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More Bang for the Buck: a More Effective Use of Funds to Reduce Homelessness

By Shad Meshad / June 8, 2015

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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Memorial Day 2015

By Shad Meshad / May 21, 2015

We’re here again, in this spot where we look forward and back.  This year marked the 40th anniversary of the…

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One Veteran’s Passion and Commitment to Create Change by Engaging the Corporate World

By Shad Meshad / May 1, 2015

When published suicide statistics reached 22 veterans a day, Frank Spady said “Enough!”  A decorated Vietnam combat Airborne ranger, Spady…

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An Unlikely Outcome from War: Friendships that Endure

By Shad Meshad / April 8, 2015

So here are the characters:  a guy named Frenchy and a guy named Sneaky. Does this sound like a 1940’s…

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Time to Redouble Our Efforts to House Our Homeless

By Shad Meshad / March 10, 2015

Los Angeles might be the largest urban area in the richest country of the world.  But you wouldn’t know that…

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PTSD, TBI and HBOT

By Shad Meshad / March 4, 2015

It seems like the more we know about PTSD, the more there is to know.  While the term PTSD didn’t…

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Counseling and Mental Health Care before Deployment Could Ease Vets’ Return

By Shad Meshad / January 28, 2015

Vietnam veterans showed us the breadth, depth and long-term ramifications of non-physical injuries—Post Traumatic Stress.  The wars in Iraq and…

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No Place Like Home for the Holidays…

By Shad Meshad / January 7, 2015

A lyric heard in elevators, markets and malls probably since last Thanksgiving. But an impossible dream if you’re among the…

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