2nd Annual CIAV Conference Coverage – Experts: Vets Need More Comprehensive Care
“As organizations throughout the U.S. work to help combat veterans, the Coalition for Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans decided to bring them all together so they could share knowledge about what they’re doing and talk about what still needs to be done. CIAV is a clearinghouse of 50 agencies that seek to help veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
USA Cares Announces Texas Program to help Veterans get PTSD/TBI Treatment
The organization forms partnership with VA and other private sector providers
Radcliff, KY - USA Cares, a nationally renowned charity dedicated to providing financial assistance to our military and their families, has begun a new assistance program aimed at helping veterans afford the costs of attending treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder/Traumatic Brain Injury.
BAE SYSTEMS PROVIDES GENEROUS SUPPORT TO HELP FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN THROUGH TAPS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 5, 2009
WASHINGTON – A premier global defense, security and aerospace company, BAE Systems, is providing support to TAPS, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, to help the families of fallen servicemen and women. TAPS organizers say that it is not only the generous financial gift that is appreciated, but also the personal touch provided by BAE Systems employee involvement that warms the heart.
Legislator helps Jacob’s Light Foundation with supplies for troops
Suffolk County Legis. Steve Stern (D-Huntington) chairman of the Veterans and Seniors Committee, joined with dozens of volunteers to help the Jacob’s Light Foundation with its year-end packing of holiday cheer for our troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Stern also awarded a $1,000 legislative grant to the foundation to help defray the cost of shipping the care packages overseas. READ MORE »
Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund: World Class Medical Facility Breaks Ground for Military Personnel to Combat Traumatic Brain Injury at National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda, MD – The Honorable Robert Gates, Secretary, Department of Defense, the Honorable Dr. Donald C. Winter, Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable James Peake, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, Rear Admiral Richard R. Jeffries, Commander, National Naval Medical Center, READ MORE »
NEW LAWYERS SERVING WARRIORS™ PROGRAM HELPS IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN VETERANS GET BENEFITS AND HEALTHCARE THEY DESERVE
NVLSP Advocates say free legal services for wounded and discharged veterans will help those returning from war with PTSD and other injuries
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 3, 2008
WASHINGTON – Legal eagles are descending into the emerging healthcare crisis over how injured and disabled veterans serving in Iraq and Afghanistan are treated READ MORE »
Operation Homefront: Visitors to Gettysburg National Military Park Send Messages to the Troops
NEWS RELEASE
Contact:
Dru Anne Neil
717-338-1243
dneil@gettysburgfoundation.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TAPS OFFERS WEBINAR ON “WORKING WITH THE BEREAVED: SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENT”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 12, 2008
ONE Freedom Announces a New Website Designed to Provide Education and Healing to America’s Service Members, Veterans, Families and Care Providers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COLORADO—November 11, 2008—Incoming President Obama has called for both citizens and communities to step up and address the many issues facing America. One of those issues is the reintegration of hundreds of thousands of veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. To answer his call and this powerful issue, the community-based non-profit ONE Freedom is stepping up to expand delivery of its reintegration training programs from the front range of Colorado to a national scale, by rolling out a new state-of-the-art website. READ MORE »
Experts Gather for Second Annual NMFA Youth Initiatives Summit “Research, Policy, Action”
For Immediate Distribution
Contact:
Michelle Joyner
703-931-6632
publicrelations@nmfa.org
http://www.nmfa.org/
ALEXANDRIA, VA October 28, 2008 — Last Wednesday, The National Military Family Association (NMFA) hosted its second Youth Summit: “Research, Policy, Action.” READ MORE »
