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Thought I'd start collecting great stories about vets helping vets and other groups dedicated to helping vets rebuild their lives. Some of the best stories are at CS Monitor in their segments about Change Agents:
Heroes to Heroes site - mission: Providing a lifeline for American veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Heroes to Heroes helps wounded US vets recover
Why Wont Pentagon Pay For PTSD Service Dogs For Returning Soldiers? (my blog A Truth Journal post)
Homelessness:
Family Promise - formerly the National Interfaith Hospitality Network, a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization that works to provide shelter, meals, and support services to homeless families, along with family-mentoring services and job-training programs. Family Promise now has 182 affiliates in 41 states helping families in need achieve independence and self-sufficiency.
Veterans Green Jobs - To engage, transition and connect military veterans with meaningful employment opportunities that serve our communities and environment.
New Directions For Veterans - provides help for homeless veterans in California, those suffering from military sexual trauma, PTSD, substance abuse and more since 1992.
California voters support plan to spend $600 million for homeless veterans
