Veterans Resources

Government	Private
RealLifelines Department of Labor Recovery & Employment Assistance Information Page - many great links and resources	Help Hospitalized Veterans
Small Business Association's Veteran's Business Development	Salute Heroes
Center for Veterans Enterprise	Homes for Wheelchair-Bound Heroes
VETS Resource Connection	Family Support Network
U.S. Office of Personnel Management Veterans' Information	Hire A Hero
Defense POW / Missing Personnel Office	Disabled American Veterans
Department of Veterans Affairs	The Destiny Group
Defense POW / Missing Personnel Office	Veterans Help Network
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder	Veterans for Justice
CAP - Computer Electronic Accommodations Program CAP is committed to providing assistive technology and support to returning wounded service members. Accommodations are available for wounded service members with vision or hearing loss, upper extremity amputees as well as persons with communication and other disabilities to access the computer and telecommunication environment. They supply help in three phases; recovery and rehabilitation, transition, employment along with many other resources.	A personal story and poem for a fallen brother
Military Severely Injured Center: 24/7 Family Support: 1-888-774-1361: www.military.com/support	Iraq War Veterans
Seamless Transition www.seamlesstransition.va.gov/	National Health Policy Forum Veterans Health Care Benefits
Army Career and Assistance Program	Gold Star Siblings
Affordable Housing	Vet Jobs
NEW! http://www.samhsa.gov Critical information on prevention, treatment and recovery support for mental and substance use disorders for veterans and their families.	TAOnline
"The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV)." This program is designed to offer cutting edge, experiential training in entrepreneurship to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with disabilities. Application deadline: June 5th, 2007. For information visit http://whitman.syr.edu/eee/veterans

This counter is updated automatically and is from www.iraqbodycount.org. It is world's only independent and comprehensive public database of media-reported civilian deaths in Iraq. Casualty figures are derived from a comprehensive survey of online media reports from recognized sources. Where these sources report differing figures, the range (a minimum and a maximum) are given. This method is also used to deal with any residual uncertainty about the civilian or non-combatant status of the dead. All results are independently reviewed and error-checked by at least three members of the Iraq Body Count project team before publication. You may view the complete database with details here.

Sources used are: ABC - ABC News (USA) - AFP - Agence France-Presse - AP - Associated Press - AWST - Aviation Week and Space Technology - Al Jaz - Al Jazeera network - BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation - BG - Boston Globe - Balt. Sun - The Baltimore Sun - CT - Chicago Tribune - CO - Commondreams.org - CSM - Christian Science Monitor - DPA - Deutsche Presse-Agentur - FOX - Fox News - GUA - The Guardian (London) - HRW - Human Rights Watch - HT - Hindustan Times - ICRC - International Committ of the Red Cross - IND - The Independent (London) - IO - Intellnet.org - JT - Jordan Times - LAT - Los Angeles Times - MEN - Middle East Newsline - MEO - Middle East Online - MER - Middle East Report - MH - Miami Herald - NT - Nando Times - NYT - New York Times - Reuters - (includes Reuters Alertnet) - SABC - South African Broadcasting Corporation - SMH - Sydney Morning Herald - Sg.News - The Singapore News - Tel- The Telegraph (London) - Times - The Times (London) - TOI - Times of India - TS - Toronto Star - UPI - United Press International - WNN - World News Network - WP - Washington Post

NDRN Warns Empty Promises Threaten Returning Troops

WASHINGTON —The Labor Department has awarded a $99,000 non-competitive grant
to help veterans uprooted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita find jobs.

"Homeless veterans face special challenges in rebuilding their lives in the aftermath of the two hurricanes," said Charles B. Ciccolella, assistant secretary of labor for veterans' employment and training. "This grant will help veterans who are resettling in several Texas communities access the job training and placement services they need to find work and build a better life."

American GI Forum, National Veterans Outreach Program Inc., San Antonio, will receive the emergency funding for a grant period ending June 30 to service the Texas communities of Beaumont, Port Arthur and Houston.

Administered by the Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service, the Veterans Workforce Investment Program grant is intended to help 34 veterans and place 24 of them in jobs for a 71 percent entered employment rate at an average wage of $9.82 an hour.

Veterans Workforce Investment Program grants help veterans from targeted groups overcome employment barriers and ease their transition into unsubsidized jobs. Through these programs, veterans receive skills assessment, individual job counseling, labor market information, classroom or on-the-job training, skills upgrading and retraining, placement assistance and crucial follow-up services.

Veterans receiving assistance under these programs may also be eligible for services under other Workforce Investment Act programs for economically disadvantaged or dislocated workers.

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