aid is provided to all veterans regardless of when they were in the military. We are committed to providing service with the dignity and respect deserved by all mankind. After the Vietnam War many veterans were forgotten about and had a hard time readjusting to civilian life. They also had a great many mental issues along with drug addiction. The hope of the United Soldiers of America is that we can provide better care for the Soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five years from now, United Soldiers of America will be one of the largest Non-Profit Organizations dedicated to providing outstanding assistance to Veterans. We will accomplish this vision by expanding our services and focusing on not only the physical needs of veterans and their families, but on the mental needs. Sometimes the emotional damage from being in combat is more harmful than the visible wounds. USA currently provides assistance to veterans and their families in Texas, Washington, and New York. Within the next five years we will focus on opening and another four service centers. The locations currently being considered are California, Georgia, Washington State, and Virginia. In order to accomplish this we will need to focus on advertising, recruitment for more volunteers, and additional funding. This will allow us to reach even more veterans. The VA has offered to act...
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...devastating and upsetting diagnosis to receive, on top of the heavy costs associated with trying to reproduce through medical means. Currently, medical benefits for veterans and active military do not cover medical infertility treatments, which makes things even harder for these military men and women to reproduce. (“Women Veterans”) Throughout the last decade there have been many attempts to pass legislation that would allow for infertility treatment and other reproductive issues to be covered under the military health care. These are extremely important bills because for many wounded veterans, infertility treatment, such as in vitro fertilization, may be their only hope of having a family. One of the first bills addressing...
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...the numbers are as follows: • Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Enduring Freedom (OEF): About 11-20 out of every 100 Veterans (or between 11-20%) who served in OIF or OEF have PTSD in a given year. Gulf War (Desert Storm): About 12 out of every 100 Gulf War Veterans (or 12%) have PTSD in a given year. • Vietnam War: About 15 out of every 100 Vietnam Veterans (or 15%) were currently diagnosed with PTSD at the time of the most recent study in the late 1980s, the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study (NVVRS). It is estimated that about 30 out of every 100 (or 30%) of Vietnam Veterans have had PTSD in their lifetime. (How Common is PTSD? (n.d.) Many have tried to come up with an effective treatment to help our service members suffering through PTSD. Although there are many types of treatment therapy and medication, this article will focus on using forms of meditation like Transcendental Meditation (TM) or yoga to help veterans suffering through PTSD. Veterans with PTSD There are many forms of treatment, the most common being a combination of therapy and medication. However as in all treatments in psychology, not all people respond well and others don’t find it effective. This causes many veterans to stop seeking treatment altogether. Some don’t even choose to report that they suffer from PTSD. PTSD which affects about one in five veterans, is typically triggered by the experience of a terrifying or life-threatening event. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares...
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...Have you ever wanted to be a hero, returning from a war you helped win? Have you ever wished to come home, to the sound of clapping and the look of admiration on everyone’s faces? Sure, war veterans are appreciative of all of this recognition, but being a veteran is more than that. Being a veteran isn’t about going to a war, to come back for the fame and glory. They experience many feelings of depression and yearning. They wish that they never joined the cause, and forget everything else. A hero that shared many of these same veteran feelings is Odysseus, a war veteran in the epic poem, The Odyssey, who is attempting to come home from a long war that ended because of him. Like all veterans, he struggled to accept his actions during the war,...
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...The Bonus Army was a gathering of World War 1 veterans in Washington, D.C., in the summer of 1932 to demand payment of their promised bonds. The Congress denied the bonds, and so then the army drove the veterans away. It was known as the march that changed the nation. The first American troops arrived in France, in June 1917. African Americans felt as they were treated as actual humans by the whites. As they arrived from Europe, the nation turned to honor the veterans with parades. Then the soldiers realized the high price they had paid, men that did not serve in the forces that stayed home and worked in the factory would have made ten times as much as a soldier would have. The soldiers thought that what they were asking for was not a bonus, that is was something they deserved and something they needed to fall back on. In 1924 congress granted the veterans universal compensation. Some things are not always fair, there was a catch. They did not get any of the money until 1945. This was called the Tombstone bonus. In 1928 Hoover was elected president. Just seven months later the stock market crashed, and the nation went into the Great Depression. In America...
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...within the department of veteran’s affairs. Here the veteran can grasp onto emotions with emotional regulations, while using distress tolerance strategies (Vujanovic et al., 2011). There are drawbacks for mindfulness treatments, being that some veterans traumas are newly developed and therefore veterans do not initially have the ability to yet handle the distress of the events. In these types of cases, alternative therapies should be explored. It may depend on the veteran’s current state of functionality to determine if mindfulness treatments are to be beneficial. Within the scope of therapies, a question in research was developed. How do OEF and OIF veterans access their treatment? Do veterans...
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...Army In Green Army In Green Junnie Clercin Juan Guerra, Justin Gabel Army in green Army in green is group of students who created a green building to help wounded veterans recuperate. In this passage you will find out how it was built and how ideas came along to make this green building possible. This composition will give you an idea about how this operation is being run and the reason it was built. The veterans who will read this story will be very pleased and appreciate the effort of them being recognized for their bravery and fighting for America. Mission Our mission is to make this building a safe environment for our veterans who have not been able to bounce back from being at war. We are a company who strives to make sure the veterans recover and have a place where they can call home, especially the ones who don’t have family or been abandoned by there family. We decided to build it at location where it is convenient not only for the veterans but for employees and there family or friends who want to visit. This green building will be located in Savannah, Georgia where the weather great with mild winters and nice summers. We pick this location because there are two veterans’ hospitals in that city. This building will have of 10 beautiful stories with a .23 acre parcel of land for solar powered panels. We try to make this building the greenest possible. It will not only save us money but will protect our environment. With the solar panels we can save money...
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...When returning home Veterans could be facing a myriad of situations that can either support the transition to civilian life or hinder it. While many assume that these roadblocks begin after discharge I was surprised to learn that often times these obstacles begin long before the service member is released from active duty. In the interview with GySgt. Diego Guerra, he discussed many of the barriers that he personally experienced while trying to transition to civilian life. An obstacle that seemed pervasive amongst active duty service members was the push back that many services members received from senior ranking officers regarding one's decision to separate from the military. GySgt. Guerra shared how his separation was delayed for months...
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...Marines and getting out, I feel that the Veterans Administration VA should do more and be more veteran friendly. While getting my school started I have seen and been thru so much red tape that some time my head just spins form all the waiting and long times . Doing more for our veterans Is the US Government doing all that it can for the recently discharged veteran’s. There are many young men and women that have served their country with pride and sacrifice that the average American will never know. We should never have to be put thru a system that is backlog worse than anything we have to offer. I feel that there needs to be a new system put into place and if that means that the government must give up this job to an outside company, it will only make the system that the veterans use better. Having to deal with the VA Having had to deal with and go thru the VA myself I can for one say that the system has many errors that need to be addressed. One is the long wait time for something as simple and being seen by a doctor. Two getting paperwork that the Military messed up corrected. Ways the system could change I know that by me writing this the system will never change, and I also know that right now that government has so much money tied into the VA that things will never change and the only ones that will suffer will be the veterans. Conclusion I would hope that one day there will be a system in place that will be more veteran friendly and easier to work with and...
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