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$7.6 Million grant to help San Diego military children

By |July 12th, 2010|

by Cortney Fielding

In addition to lugging overstuffed backpacks loaded with books and binders to school each morning, students from military families are also carrying with them the invisible weight of a parent at war.

Since deployments to Afghanistan began nine years ago, mental-health professionals have documented a wide range of social, psychological and educational issues unique to children of America’s soldiers. And while many experts believe the country’s public schools are the best vehicles for delivering interventions that ease and prevent depression, despair, alienation and academic failure, few evidence-based programs have reached them.

But researchers from the USC School of Social Work […]

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Admiral Mullen discusses challenges facing military families

By |June 23rd, 2010|

by Cortney Fielding

Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke bluntly about the strains placed on American soldiers and their families while the nation continues its ninth year of war in the Middle East during a recent town hall event hosted by the USC School of Social Work.

On June 11, Mullen addressed a crowd of more than 450 students, faculty and community members—including many active-duty personnel and veterans—assembled at the university’s Town and Gown.

The chief military advisor to the president and secretary of defense—whose distinguished naval career began aboard a destroyer ship during the Vietnam War in […]

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Senior military official visits school

By |May 13th, 2010|

by Cortney Fielding

After returning from a particularly violent tour of duty in Iraq, Col. David Sutherland caught himself scanning the lakes and canals scattered across his Texas town.

The U.S. Army brigade commander wasn’t admiring the scenery. He was on alert for the bodies of murder victims, like the many he’d pulled out of similar looking waterways on the other side of the world.

“What you see impacts you; it stays with you,” said Sutherland, now a special assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during an April 22 talk hosted by the USC School of Social Work at […]

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Military social work program nears $10 million in grants

By |May 6th, 2010|

The School of Social Work at the University of Southern California has been awarded two new grants totaling $6.5 million for its military social work and veteran services teaching and research activities.

In less than two years, the program has now attracted almost $10 million in funding, with Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard playing a key role in facilitating the initiative’s growth and pointing out the need for comprehensive services for military members, veterans and their families.

Among other things, the awards will help fund a new virtual reality module that will expand the ability of educators to train a new generation of military […]

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School hosts inaugural conference on military family research

By |March 31st, 2010|

The USC School of Social Work convened its first military social work conference for more than 25 multidisciplinary scholars at the USC San Diego Academic Center on Mar. 4 to explore collaborative military family-themed research opportunities.

The meeting brought together participants from the school’s Hamovitch Center for Science in the Human Services and Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families, the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center (CASRC) at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego and the Naval Health Research Center to discuss the provision of mental health and social services for military service members, veterans and their […]

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About

By |May 2nd, 2018|

About
Who are we? The Los Angeles Veterans Collaborative is a structured network of public, private and government agencies working together to reduce suffering and improve the lives of veterans and military families in LA County.

Why are we here? In 2014, USC CIR’s State of the American Veteran: Los Angeles County Study painted a daunting picture of the […]

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Speakers

By |April 13th, 2017|

Speakers
JOSH NEWMAN
Senator, 29th District, California State Senate
Chairman, Committee on Veterans Affairs

Elected to the California State Senate on November 8, 2016, Senator Josh Newman represents the 29th Senate District, which includes portions of Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino Counties. Senator Newman is a veteran who has served as an officer in the United States Army […]

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Sponsors

By |April 13th, 2017|

Sponsors
The State of the American Veteran Conference is an annual event that will convene 300 government, nonprofit, academic and veterans service organization leaders to address the critical issues facing today’s veterans, including military transition issues, an overview of current needs and programs, and policy recommendations to ease transition and improve quality of life.

The five conference […]

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Schedule

By |April 13th, 2017|

Schedule
Day One :: Thursday, September 28, 2017

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Registration

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM
Welcome & Plenary Session I
Welcome by MARILYN L. FLYNN, PHD Dean and Professor of Social Work
USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social WorkCARL CASTRO, PHD Director
USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families
Colonel, US Army (Retired)

10:15 AM – 10:30 […]

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Partners

By |March 1st, 2016|

Partners
The Los Angeles Veterans Collaborative is a network of local stakeholder organizations invested in helping active service members, veterans and their families. The success of the collaborative relies on the continued commitment of these organizations, including:

 

11th Military Police Brigade
211 Los Angeles County
2U
5 For Freedom, Inc.

A HIGHER CALLING – Chaplains for Veterans
AcademyWomen eMentor Leadership Program
Active Duty […]

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