Veterans who are on the street often perceive their problems as insurmountable. The Veteran X setting teaches Veterans how to tackle each scenario and then apply the solutions to their own lives.
All too often, we hear or read about Veterans who are in distress or having difficulty adapting to life after Service in the military.
VA’s Vet Centers are the focus of a surprise video […]
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM)—an annual campaign to raise public awareness about sexual assault and to educate communities and individuals about how to prevent sexual violence. This year, VA adopted the theme of “Honoring Veterans’ Voices, Helping Military Sexual Trauma Survivors to Heal” for its SAAM activities.
This article was originally posted on Inside Veterans Health. Sex […]
Dr. Dee Ramsel, PhD, Executive Director of VHA’s National Center […]
On Feb 2, 2015, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the […]
The Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act […]
Social workers play an important role in delivering proactive, personalized, […]
In 2000, I ran. I was still running away from the guilt, shame, and anger of what I went through in the war. Chronic homelessness and life on the streets became my new reality until I found out about the VA Leeward CBOC in 2013. Another homeless Veteran friend of mine saw me on the streets and said he had been getting help from the H-PACT team. He told me to go get help.
For some veterans, managing the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder […]
In 2006, VA began a national training initiative to help […]