Street Vets – PBS Homeless Veteran Documentary Film

Street Vets – PBS Homeless Veteran Documentary Film – DVD available at www.recordtoinspire.com. Over 100000 United States Veterans are homeless every year. In a powerful, one-hour documentary, filmmaker Issac Goeckeritz takes viewers into the largely invisible world of homeless veterans and the difficult, but hopeful, pathways home.

Ann Arbor's 15th District Court seeks to address underlying issues that bring …

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"It allows treatment of the veterans in coordination with the VA Hospital. It's a very great program. It involves mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, housing and life skills, and we combine them all into one." Of the roughly 20 veterans …
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DC Week: Obama Looks to Medicare for Savings

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who is set to retire at the end of 2014, are asking three federal agencies to investigators efforts on prescription drug abuse. Rockefeller, along with Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) asked the FDA about its efforts to improve …
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LETTERS: Wrong message to send young sportspeople

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It also drives our athletes to pursue other help in trying to reach or stay at the top, e.g. drugs and cheating. I am a parent of three … Time for our vets to be given recognition. VERY interesting to … The Department of Veterans' Affairs doesn't …
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Good article about what options are through the VA for veterans with substance abuse issues. http://t.co/QYVHcaYT – by HealingPTSD (HealingCombatTrauma)