‘Stand Down’ Connects Vets With the Help They’ve Earned

‘Stand Down’ connects vets with the help they’ve earned – A local vet overcomes substance abuse, PTSD, depression, unemployment and homelessness with the help of the VA. Now he helps other vets do the same.

Sequester This: Billions Wasted on Duplicative Federal Programs

Filed under: drug abuse help for veterans

Yet nobody, according to the GAO, has bothered to evaluate "the effectiveness of this assistance." Then there's the $ 4.5 billion spent by 15 federal agencies on 76 overlapping drug abuse programs. Since 2007, the government had evaluated just six of …
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Honoring Their Service

Filed under: drug abuse help for veterans

She got involved with veterans services four or five years ago when “a friend of mine at the VA said that we need a transitional living facility, specifically for people with mental health and substance abuse issues.” She and a team wrote a proposal …
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