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SAMHSA’s 19th Prevention Day!
SAMHSA’s Prevention Day was Monday, January 30, 2023, in conjunction with CADCA National Leadership Forum. The event took place at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Whether you are a prevention practitioner, community...
Local veterans who recently passed away in need of burial funds to be honored properly
MIDLAND, Texas — A growing problem in the Permian Basin has been veterans passing away and not receiving a proper sendoff, leaving them vulnerable to be remembered without the honors they deserve. Two veterans from Midland recently passed away, and they are both...
PACT Act Claims Clinic
The Veterans One Stop Center (a branch of Emergence Health Network) proudly hosted a PACT Act Claims Clinic on 17Jan 2023. The clinic was a partnership with the El Paso VA, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar’s Office, Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), and the El...
‘They’ve earned this’ efforts continue to establish Veteran Treatment Court
“These are vets who have fought honorably, they served their country honorably. They’ve earned this. They’ve earned the best that we can give them.” Although veteran treatment courts are relatively new, studies also show that they are effective with only 14% of...
Homelessness among top concerns for Texas veterans
Up to 2,000 Texas service members wonder where they’ll sleep nightly, with state and government aid a continuously difficult process. “I still don’t know where I’m going to go,” Stiles said. “Kind of heartbreaking, makes you want to give up but I’ve been through...
Always remember our veterans’ selflessness, commitment to duty
November 11th, Veterans Day, is a special day set apart so that all can celebrate and honor the men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces to protect the freedoms we enjoy. We should always remember our veterans’ selflessness, commitment to duty and...
Climate Change Makes Things Harder for Unhoused Veterans
On a Friday afternoon in early September, the temperature stood at 94 degrees at Windsor Veterans Village just north of Santa Rosa, California—sweet relief from earlier in the week, when the mercury soared to 114 degrees. The sky looked hazy with smoke from the...
In the spacious Panhandle, Rev. George Hall keeps community close
In the far flung rural areas of the Texas Panhandle, to take care of fellow veterans Rev. George W. Hall, US Army Ret. travels hundreds of miles and countless hours. “Many in this area travel to larger cities for work and come home at night. Others out here don’t...
U.S. Secretary of Labor Walsh meets with Texas Veterans Commission Employment Services
U.S. Secretary of Labor Martin “Marty” Walsh visited the American GI Forum-National Veterans Outreach Program (NVOP) https://www.agif-nvop.org/ in San Antonio on August 30, 2022. Meeting with Secretary Walsh in a roundtable discussion were members of the Texas...
Health Care Advocate Luttrall saves veteran $336,000 in medical expenses
After an Amarillo area veteran was taken to the Emergency Room and admitted into a hospital, his subsequent medical treatments reached an overall cost of approximately $340,000. Upon arriving at the hospital, he called Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) Health Care...