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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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Memorial Day 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
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
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
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
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
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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