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NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Veterans are often better trained, higher educated, and have better skills than non-veterans in their age group, yet they have an unemployment rate that is higher. In fact, the May unemployment rate for 18 to 24 year old veterans was 17%. Younger veterans have the highest unemployment rate compared to other veterans groups since 2007. Businesses are missing out on this great pool of talent. (Photo:...
New company utilizes VA Claims Agents in place of attorneys to navigate VA bureaucracy and deliver faster, more economical service BOSTON, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For veterans with a service-connected injury, filing a disability claim with the Veteran's Administration and winning a just award just got a lot easier. Veterans Claims Advocates today announced that it is now offering fast, affordable VA claims services to veterans with service-connected disabilities. Utilizing...
The Royal Mental Health Center of Ottawa, on behalf of the Canadian Operational Stress Injury (OSI) Clinic Network today released a bi-lingual, multi-platform mobile application for veterans, their families and their health practitioners. The OSI Connect mobile application will help veterans, military and RCMP recognize and help seek treatment for mental health issues. Ottawa, Canada (PRWEB) June 18, 2013 The Operational Stress Injury (OSI) Clinic of The Royal Mental Health Center of...
OTTAWA, June 18, 2013 /CNW/ - The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, today joined Dr. Raj Bhatla, Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chief of Staff of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (The Royal), to launch a new mobile application that will assist Veterans, personnel of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) with operational stress injuries (OSIs). The app, called OSI Connect, provides...
Screenings and Educational Information provided at www.PTSDscreening.org BOSTON, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, June 20, the national nonprofit Screening for Mental Health, Inc. will hold Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Screening Day. The initiative is an outreach, education, and screening program to raise awareness about PTSD in the community and help individuals with PTSD find opportunities for assessment and treatment. Thousands of colleges,...
Goodwill Commits to Helping 3,000 Women Veterans Find Employment WASHINGTON, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Goodwill will announce a new initiative to significantly augment its support of military veterans at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference on Thursday, June 20. To address the challenges women veterans experience as they return home, Goodwill will help 3,000 women veterans find jobs in the next two years. (Logo:...
Goodwill Commits to Helping 3,000 Women Veterans Find Employment ROCKVILLE, Md., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Women make up an increasingly large part of our armed forces. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs reports one in ten veterans is a woman. Many women veterans returning from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are struggling to transition to civilian life, with factors such as homelessness, childcare, disability, lack of licensing or credentialing, and other...
Horgan highlights the invaluable sacrifices of U.S. Civil War heroes MAITLAND, Fla., June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Kevin Horgan's new book, The March of the 18(th): A Story of Crippled Heroes in the Civil War ($15.49, paperback, 978-1-62697-140-0; $7.99, e-book, 978-1-62697-141-7) is a historical novel that embraces the true movements of the 18th Veterans' Reserve Corps. The author focuses on vividly showing the struggle of soldiers, whose sacrifice of limbs and independence...
SAINTE-ANNE-DE-BELLEVUE, QC, June 14, 2013 /CNW/ - The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, and Dr. Réjean Hébert, Minister of Health and Social Services for the Government of Quebec, today announced that the Hospital will have an autonomous status when it is transferred to the Government of Quebec. "The Government of Quebec will be happy to acquire Ste. Anne's Hospital following the confirmation of a final transfer...
June is PTSD Awareness Month and Pretty Road Press has used the opportunity to sign a book deal with author and Vietnam War veteran William J. Blaylock for his manuscript "Invisible: Living with PTSD's Unseen Wound," a memoir about his struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition affecting up to 20 percent of Irag War vets and 20 percent of Vietnam War vets. Folsom, CA (PRWEB) June 13, 2013 Attention, motorists. The driver in front of you may be hearing...
