Street Vets – PBS Homeless Veteran Documentary Film
Street Vets – PBS Homeless Veteran Documentary Film – DVD available at www.recordtoinspire.com. Over 100000 United States Veterans are homeless every year. In a powerful, one-hour documentary, filmmaker Issac Goeckeritz takes viewers into the largely invisible world of homeless veterans and the difficult, but hopeful, pathways home.
Substance Abuse Continues to Be An Issue for Vets
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The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse found that alcohol use remains high for the 30 million veterans in the U.S. Twenty-three percent of male veterans admit to regularly binge drinking, as do 14 percent female veterans. According to data from …
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Training Program Aims To Prep Soldiers For Civilian Jobs
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Jeff Pratt, who has nearly 20 years of military service under his belt, found a civilian job with the help of an innovative new jobs program led by the Minnesota National Guard. Thousands of Minnesota soldiers deployed in … career planning and even …
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Salisbury woman starting faith-based transitional substance recovery abuse …
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They were drawn to Salisbury like a magnet, mainly for its Veterans Administration facility. He was on the interstate, saw a sign and immediately took the exit to Salisbury. Oscar, who has a Ph.D. in psychology, specializing in substance abuse, was …
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Bills show GOP majority's agenda emerging
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He said he was not ready to give specifics of upcoming bills, but ideas that legislators have floated include creating Medicaid co-payments and drug-testing Medicaid beneficiaries, as well as unspecified measures aimed at eliminating waste, fraud and …
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