The Department Of Veterans Affairs

To achieve the goal of ending homelessness among veterans by 2015, the VA has numerous programs. These include providing healthcare, rehabilitation services, employment assistance, and transitional housing for veterans, and supportive services for the families of veterans to help them better understand and deal with conditions the veteran spouse may have. Additionally, the VA works with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide long-term housing solutions for homeless veterans (Homeless Veterans, For Homeless Veterans).

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing services to 8.9 million Veterans each year (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2016). A significant amount of these Veterans are considered homeless or at risk for homelessness. Homelessness is a complex problem whose solution requires more than simply a roof and a bed. Sadly, along with homelessness, a great portion of homeless Veterans struggle with many other issues regarding their physical and mental health, as well as substance abuse issues. Although, during the last decade, the Department of Veterans Affairs has made great strides in improving policy for processes and procedures to ensure that these Veterans receive

The SMVTA Center works with states to bolster and support the behavioral health systems for active duty military service member, reservists, veterans and their families. They act as a liaison between agencies and the service members, specifically federal, state, territorial, tribe, local community, public, and private agencies. This organization monitors trends in behavioral health issues in relation to prevention, treatment and recovery support, and provides consultation, training and technical assistance to these agencies to provide the latest and best treatment

This report is the result of the contributions of several team members, who conducted site visits, processed and analyzed data, managed team activities, and enabled the Grant Thornton team to execute a rigorous study over a short period of time. The team was led by Grant Thornton, with integral support from team member FTI Consulting, and three independent contractors.

U.S veterans former, and current have fought or are fighting and have died in battle serving this wonderful country. More former veterans than ever are coming back disabled either mentally or physically. There are hundreds of disabled veteran foundations in the United States today, but a lot are a fraud. Everybody who has not served should donate a good amount of money of these foundations and not be worried about the foundations keeping it or giving it to someone else who shouldn’t receive it. We owe our lives to these men and women. Like Elmer Davis once said, ¨Our nation is the land of the brave because it is the home of the brave¨ (Elmer.). More Veterans are coming back disabled than ever before. To see the disgusted and sad faces on these families of these heroes who can’t live the way they used to is extremely depressing, You should

Veterans who use these programs can better themselves gaining insight; obtain job skills to advance employment. These programs can help the veteran homeless population and prevent veterans in becoming homeless. The VA is constantly trying to better its systems to give and offer quality care for veterans. Veterans who have served and put the life on the line should not have to worry about transition back to civilian life and the VA is trying to make sure this happens. Human services, social services, and other services can also assist homeless veterans by getting them into or guide them to a right program. The VA has changed its guidelines to help and improve what is best to for treating PSTD and substance abuse due to they both can be related but not recommended to treat them together (Bernardy, Hamblen, Friedman, Kivlahan, 2011). The VA also has individual placement and support (IPS) and transitional work experience (TWE) to help veterans to obtain a job. Individual placement and support is a prompt system for job placement (Leddy, Stefanovies & Rosenheck, 2014). Another opportunity that veterans have to help them to transition back to civilian is education assistance programs. One of the programs that is popular is the GI Bill. It pays for tuition,

The Department of Veterans Affairs is a government run program to assist the U.S. Veterans who are disabled soldiers. It began when the Pilgrims passed a law that required disabled soldiers to receive benefits from the colony, as early as 1636 (U.S. Dept. of VA, 2014). By 1776, the Continental Congress provided pensions to disabled soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Later, the Veterans assistance program expanded to include benefits and pensions not only for Veterans, but also for their widows and dependents. Finally, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) was established in 1865, to form the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, an institution created specifically for the honorably discharged volunteer soldiers, of which the first national home opened in 1866 located in Augusta, Maine (U.S. Dept. of VA, 2014). Today, VHA has expanded the VA health care system, which comprises 150 hospitals, 820 Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC), 300 Vet Centers, 131 National Cemeteries, 56 Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Offices (NCVAS, 2014). The VA health care system also includes 126 nursing home care units and 35 domiciliaries (U.S Dept. of VA, 2014). Nonetheless, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs mission statement is, “To fulfill President Lincoln’s promise ‘To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan’ by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s veterans” (U.S. Dept. of VA,

Speaker Gary J. Augustine, in his excerpt, “Living Proof of Why We Need a Strong VA” tells readers how after returning home from a combat tour severely injured, the veteran affairs provided him with a substantial amount of assistance. Augustine’s purpose is to establish the importance of a strong veteran’s affair for every generation. He uses personal experiences to prompt an empathetic tone that persuades readers by appealing to their emotions and feelings.

The Veteran’s Administration’s is an agency created to offer services to veterans and their families. The Administration’s primary function is to stop veteran homelessness

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs, over 8 million adults develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder during a given year ("PTSD: National Center for PTSD”). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is defined as “a pathological anxiety disorder resulting after exposure to a traumatic event” ("Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder”). While any traumatic event may cause PTSD, a primary cause stems from action in war ("Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder”). The Trojan War, as depicted in Homer’s epic The Iliad, demonstrates the setting of which this form of disorder would likely be triggered. Greek warrior and hero Achilles displays common symptoms of PTSD in his journey throughout the epic, leading many researches to conclude he was a

Within the GAO there are many examples of reports that deal with contract disputes between private contractors and the government. These disputes often arise from one of the parties failing to comply with the aspects of the contract or in some cases the contractors may feel the government violated particular laws that may have not given them a far chance to bid on the contract. After carefully reviewing several different reports there are those that have some aspects of contract dispute but there is one that stands out to me because the contractor clearly feels they were not

Enhancing veteran care is the top priority for us all, providing opportunities to veterans enabling them to become actively involved with their healthcare will generate an enriching supportive foundation on every level of health care. Utilizing this “multi-disciplinary” structure encompuses and promotes active health care management that heighten their physical/mental well-being.

To follow with medical assistance, the 2012 Research Brief stated that “After entering the program and obtaining housing, veterans and non-veterans both decreased their use of outpatient and inpatient health services. Only half of veteran participants reported using the VA for medical services and less than one-fifth reported using VA psychiatric or substance abuse services. Veterans often use the services of community providers, therefore the VA should continue to work with community provider to serve homeless veterans.” Housing is another issue that seems to make headlines; War veterans that come home do not always get jobs which cause delays on payments on their houses which results in foreclosures on their homes because they cannot afford the payments.

The United States Department of Veteran Affairs is a world know administration for veterans from all branches of military service. It provides education, vocational rehabilitation, housing, support, and most importantly health care to its members. Veterans make up a significant portion of the American population with over 12.4 million being over the age of 65 (“Veterans,” 2013). These older adults are most likely finished with their education and vocational rehabilitation so the most important benefit to them is health care. These elderly veterans have served in conflicts all over the world and as a result have sustained life long injuries as well as health issues that

Service Delivery – VA provides a broad range of the quality and accessibility of primary care, specialized care, related medical and social benefits through a nationwide network for Veterans and their eligible beneficiaries, such as vocational rehabilitation, service members' group life insurance, traumatic injury protection, the Post-9/11 GI-Bill, the VA home loan programs, and