Category Archives: Veterans Services

Number of Chronically Homeless, Including Veterans, Drops in U.S.

This story was originally featured in the Los Angeles Times on December 10, 2012.  Full story: Number -->

DOD lends staff to VA to address claims backlog

Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes.  Excerpts are below. For full Article: DOD lends staff to -->

PTSD’s effect on Female Veterans Studied

Full story: PTSDs Effect on Female Veterans Studied – By Drew Joseph Text is also included below. -->

VA Registers “GI Bill” as a trademark

As an added protection for service members to prevent against scams and abuse, the VA -->

When the Fighting Stops

Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal on the difficulty our Veterans face in transitioning back -->

Florida Veteran Gets $1.25 Million in Colonoscopy Lawsuit

The Associated Press,MIAMI — An Air Force veteran and his wife have won a combined -->

From Battlefield to the Business World — Veterans Make It on Their Own

NEW YORK (The Street)by Laurie Kilkowski — More than 1 million veterans are expected to -->

Suicides among active-duty forces across the military are now occurring at a rate faster than one per day.

USA Today, by Greg Zoroya: With six weeks left in the year, the Army and -->

A ‘Party Drug’ May Help the Brain Cope With Trauma

NY Times, Benedict Carey: Hundreds of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with post-traumatic stress have recently -->

Recent Successes by F&P’s Veterans’ Services Group(VSG)!

VSG has been working hard for our Veterans. Here are some of VSG’s recent success -->

Deploy an Army of Mental Health Professionals to Serve our Veterans

By: Michele Nealon-Woods, Huffington Post Do you know what the leading cause of death is -->

Service Members, Vets Celebrate Military Legacy of Women

Army News Service:WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2012 – Hundreds of active-duty women and veterans turned out -->

Veterans Can Find Help Through Crisis Line

By MARY WICOFF, Commercial-News, Danville, Ill. Published: October 7, 2012 DANVILLE — Veterans in crisis -->

House Bill Would Speed Disability Payments to Wounded Troops

From Triblive.com; By Carl Prine;Published: Saturday, October 6, 2012 A bipartisan bill promises to speed -->

Veterans Wait for Benefits as Claims Pile Up

NY Times, by James Dao: For Dennis Selsky, a Vietnam-era veteran with multiple sclerosis, it -->

We’re quick to send them off to war, but slow to help

From Pioneer Press By Ruben Rosario, Pioneer Press The following is an ongoing national disgrace: -->

PTSD: Genetic Link Could Lead to Vet Drug Treatment

From the New Haven Register By Peggy McCarthy, Conn. Health I-Team Writer A recent study -->

Head Injuries: The invisible epidemic

By Paul Woody, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. RICHMOND, Va. — It took four suicides to raise -->

Battling PTSD and TBI

By Mark Thompson, Time.US Somehow seems fitting on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 to note -->

VA Mobilizes Veterans’ Supporters for Suicide Prevention Month

Veterans’ Communities, Families Asked to ‘Stand by Them’ WASHINGTON — In recognition of September as -->

An Effort Aims to Use Biomarkers to Pinpoint P.T.S.D.

New York Times By JAMES DAO Is post-traumatic stress disorder underdiagnosed or overdiagnosed? Many veterans -->