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Another Way to Tackle Homelessness: Prevention

By National Veterans Foundation / January 24, 2020

It’s an annual event, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s (LAHSA) count of the homeless on LA streets. Here at…

Thoughts at Thanksgiving

By Shad Meshad / November 27, 2019

Richard McFarthing, a homeless vet living on the streets of Hollywood Boulevard. Copyright Jessica Jewell Lanier. The rain in Los…

Veterans Day, 2019

By Shad Meshad / November 8, 2019

Veterans Day commemorates the end of World War I, the war to end all wars. It’s become a day to…

Veteran’s Day Art & Poetry

By National Veterans Foundation / November 8, 2019

The National Veterans Foundation is pleased to feature a special Veterans Day project that uses art and the written word…

War Horse Creek to Host Veteran’s Town Hall

By National Veterans Foundation / November 7, 2019

In his recent book “Tribe”, Sebastian Junger writes, “In humans, lack of social support has been found to be twice…

A “Chat with Shad” August 15th

By National Veterans Foundation / October 24, 2019

Our Strategic Summit in March was so successful in terms of participation and outcome that we created a follow-up event,…

NVF Offers Trauma-Informed Training

By National Veterans Foundation / October 24, 2019

The new training program, 4 Points Builds a STAR, was developed and written by Melinda Meshad, LCSW. The training is…

Keyword: Collaboration

By National Veterans Foundation / October 24, 2019

The Los Angeles Veterans Collaborative is comprised of hundreds of community stakeholders, agencies and representatives serving veterans and military families…