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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…
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…
Memorial Day 2015
We’re here again, in this spot where we look forward and back. This year marked the 40th anniversary of the…
One Veteran’s Passion and Commitment to Create Change by Engaging the Corporate World
When published suicide statistics reached 22 veterans a day, Frank Spady said “Enough!” A decorated Vietnam combat veteran, Spady realized…
An Unlikely Outcome from War: Friendships that Endure
So here are the characters: a guy named Frenchy and a guy named Sneaky. Does this sound like a 1940’s…
Time to Redouble Our Efforts to House Our Homeless
Los Angeles might be the largest urban area in the richest country of the world. But you wouldn’t know that…
PTSD, TBI and HBOT
It seems like the more we know about PTSD, the more there is to know. While the term PTSD didn’t…
Counseling and Mental Health Care before Deployment Could Ease Vets’ Return
Vietnam veterans showed us the breadth, depth and long-term ramifications of non-physical injuries—Post Traumatic Stress. The wars in Iraq and…