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27 08, 2013

New grant to help military students experiences multiple moves: There will be an app for that

By |August 27th, 2013|Grants, News|0 Comments

by Linda Jackson

Apps on our phones and tablets are meant to make life easier and point us to the services and providers who can meet our needs. There’s no reason why such innovation can’t also simplify and improve the stressful process that military children and their parents face every time they enroll in a new school.

That’s the idea behind a new four-year, $5 million grant from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) to the USC School of Social Work, Chula Vista Elementary School District (CVESD) and four other military-connected school districts in San Diego and Riverside counties—Bonsall Union School […]

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26 07, 2013

Ahmanson Foundation gift supports veterans

By |July 26th, 2013|Giving|0 Comments

by Susan Wampler

The USC School of Social Work has been awarded $50,000 by The Ahmanson Foundation to support scholarships for military veterans.

USC is one of only 25 colleges and universities selected to receive funds totaling $1.25 million through the newly established Ahmanson Veteran Scholarship Initiative. The grants are meant to help students eligible for the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 attend and graduate from private institutions of higher education.

“These young men and women have done so much for this country, and The Ahmanson Foundation is delighted to play a role in helping them re-start their education and assimilate […]

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28 04, 2013

Gen. Petraeus honors student veterans during USC visit

By |April 28th, 2013|News|0 Comments

by Merrill Balassone

During a three-day tour of USC, retired four-star Gen. David Petraeus met with social work students learning to serve veterans returning from war, viewed a high-tech virtual patient with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and gave a highly anticipated speech to hundreds of student veterans.

At a dinner on March 26 honoring more than 600 USC student veterans and members of the university’s long-running ROTC program, Petraeus said that never in the country’s history has a generation of young soldiers served so long in combat or on so many tours of duty abroad.

“The post-9/11 generation of veterans has deservedly become […]

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26 03, 2013

Grant will explore military injuries affecting sexual functioning

By |March 26th, 2013|Giving, Grants, Research|0 Comments

by Eric Lindberg

Physical injuries and the psychological effects of war can have devastating consequences on the sexual functioning of service members and veterans.

Despite recent advances in protective gear, members of the U.S. military face a serious risk of genital injuries due to improvised explosives and other unique aspects of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Psychosocial challenges, such as post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, can also exacerbate issues with sexual functioning and libido.

A new study led by the USC School of Social Work’s Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR) is among the first to directly […]

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16 03, 2013

CIR hosts luncheon for CA National Guard unit

By |March 16th, 2013|News|0 Comments

Last month the CIR team celebrated the end of the Reintegration Partnership Project with the 1-140th Aviation Battalion of the California National Guard. With the assistance of the LA Jewish Federation, CIR provided lunch to 300 service members that we have been working with since July of 2011. The event was the culmination of the 20-month project consisting of a training and research study designed to support soldiers and their family members after a 1 year deployment to Iraq. The luncheon included a short program featuring Captain Matthew Jackson and Colonel David Hall who shared their appreciation for the services […]

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