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Homelessness: Plenty of Talk, Not Enough Commitment
by Shad Meshad As someone who has spent 44 years on the streets of Los Angeles working to help homeless…
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On Veterans Day: The Ones We Missed
This November 11th will be our nation’s 96th Veterans Day – a day meant to mark the end of the…
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Advancing Treatment for PTSD and TBI
Being a veteran advocate is my full-time job. It’s the kind of job that you take with you on vacation,…
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When Time is More than Money: Waiting for VA Benefits
As of August 22, 2015, the average length of time to complete a fully developed claim (FDC) for VA benefits…
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Old News Revisited – the VA’s Claim Backlog
Remember when we were all up in arms over the VA’s staggering backlog of Veterans’ claims for benefits, almost a…
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Probably Not the Kind of Equality Women Had in Mind
22 per day—the suicide rate for veterans—not just male veterans. Women veterans commit suicide at the same rate as their…
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On the Move Again: a Failed Tactic
You’d think that after forty years of working with the homeless in Los Angeles, many of them veterans, (4000 out…
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More Bang for the Buck: a More Effective Use of Funds to Reduce Homelessness
You know how a metropolitan skyline is dominated by tall buildings, kind of like silos? The homeless problem’s skyline looks…
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